Argentine Primera Division

Aldosivi - Union Aldosivi continue getting worse week after week. Last Saturday, they played a terrible game and ended up losing 3-1 to Gimnasia LP at home, which represented their sixth defeat in a row in the Liga Profesional. As a result, coach Fernando Gago left the club earlier this week. The side continue occupying the bottom spot in the relegation table, having accumulated 13 points in as many matches in this competition. At home, they lost the last three since beating Colon in round seven. After three consecutive defeats, Union Santa Fe returned to winning ways last Sunday, when…

Atletico Mineiro (Brazil) vs Palmeiras (Brazil) Atletico Mineiro managed to keep a clean sheet at Palmeiras in the first leg and the scoreless away draw means they will return to the Copa Libertadores’ final in the event of winning at home. Last Saturday, they also drew 0-0 at Sao Paulo to hold onto the first spot of the Brazilian league table on 46 points, eight above Tuesday’s opponents. O Galo have been unbeaten in their last 12 competitive matches, with eight wins and four stalemates in that time. At home, they haven’t lost any of the last 13 (11 successes…

Argentinos Jrs vs Racing Argentinos Juniors are going through a mini crisis at the moment. Last time out, the team had to settle for a 0-0 away draw at Platense in a boring game, which means they are now on five league games without a win, having registered three stalemates and two defeats in that stretch. El Bicho have been quite irregular in the Liga Profesional, accumulating 15 points, which keeps them out of the continental spots for 2022. On a positive note, they managed eight of those points at home after winning two, drawing two and losing one. After…

Union vs Patronato Union Santa Fe are struggling at the moment. Last Monday, the team showed a poor version again and suffered their third consecutive loss in the Liga Profesional (1-0 away at Gimnasia LP in an even game). Coach Juan Manuel Azconzabal left the club as his team managed 12 points in as many matches in this tournament. At home, they registered two successes, one draw and three defeats so far. Ezequiel Canete and Juan Carlos Portillo will miss after succumbing to different injuries at Gimnasia LP. Patronato played one of their best games in the whole season last…

Aldosivi vs Gimnasia Aldosivi are struggling to leave their crisis behind. Last time out, the team showed improvements, but still ended up losing to Velez Sarsfield 3-2 away. It was their fifth consecutive defeat in the Liga Profesional (since beating Colon 3-0 in round seven), which means El Tiburon remain bottom in the relegation table after accumulating 13 points in 12 rounds. At home, Aldosivi managed six points in as many games, having lost the last two to Lanus and Godoy Cruz. Gimnasia LP took a breather after six league games without a win (three draws and three defeats) last…

Lanus - Newell's Thanks to a goal from Jose Lopez in the 49th minute, Lanus took a highly-celebrated 1-0 away success at Independiente even though they played with ten men during the whole second half. Therefore, El Granate were one of the league leaders before this round started, accumulating 23 points after four league games unbeaten (three victories and one draw). However, they are yet to climb into one of theCopa Libertadores’ places in the aggregate table. At home, Luis Zubeldia’s men are without defeat in the last four, having won two and drawn two since losing to River Plate…

Huracan vs Independiente Huracan registered their seventh stalemate in 11 rounds in the Liga Profesional last Monday, when drawing 0-0 away at Sarmiento. Frank Kudelka are now on six league matches without defeat, but only one of those was a win. As a result, the team accumulated 13 points so far, which means they have only one team below them in the relegation table (as well as their last opponents and Platense). Independiente produced a poor performance in their last league game, which resulted in a 1-0 home defeat to Lanus. As a result, Julio Falcioni’s men won only one…

Godoy Cruz vs Sarmiento Godoy Cruz made it two consecutive successes under recently-appointed boss Diego Flores last Monday, when the side played an excellent second half to thrash Aldosivi 4-1 away. The team made it 16 points in 11 matches and also climbed from 26th to 21st place in the relegation table as a result of that positive streak. At home, El Tomba lost only one of their last four matches, along with two victories and one draw. Sarmiento remain winless in their last four league matches following their scoreless home draw against Huracan in an uneventful game last Monday:…

Banfield - Rosario Central Banfield are now on seven league matches without a win, having drawn four and lost three. Last time out, they registered a scoreless away draw at Racing Club in an uneventful game. The team continue producing a poor campaign, with only nine points in ten matches, which keeps them far from any important aims in the remaining matches. Furthermore, El Taladro are the worst home side in this tournament, having grabbed only two points in four games at Estadio Florencio Sola. Rosario Central’s three-game unbeaten streak of two victories and one draw in league action came…

Talleres - Platense Talleres wasted a big chance of becoming the only league leaders in round ten, when they drew 0-0 away at Patronato, who ended the game with nine men. However, Alexander Medina’s men are unbeaten in their last seven matches in the Liga Profesional, having won five and drawn two. As a result, they are sharing the top of the league table with Lanus on 20 points and also are occupying one of the Copa Libertadores’ spots in the 2021 aggregate rankings. The team are without defeat in their last eight domestic matches at Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes,…