Deportivo Riestra vs. Vélez Sarsfield in the Group Stage of the 2026 Liga Profesional Argentina kicks off at 18:45 GMT on 2026-08-29.
The recent head-to-head between Gustavo Benitez and Guillermo Barros Schelotto is level at 0-0.
Deportivo Riestra are 8th in the standings with 7 points, followed by Vélez Sarsfield in 2nd on 12 points.
Both teams have no missing players.
We anticipate Deportivo Riestra lining up with five at the back (5-4-1), and Vélez Sarsfield are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
Deportivo Riestra played out a 0-0 draw with Huracán, and Vélez Sarsfield shared the spoils 2-2 vs River Plate.
Deportivo Riestra's form is 1-2-2 recently, but Vélez Sarsfield are on a roll with 2-3-0 in their last 5 matches.
Very even book: across 5 encounters, it stands at 1-1 wins with 3 draws between Deportivo Riestra and Vélez Sarsfield.
Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Vélez Sarsfield to win 2-1, despite Deportivo Riestra's 3-5-3 home form - Vélez Sarsfield's strong 4-6-1 record away with 1.00 goals/game does the trick.
Dep. Riestra is going head to head with Velez Sarsfield on 29/8/2026 17:45 GMT for the Argentina Liga Profesional Argentina. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Dep. Riestra v Velez Sarsfield H2H statistics!