Five of this weekend's matches ended in draws meaning that there was little change at the top, but both Racing Club and Godoy Cruz made up lost ground as they beat Independiente and Argentinos Juniors. Elsewhere Quilmes picked up their first win of the Clausura against Newell's Old Boys, moving above them in the table in the process, while All Boys won their second game in a row to ease relegation fears.
Quilmes began the weekend with a 3-1 win against Newell's Old Boys, picking up three invaluable points as they attempt to avoid relegation. Bernardo Romeo gave Quilmes the lead after 22 minutes with an excellent header, but Mauricio Sperdutti was left criminally unmarked in the penalty area four minutes later and made the most of the space to rifle home a left footed shot. The hosts retook the lead in the 61st minute when Martin Cauteruccio finished a well constructed move before Romeo made sure of the points with five minutes remaining. Saturday evening saw San Lorenzo draw 1-1 with Lanus, extending el Ciclon's winless streak to three. Juan Carlos Menseguez scored a superb opener for the hosts, chasing down a long ball and arriving at it just before the keeper to chip it delicately over him and into the net, but Pablo Goltz arrived at the back post to sidefoot home with 20 minutes remaining to give Lanus a point.
This weekend also saw the Avellaneda clasico between Racing Club and Independiente, and for the first time since 2005 Racing Club came out as victors. After 43 minutes Gabriel Hauche lashed the ball high into the net from close range after a brilliant lay off in the penalty area from Teo Gutierrez, and it was Gutierrez who sealed the win four minutes from time. Although the Colombian's first effort was saved by Fabian Assman, the rebound fell kindly and 'Teo' was able to head it over the keeper and into the back of the net. Lucas Licht was sent off in injury time for la Academia, but Racing clung on to the points.
All Boys won their second game in a row when they overcame Huracan 3-1, thanks to an early brace from Cristian Fabbiani. 'El Ogro' opened the scoring after 12 minutes when a deflected cross fell to him on the edge of the area and, using his not inconsiderable strength to hold off the defender, he turned and fired a shot into the bottom corner. Five minutes later Fabbiani doubled the lead when he turned home a rebound, but Javier Campora halved the deficit two minutes later with a header from six yards. Emmanuel Gigliotti restored the two goal lead just after half time from the penalty spot, and this time there was no response from the visitors. Godoy Cruz ended Argentinos Juniors' unbeaten run this weekend after they won 1-0 in Mendoza. The only goal of the game came in just the second minute when Diego Villar ran onto a long punt downfield, rounded Nicolas Navarro with ease and rolled the ball into the empty net.
Olimpo picked up a creditable 2-2 draw with Estudiantes, taking the lead after 30 minutes when Diego Galvan squeezed a penalty past Agustin Orion. They were in front at half time, but after 10 minutes of the second half Marcelo Mosset headed past his own keeper to make it 1-1. Four minutes later, Gaston Fernandez put Estudiantes in front with an excellent strike from 25 yards, but in the 63rd minute Olimpo split the visitors' defence apart and Nestor Bareiro made full use of his one on one with Orion to score the equaliser. Boca Juniors played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Tigre, but had to come from 2-0 down after Denis Stracqualursi scored with two close range headers after 21 and 35 minutes. In the 42nd minute, the ball fell to Nicolas Colazo on the edge of the box and he struck a low shot that flew into the bottom corner to pull one back for Boca - a golazo from Colazo. Just before half time, Juan Roman Riquelme equalised, showing superb touch in the penalty area before rifling a shot past Daniel Islas. Stracqualursi completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot with 20 minutes to go, but Clemente Rodriguez pulled Boca level again after 77 minutes when no one closed him down on the edge of the box and he scored one of the goals of the weekend as he fired a shot into the top corner.
Colon nearly had the beating of Velez Sarsfield but had to make do with a 1-1 draw. The hosts took the lead in the 65th minute when Ivan Moreno y Fabianesi headed home from a corner, but Sebastian Dominguez restored parity in the 94th minute when he converted from close range. Having seen the rest of their title rivals drop points this weekend, River Plate were in an excellent position to extend their lead at the top of the table but could only draw 0-0 at Gimnasia La Plata.
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