Tiebreaker likely today: relegation battle heats up in Argentine football | OneFootball

After the season ends, two teams will be relegated, one based on the annual table and the other based on averages.

The Clausura Tournament of the Professional League not only holds the dream for many to win a title, as Platense did despite not being the one with the most points in the Apertura, but they will also fight to enter the cups, and the most dramatic battle will be to avoid relegation.

Two teams will be relegated, one based on the annual table and another based on the averages table. If the last one is the same in both rankings, it will affect the second-to-last in the points table. Points can only be accumulated in the 16 regular season matches, excluding playoffs. This is how the danger zone looks.

Professional League Averages Table

Aldosivi (0.900) achieved a great victory against Independiente Rivadavia and left San Martín de San Juan (0.897) in the last position of the table, which still has to play the classic against Godoy Cruz, also in trouble but due to the annual table. Higher up in the averages table are Sarmiento de Junín (1.000), Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (1.099), Banfield (1.126), and Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero (1.162).

The Annual Table

The fight for survival in the general table is even tighter, and Aldosivi's victory left seven teams within just four points, even though some still have to play.

San Martín de San Juan, with 26 points, is at the bottom, but since it would be relegated due to the averages, it is not counted, and at this moment there would be a tiebreaker between Aldosivi (27) and Godoy Cruz (27). Goal difference is not taken into account.

Gimnasia (29) is just two points away from that battle, and just one step above are Newell’s, Sarmiento, and Talleres (30), which won away against Vélez. Higher up? Banfield and Atlético Tucumán (31).

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