In the second match of the 2025 Liga Profesional de Fútbol Apertura Tournament, River Plate faced Instituto de Córdoba. The match took place at the Ciudad de Vicente López stadium, officiated by Yael Falcón Pérez with VAR managed by Juan Pafundi. The broadcast was handled by TNT Sports.
River Plate, coached by Marcelo Gallardo, came from a 1-1 draw with Platense in the first match. This time, the team featured Enzo Pérez, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, and Giuliano Galoppo from the start, four of their signings in this transfer window. Despite being outperformed by Instituto, they managed to salvage a draw with a last-minute goal from Matías Rojas.
On the other hand, Instituto de Córdoba, led by Pedro Troglio, arrived at the match following a convincing 3-0 victory against Gimnasia La Plata. In that game, the goals were scored by Facundo Suárez, Alex Luna, and Jonás Acevedo.
The probable lineups for the match were as follows: River Plate: Franco Armani; Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Milton Casco or Marcos Acuña; Enzo Pérez, Giuliano Galoppo, Maximiliano Meza, Manuel Lanzini; Facundo Colidio and Miguel Borja.
Instituto de Córdoba: Manuel Roffo; Juan Franco, Gonzalo Requena, Fernando Alarcón, Lucas Rodríguez; Damián Batallini, Francis Mac Allister, Gastón Lodico, Damián Puebla; Facundo Suárez and Alex Luna.
Both Gallardo and Troglio planned to repeat the same teams as in their previous commitments. Both teams aimed to earn three points in this match to strengthen their position in the tournament.
