The fourth round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura sees champions Vélez beginning life without Santiago Silva with a home tie against All Boys. All of their four co-leaders are also at home; Racing host Arsenal de Sarandí tonight, Lanús welcome Tigre tomorrow afternoon, whilst on Sunday Colón play Unión in the first Santa Fe clásico in eight years, and Boca Juniors play another clásico, against San Lorenzo. All the kick off times and referees are right here, as usual.
All kick off times are local. Add four hours for British Summer Time.
Primera División Torneo Apertura 2011, fourth round
Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba vs Club Atlético Banfield (Fri, 17:00; refereed by G. Delfino)
Club Estudiantes de La Plata vs Club Atlético San Martín (Fri, 19:10; J.P. Pompei)
Racing Club vs Arsenal Fútbol Club (Fri, 21:15; D. Abal)
Club Atlético Lanús vs Club Atlético Tigre (Sat, 15:05; S. Pezzotta)
Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela vs Club Olimpo (Sat, 17:10; M. González)
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield vs Club Atlético All Boys (Sat, 21:15; F. Beligoy)
Club Atlético Colón vs Club Atlético Unión (Sun, 14:00; H. Baldassi)
Club Atlético Belgrano vs Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys (Sun, 16:00; D. Ceballos)
Club Atlético Boca Juniors vs Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro (Sun, 18:10; N. Pitana)
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors vs Club Atlético Independiente (Sun, 20:15; P. Lunati)
As usual, keep an eye on my Twitter feed throughout the weekend for updates on streams of the matches, and links to my match previews for the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
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