Vélez defend top spot in Zone A against a Platense side eyeing the chase | OneFootball

El Fortín will face El Calamar this Saturday for Matchday 11 of the Torneo Apertura. The team from Liniers will look to secure three important points away from home.

Vélez Sarsfield will visit Platense this Saturday at the Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López, in a match corresponding to Matchday 11 of the Torneo Apertura. The game will kick off at 19:00 and will be broadcast on ESPN Premium.

The Liniers side will face a tough challenge against a rival that comes into the match after drawing against Newell’s Old Boys in Rosario and will try to break a streak of draws to move closer to the top spots in their group.

On Platense’s side, coach Walter Zunino will have to make at least one mandatory change. Defender Tomás Silva suffered a fracture of the fifth metacarpal in his right hand in the last match and will need surgery, so his replacement will be chosen between Eugenio Raggio and Agustín Lagos.

Additionally, the coach is considering other changes to the team: Iván Gómez could come in for Bautista Merlini in midfield, while Augusto Lotti has a chance to take Gonzalo Lencina’s place in attack.

The last meeting between the two was on July 19, 2025, when Platense and Vélez drew 0-0 in Vicente López. Meanwhile, the last home victory for El Calamar against El Fortín was on December 10, 2021, when they won 3-2 with goals from Matías Tissera, Facundo Curuchet, and Ignacio Schor.

The probable starting eleven for Platense vs. Vélez, for the Torneo Apertura

Matías Borgogno; Eugenio Raggio or Agustín Lagos, Víctor Cuesta, Ignacio Vázquez, Juan Ignacio Saborido; Iván Gómez, Maximiliano Amarfil, Guido Mainero, Juan Gauto; Franco Zapiola and Augusto Lotti. Coach: Walter Zunino.

Álvaro Montero; Thiago Silvero, Emanuel Mammana, Lisandro Magallán, Elías Gómez; Claudio Baeza, Lucas Robertone, Tobías Andrada; Manuel Lanzini, Álex Verón or Matías Arias, Florián Monzón. Coach: Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

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