Rosario Central vs. Estudiantes de Río Cuarto Torneo Clausura 2026 match preview and TV channel, Digi Mart USA News (Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina): Rosario Central is one of three teams with a chance to add a new championship trophy this Saturday, the Liga title that it currently holds. However, it must first take care of its own business before looking at what happens with Boca Juniors at La Bombonera and Argentinos Juniors at La Paternal.
Rosario Central receives the weak and already relegated Estudiantes de Río Cuarto in Round 16 of the Torneo Clausura, the final round of the regular stage, which also decides the Annual Table. Every match and standings update from a Saturday of Argentine football can be followed minute by minute at canchallena.com.
The Academia, which did not include Ángel Di María in the squad to rest him, plays simultaneously with Boca and Argentinos Juniors, the two teams that lead by one point, so it does not control its own destiny. Boca faces Defensa y Justicia and the Bicho faces Huracán.
All matches kick off at 5:30 p.m. Argentine time, and Central’s match, refereed by Hernán Mastrángelo, can be watched live on ESPN 2.
Central, which won 2-1 away to Sarmiento in its last match, remains atop its zone with 31 points, level with the Bicho, which it trails on goal difference (+12 to +8). It must win and hope that Boca and the La Paternal club do not both take three points to finish the year as leader of the Annual Table.
Estudiantes de Río Cuarto has already been relegated to the Primera Nacional and will play its final match in the top division this Saturday.
The two teams last met on April 24 of this year on the final day of the Torneo Clausura. Rosario Central won 2-1 at the Ciudad de Río Cuarto Antonio Candini stadium, with goals from Enzo Copetti and Julián Fernández.
Mauro Valiente scored for Estudiantes de Río Cuarto, which finished with two fewer players after the dismissals of Juan Antonini and Gonzalo Maffini.
Gastón Ávila, one of the standout performers for Rosario Central in the Torneo Clausura, is expected to start Saturday’s match.
The match is scheduled for Saturday at 5:30 p.m. Argentine time in Rosario, Santa Fe, and can be watched live on television through ESPN 2.
Viewers with Flow, Telecentro Play or DGO can also tune in directly through their cable operator. Real-time minute-by-minute coverage with statistics is available at canchallena.com.
Also among this weekend’s matches, the first round of the Torneo Clausura 2026 will be decided as the tournament enters its final stretch: the round of 16.
Each team’s final position is important because it determines home advantage in the round-of-16 pairings and beyond, except for the final, which will be played on Saturday, December 12 at the Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona in La Plata. Zone leaders will host the round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals, provided they advance.
Rosario Central was one of the first teams to secure a place in the Clausura round of 16. Provisional pairings include Argentinos Juniors vs.
Newell’s, Rosario Central vs. Gimnasia de Mendoza, Defensa y Justicia vs.
Barracas Central, and Gimnasia de La Plata vs. Independiente.
These pairings are provisional and reflect standings after Round 15. A round-of-16 simulator is available at canchallena.com.
