Sport Local February 16, 2025

River Plate Faces Lanús in Crucial Match

River Plate is set to take on Lanús at the Monumental Stadium as they aim for a crucial victory in the Torneo Apertura 2025. The match kicks off at 19:15.


River Plate Faces Lanús in Crucial Match

The match between River Plate and Lanús will take place at the Monumental stadium, located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, at 7:15 PM. This time, the team from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires will face an old acquaintance: Felipe Peña Biafore, a player who previously had a stint with the institution.

In their last appearance, River Plate achieved a 0-0 draw against Godoy Cruz as visitors, placing fifth in Group B of the 2025 Apertura Tournament with 9 points, under the management of Marcelo Gallardo. Meanwhile, Lanús arrives at the match after drawing 0-0 with Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata at home.

The possible starting eleven for Lanús would be Nahuel Losada; Gonzalo Pérez, Carlos Izquierdoz, Ronaldo Dejesús, and Sascha Marcich; Agustín Cardozo, Felipe Peña Biafore, Eduardo Salvio, Marcelino Moreno, Alexis Segovia; and Walter Bou, under the management of Marcelo Daniel Gallardo.

The refereeing will be handled by Facundo Tello, with Mauro Vigliano in VAR. The match will be broadcast on TNT Sports. River Plate ranked seventh in the Group B table and prepares with the possible eleven of Franco Armani; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Paulo Díaz, Milton Casco; Enzo Pérez, Giuliano Galoppo, Santiago Simón, Manuel Lanzini; Sebastián Driussi and Facundo Colidio, under the management of Mauricio Pellegrino.

The team will seek to take home the three points in the clash against Lanús, with the desire to celebrate the victory alongside their supporters in the Federal Capital.