River Plate vs Vélez Sarsfield Highlights - August 23, 2026

River Plate meet Vélez Sarsfield at Estadio Más Monumental in Buenos Aires on August 23, 2026.

The fixture comes in Argentine Liga Profesional.

River Plate go into the match in position 14, on 3 points from 5 matches. They have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 4 so far.

Their goal difference stands at -2. In their last five outings they have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3.

They lost 0-1 away at Gimnasia La Plata on Jul 29. They lost 0-1 at home to Rosario Central on Aug 2.

On Aug 8 they went down 0-1 at Tigre. They beat Argentinos Juniors 2-0 at home on Aug 16.

They drew 0-0 away at Independiente Santa Fe on Aug 20. They have scored 2 and conceded 3 across that run.

2 of those five came at home. They shut out the opposition 2 times in that run.

Across the last five they have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 0. A 1-0 home win over Instituto (Córdoba) came on Jul 24.

They won 3-1 away at Talleres (Córdoba) on Jul 30. They beat Independiente 1-0 at home on Aug 3.

On Aug 8 they shared a 1-1 draw at Boca Juniors. They drew 1-1 at home with Defensa y Justicia on Aug 17.

That run brought 7 goals for and 3 against. Of that run, 3 were played at home.

The defence held firm 2 times across those games. They are unbeaten in their last 5.

Manuel Lanzini has scored 2 times for Vélez Sarsfield this season. Elias Gomez tops the Vélez Sarsfield assist chart with 1.

Confirmed lineups follow closer to kick-off.