Apertura 2025 standings after Boca and Estudiantes' wins and Racing’s defeat

Another fantastic round of games in Argentina’s Apertura 2025 saw the early season craziness continue, with surprise packages at the top of the standings at this point in the season.

In Argentina, there are two seasons per calendar year: Apertura and Clausura. Added to that, the top division is split into two tables - Group A and Group B - with two mini-leagues of 15 teams going head to head in a round-robin format, with games based on geography and a draw.

The top 8 teams in each division will advance to the Round of 16, from where the season will be concluded in a regular, one-legged knockout style event.

The winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments will qualify for the 2026 Copa Libertadores while the two relegated teams will be decided by the worst co-efficient and the overall league place.

Defensa y Justicia continued their bright start to the season with a 0-1 win over struggling Newell’s, who float around the bottom of the table. Estudiantes got three points on the board as Racing slipped up, losing to Tigre in a tight game at Monumental de Victoria.

Meanwhile, Boca Juniors made it past Independiente Rivadavia 2-0 thanks to goals from Merentiel and Zeballos, while the game of the match day was certainly the 3-3 thriller between Barracas Central and Central Córdoba, who treated us to some late drama with a 96th minute penalty getting a point for the home side.

River slip up early on in Grupo B

As for Grupo B, River Plate were the first game of the match day, and only managed a 0-0 draw with Godoy Cruz at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium, putting a huge early dent in their title challenge and still in search of their first away win of the campaign.

“There are no excuses, it wasn’t good, we were very predictable,” Marcelo Gallardo, River’s manager, said after the game. “We didn’t have the aggression to break down Godoy Cruz. We lack creativity and also a bit of decision-making. I have good players, it will come.”

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