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River Plate v Velez Sarsfield 2-2 · Liga Profesional

Liga Profesional
River Plate
FT

2-2

  • A. Correa11'
  • T. Silvero (OG)43'
  • D. Valdes61'
  • M. Lanzini79'
Velez Sarsfield
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What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

River Plate and Velez Sarsfield drew 2-2 in the Liga Profesional.

A. Correa 11' scored for River Plate, T. Silvero (og) 43', D. Valdes 61' and M. Lanzini 79' for Velez Sarsfield.

River Plate had 57% of the ball to Velez Sarsfield's 43%; the sides had 12 and 11 shots (3 and 4 on target).

The referee showed 3 yellow cards and no reds.

Key stats

Possession

57%43%

Shots

1211

xG

0.530.76

Shots on Target

34

Corners

34

Pass Accuracy

84%79%

Match timeline

  1. 90+4’SubstitutionR. Aliendro · On: L. Feler
  2. 87’SubstitutionM. Lanzini · On: A. Veron
  3. 84’SubstitutionJ. Freitas · On: L. Pereyra
  4. 84’SubstitutionL. Beltran · On: S. Driussi
  5. 80’Yellow cardL. Martinez Quarta
  6. 79’M. LanziniVelez Sarsfield · assist E. Gomez1–3
  7. 74’Yellow cardE. Gomez
  8. 70’SubstitutionA. Correa · On: R. Borre
  9. 61’D. ValdesVelez Sarsfield · assist M. Pellegrini1–2
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Team stats comparison

River PlateVelez Sarsfield
  • 57Possession43
  • 12Shots11
  • 3Shots on Target4
  • 0.53xG0.76
  • 3Corners4
  • 4Offsides0
  • 2Saves2
  • 530Passes400
  • 84Pass Accuracy79
  • 12Fouls10
  • 2Yellow Cards1

Match info

Competition
Liga Profesional
Referee
Dario Herrera, Argentina
River Plate coach
Eduardo Coudet
Velez Sarsfield coach
Guilermo Barros Schelotto

Match record

Competition
Liga Profesional
Kick-off
Match ID
cornerflick:match:river-plate-vs-velez-sarsfield-liga-profesional-argentina-2026-08-23

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Lineups

Confirmed selections

River Plate4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  • 41Santiago BeltránGK
  • 20Giovanni GonzálezDF
  • 28Lucas Martínez QuartaDF
  • 30Nicolás OtamendiDF
  • 3Francisco OrtegaDF
  • 6Aníbal MorenoMF
  • 50Tobías AndradaMF
  • 35Joaquín FreitasMF
  • 10Ángel CorreaMF
  • 23Thiago AlmadaMF
  • 18Lucas BeltránFW

Bench

  • 33Ezequiel Centurión
  • 29Gonzalo Montiel
  • 13Lautaro Rivero
  • 21Marcos Acuña
  • 8Mauro Arambarri
  • 15Fausto Vera
  • 26Tomás Galván
  • 44Lucas Silva
  • 24Juan Cruz Meza
  • 25Lautaro Pereyra
  • 19Rafael Borré
  • 9Sebastián Driussi

Coach · Eduardo Coudet

41. Santiago Beltrán (GK)41Beltrán20. Giovanni González (DF)20González28. Lucas Martínez Quarta (DF)28Quarta30. Nicolás Otamendi (DF)30Otamendi3. Francisco Ortega (DF)3Ortega6. Aníbal Moreno (MF)6Moreno50. Tobías Andrada (MF)50Andrada35. Joaquín Freitas (MF)35Freitas10. Ángel Correa (MF)10Correa23. Thiago Almada (MF)23Almada18. Lucas Beltrán (FW)18Beltrán1. Tomás Marchiori (GK)1Marchiori4. Joaquín García (DF)4García32. Thiago Silvero (DF)32Silvero16. Lisandro Magallán (DF)16Magallán3. Elías Gómez (DF)3Gómez8. Lucas Robertone (MF)8Robertone29. Rodrigo Aliendro (MF)29Aliendro11. Matías Pellegrini (MF)11Pellegrini22. Manuel Lanzini (MF)22Lanzini18. Simon Escobar (MF)18Escobar39. Thiago Aguirre (FW)39Aguirre
  • River Plate
  • Velez Sarsfield

Velez Sarsfield4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  • 1Tomás MarchioriGK
  • 4Joaquín GarcíaDF
  • 32Thiago SilveroDF
  • 16Lisandro MagallánDF
  • 3Elías GómezDF
  • 8Lucas RobertoneMF
  • 29Rodrigo AliendroMF
  • 11Matías PellegriniMF
  • 22Manuel LanziniMF
  • 18Simon EscobarMF
  • 39Thiago AguirreFW

Bench

  • 23Facundo Sanguinetti
  • 47Alexis Pereyra
  • 19Leo Cristaldo
  • 2Emanuel Mammana
  • 48Luca Feler
  • 35Matias Arias
  • 5Claudio Baeza
  • 10Diego Valdés
  • 30Lautaro Piola
  • 37Juan Cruz Policella
  • 17Alex Verón
  • 15Dilan Godoy

Coach · Guilermo Barros Schelotto

Liga Profesional table

Apertura - Group A
#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Estudiantes L.P.16943+1231
1Velez Sarsfield9450+517
2Boca Juniors16862+1330
2River Plate16925+1029
3Velez Sarsfield16772+628
4Talleres Cordoba16754+426
5Independiente16664+424
7River Plate9414+213
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Full timeline

14 events

  1. 11’A. CorreaRiver Plate · assist L. Martinez Quarta1–0
  2. 41’Yellow cardA. Moreno
  3. 43’T. SilveroRiver Plate1–1
  4. 58’SubstitutionS. Escobar · On: D. Valdes
  5. 58’SubstitutionT. Aguirre · On: D. Godoy
  6. 61’D. ValdesVelez Sarsfield · assist M. Pellegrini1–2
  7. 70’SubstitutionA. Correa · On: R. Borre
  8. 74’Yellow cardE. Gomez
  9. 79’M. LanziniVelez Sarsfield · assist E. Gomez1–3
  10. 80’Yellow cardL. Martinez Quarta
  11. 84’SubstitutionJ. Freitas · On: L. Pereyra
  12. 84’SubstitutionL. Beltran · On: S. Driussi
  13. 87’SubstitutionM. Lanzini · On: A. Veron
  14. 90+4’SubstitutionR. Aliendro · On: L. Feler

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