River Plate vs Argentinos Juniors Highlights - August 16, 2026

Argentinos Juniors travel to Estadio Más Monumental in Buenos Aires to face River Plate on August 16, 2026.

This one is a Argentine Liga Profesional tie.

River Plate sit in position 15 of the table with 0 points after 4 matches. Their season so far: won 0, drawn 0, lost 4.

That leaves a goal difference of -4. Across the last five they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 5.

A 1-3 home defeat to Aldosivi came on Jul 18. They lost 0-1 at home to Barracas Central on Jul 25.

On Jul 29 they went down 0-1 at Gimnasia La Plata. A 0-1 home defeat to Rosario Central came on Aug 2.

They lost 0-1 away at Tigre on Aug 8. That run brought 1 goals for and 7 against.

Of that run, 3 were played at home.

Argentinos Juniors go into the match in position 1, on 12 points from 4 matches. They have won 4, drawn 0 and lost 0 so far.

Their goal difference stands at +6. In their last five outings they have won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1.

They lost 1-1 at home to Belgrano (Córdoba) on May 17. On Jul 23 they took a 3-2 win at Sarmiento (Junín).

A 3-0 home win over Estudiantes de Río Cuarto came on Jul 29. They won 1-0 away at Belgrano (Córdoba) on Aug 1.

They beat Racing Club 2-1 at home on Aug 9. They have scored 10 and conceded 4 across that run.

3 of those five came at home. The defence held firm 2 times across those games.

Argentinos Juniors have leaned on Hernan Lopez, who has found the net 2 times. For assists Argentinos Juniors look to Tomás Molina, on 2.

In the table Argentinos Juniors sit above River Plate. Live score, stats and lineups appear on this page once the match starts.