Ninety
Vélez
Liga Profesional
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2 - 2
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Platense
Vélez vs Platense: match report
Vélez Sarsfield hosted Platense at José Amalfitani on Monday 5 October 2026, in the Liga Profesional. Vélez have no reported absences; Platense are missing 4 (Santiago Quirós, Luciano Giménez, Héctor Bobadilla and others). Sebastián Zunino is the referee, averaging 5.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.2.
Result and scorers
Vélez 2-2 Platense. Goals: Ronaldo Martínez 5' for Vélez ; Bautista Merlini 7' for Platense; Ronaldo Martínez 54' for Vélez ; Franco Zapiola 88' for Platense.
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Key moments (contains the result)
- 5' Goal: Ronaldo Martínez (Vélez ) 1-0
- 7' Goal: Bautista Merlini (Platense) 1-1
- 45'+1' Missed penalty: Agustín Lagos (Platense)
- 54' Goal: Ronaldo Martínez (Vélez ) 2-1
- 79' Yellow card: Tomas Silva (Platense)
- 84' Yellow card: Ivan Gomez (Platense)
- 88' Goal: Franco Zapiola (Platense) 2-2
Match stats (contains the result)
| 47.5% | Possession | 52.5% |
| 10 | Shots | 16 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 4 | Corners | 4 |
| 8 | Fouls | 5 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Vélez 4-2-3-1
Coach: Guillermo Barros Schelotto
- 1 Tomás Marchiori GK
- 4 Joaquín García DEF
- 32 Thiago Silvero DEF
- 16 Lisandro Magallán DEF
- 3 Elías Gómez DEF
- 29 Rodrigo Aliendro MID
- 8 Lucas Robertone MID
- 39 Thiago Aguirre FWD
- 22 Manuel Lanzini MID
- 37 Juan Policella FWD
- 77 Ronaldo Martínez FWD
Bench
- 10 Diego Valdés MID
- 18 Simón Escobar DEF
- 48 Luca Feler MID
- 23 Facundo Sanguinetti GK
- 19 Leo Cristaldo DEF
- 47 Alexis Pereyra DEF
- 21 Jano Gordon DEF
- 5 Claudio Baeza MID
- 27 Simon Prima FWD
- 30 Lautaro Piola FWD
- 35 Matías Arias FWD
- 15 Dilan Godoy FWD
Platense 4-4-2
Coach: Martín Palermo
- 30 Juan Cozzani GK
- 4 Agustín Lagos DEF
- 34 Mateo Mendía DEF
- 31 Víctor Cuesta DEF
- 3 Tomás Silva DEF
- 7 Guido Mainero MID
- 15 Maximiliano Amarfil MID
- 24 Martín Barrios MID
- 43 Nicolás Retamar MID
- 18 Bautista Merlini FWD
- 79 Bruno Sepúlveda FWD
Bench
- 10 Franco Zapiola MID
- 5 Iván Gómez MID
- 16 Gastón Togni FWD
- 99 Gonzalo Lencina FWD
- 33 Juan Gauto FWD
- 22 Nicolás Sumavil GK
- 8 Fabricio López DEF
- 6 Eugenio Raggio DEF
- 29 Franco Minerva MID
- 17 Felipe Bussio MID
- 23 Leonardo Heredia MID
- 11 Nicolás López FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Vélez
No reported absences.
Platense
- Santiago Quirós injury, back Early December 2026
- Luciano Giménez injury, back Mid October 2026
- Héctor Bobadilla injury, back Mid October 2026
- Tomás Nasif injury, back Mid January 2027
Previous meetings
- Saturday 14 March 2026: Platense 0-2 Vélez Sarsfield
- Saturday 19 July 2025: Platense 0-0 Vélez Sarsfield
- Wednesday 29 January 2025: Vélez Sarsfield 0-1 Platense
- Thursday 25 July 2024: Platense 0-2 Vélez Sarsfield
- Tuesday 14 March 2023: Vélez Sarsfield 1-1 Platense