CA Velez Sarsfield vs CA River Plate, Superliga Argentina 2026 APERTURA

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Liga Profesional · 2026

CA Velez Sarsfield

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CA River Plate

Sun 22 Feb 2026 · 22:15 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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CA Vélez Sarsfield vs CA River Plate — Superliga Argentina .

CA Vélez Sarsfield 27 games · 51 pts (2026/26)
CA River Plate 27 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Dario Herrera

19 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 6.8 goals/game 🟥 9 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Cordoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junin	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

CA Velez Sarsfield 7 games · Avg 2.7 goals CA River Plate

Last 5 meetings

2026-02-22 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 CA River Plate 2024-10-19 CA River Plate 1–1 CA Velez Sarsfield 2023-05-30 CA Velez Sarsfield 2–2 CA River Plate 2022-07-17 CA Velez Sarsfield 2–2 CA River Plate 2021-08-14 CA River Plate 2–0 CA Velez Sarsfield

Recent Form

CA Velez Sarsfield

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	CA River Plate	H	1–0	W
14 Feb	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	A	1–1	D
09 Feb	CA Boca Juniors	H	2–1	W
31 Jan	CA Independiente	A	1–1	D
27 Jan	CA Talleres	H	2–1	W
23 Jan	Instituto AC Cordoba	A	1–0	W

CA River Plate

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Feb	CA Velez Sarsfield	A	0–1	L
13 Feb	AA Argentinos Juniors	A	0–1	L
07 Feb	CA Tigre	H	1–4	L
02 Feb	CA Rosario Central	A	0–0	D
28 Jan	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	H	2–0	W
24 Jan	CA Barracas Central	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

CA Velez Sarsfield		CA River Plate
#1	Position	#5
51	Points	43
27	Played	27
14 / 9 / 4	W / D / L	11 / 10 / 6
38	Scored	38
16	Conceded	21
+22	GD	+17
1.89	PPG	1.59
52%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
CA Velez Sarsfield this season

39% Clean Sheets
CA River Plate this season

CA Velez Sarsfield are 1st (51 pts). CA River Plate are 5th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CA Velez Sarsfield

0-15

6/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/1

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA River Plate

0-15

–/–

16-30

1/3

31-45

4/2

46-60

2/–

61-75

1/1

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CA Velez Sarsfield

Florian Monzon	6 G
Manuel Lanzini	5 G
Matias Pellegrini	3 G	2 A

CA River Plate

Gonzalo Montiel	5 G	1 A
Sebastian Driussi	5 G
Juan Fernando Quintero	3 G	2 A
Juan Quintero	3 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. CA Velez Sarsfield get us underway at .
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — CA Velez Sarsfield 1-0 CA River Plate.

Lineups

CA Vélez Sarsfield Lineups

CA River Plate Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lucas Beltran	1
Alvaro Barreal	1
Robert Rojas	1
Juan Fernando Quintero	1
Braian Romero	1
Rafael Borre	1
Miguel Borja	1
Nicolas Dominguez	1

Head to Head

CA Vélez Sarsfield Form

2026-02-22 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 CA River Plate L 2026-02-14 CSyD Defensa y Justicia 1–1 CA Velez Sarsfield D 2026-02-09 CA Velez Sarsfield 2–1 CA Boca Juniors L 2026-01-31 CA Independiente 1–1 CA Velez Sarsfield D 2026-01-27 CA Velez Sarsfield 2–1 CA Talleres L 2026-01-23 Instituto AC Cordoba 0–1 CA Velez Sarsfield W

CA River Plate Form

2026-02-22 CA Velez Sarsfield 1–0 CA River Plate L 2026-02-13 AA Argentinos Juniors 1–0 CA River Plate L 2026-02-07 CA River Plate 1–4 CA Tigre L 2026-02-02 CA Rosario Central 0–0 CA River Plate D 2026-01-28 CA River Plate 2–0 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata W 2026-01-24 CA Barracas Central 0–1 CA River Plate W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.21 CA Vélez Sarsfield xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.79 CA River Plate xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

CA Vélez Sarsfield48% Draw30% CA River Plate22%

Actual: CA Vélez Sarsfield win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes40% 0% No60%

Avg goals/match: 2

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	84%	16%
± 1.5	60%	40%
± 2.5	32%	68%
± 3.5	15%	85%
± 4.5	6%	94%

Double Chance

CA Vélez Sarsfield or Draw

78%

Draw or CA River Plate

52%

CA Vélez Sarsfield or CA River Plate

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

CA Vélez Sarsfield29% Draw54% CA River Plate17%

Actual: CA Vélez Sarsfield win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

15.9%

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

13.8%

2 – 0

9.5%

0 – 1

9.3%

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

4.9%

0 – 2

3 – 0

3.8%

3 – 1

3.2%

2 – 2

3.1%

3 – 2

1.4%

Asian Handicap — CA Vélez Sarsfield

Handicap	CA Vélez Sarsfield covers	Push	CA River Plate covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	13%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	24%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	15%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

CA Vélez Sarsfield keeps clean sheet

46% ✗

CA River Plate keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.