Uruguayan Sebastián Fernández managed to score the only goal of the game at 29' of the second half. The game was held at River's Monumental Stadium for the first match of the Clausura Tournament.

Leonardo Astrada's River Plate faced former winner of the 2009 Apertura Tournament, Banfield.

River Plate players: Daniel Vega; Paulo Ferrari, Alexis Ferrero, Facundo Quiroga and Juan Manuel Díaz; Rodrigo Rojas, Matías Almeyda and Matías Abelairas; Ariel Ortega; Daniel Villalva and Rogelio Funes Mori. Coach: Leonardo Astrada.

Banfield players: Cristian Lucchetti; Julio Barraza, Jonathan Maidana or Mauro Dos Santos, Víctor López y Marcelo Bustamante; Marcelo Quinteros, Roberto Battión, Walter Erviti and James Rodríguez; Sebastián Fernández and Luis Salmerón or Rubén Ramírez. Coach: Julio Falcioni.