River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors LIVE Score, Primera Division 2025-26: Paredes Goal Hands Visitors Victory In SuperClasico

River Plate feel they should have had a penalty after Ander Herrera seemed to have pushed their player. But instead, the ref says no and that leads an angry reaction from the hosts. Gonzalo Montiel, Ander Herrera and Maximiliano Salas all get booked.

However, the referee has seen enough and blows the full-time whistle.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors

Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time. It's backs against the wall time for Boca now. River Plate piling up the pressure.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 90+1'

River Plate have six minutes plus stoppages to find an equaliser. Boca have been superb since the penalty and have not given anything to the home team. Fans inside the stadium are growing increasingly frustrated with their team's performance.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 84'

River Plate are doing all but scoring a goal. They have swarmed the Boca goal but the visitors have defended well and not allowing a single space to put in a pass or shoot. Dangerous play this from River Plate, given one counter from Boca could kill the game.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 78'

Leandro Paredes' night is done as the former PSG man seems to have pulled up and is replaced by another ex-Premier League star in Ander Herrera. Tomás Belmonte also makes way for Tomás Aranda.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 71'

Boca Juniors' Milton Delgado comes close to doubling his side's lead but misses it. Another goal probably could finish it off for River given they are still chasing in the match.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 67'

Leandro Paredes fouls Joaquín Freitas and the latter ends up on the floor. The ref calls foul but at the other end, Marcos Acuna and Paredes are now involved in an heated exchange. The referee shows yellow to the former Sevilla full-back.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 60'

River Plate need to search for a leveller and avoid a defeat. The hosts are on the back foot post the start of second half. Boca, on the other hand, are not pressing like they did in the first half, and waiting for an opportunity to punish the rivals.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 51'

And we are away in the second half with Paredes penalty the difference in the Superclasico so far. In the meantime, River Plate have made one change for the second half with Giuliano Galoppo replacing Juan Cruz Meza.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 46'

First Half ends, River Plate 0, Boca Juniors 1.

Wow! What an end to the half from Boca Juniors. Just as River Plate were gaining confidence, Boca strike with a penalty to take the lead in the Superclasico. It comes after River Plate's Lautaro Rivero seem to handle the ball and VAR agrees to it.

Leandro Paredes makes no mistake as Boca take an all-important lead.

River Plate 0-1 Boca Juniors 45'+6'

Half-time approaching in the game with both sides deadlocked at 0-0. Hardly anything to report than mere fouls and challenges. Both keepers kept fairly quiet. There have been 5 attempts on goal in this half with River Plate having one on goal.

River Plate 0-0 Boca Juniors 40'

Facundo Colidio gets in the ref's book with a bad foul and both players have a heated moment but eventually it dissipates. Challenges are heavy and it's hard to call which team is on the advantage at the moment.

River Plate 0-0 Boca Juniors 34'

Nothing to separate between these two giants of South American football. River Plate and Boca Juniors have developed attacks at the edge of the penalty area but both goalies have been quiet by their standards.

River Plate 0-0 Boca Juniors 26'

Seems like River Plate defender Sebastian Driussi cannot continue and is replaced by Maximiliano Salas. The back four has a completely new look now that Driussi has gone off.

River Plate 0-0 Boca Juniors 19'

Superb start to the game. Both teams vying for it and not giving an inch away. Marcos Acuña wins free-kick after a foul from Adam Bareiro. The free-kick is taken and nothing materializes.

River Plate 0-0 Boca Juniors 13'

Super intense game this! Lots of fouls being committed between both sets of players. Boca Juniors' Marcelo Weigandt commits a foul to give away a free-kick.

River Plate 0-0 Boca Juniors 5'

And we are away in the SuperClasico between River Plate and Boca Juniors at the Monumental Stadium.

Some familiar names in the starting XIs for either sides. For River Plate, ex-Sevilla man Marcos Acuna starts as does Kendry Páez, who is on-loan at the South American club from Chelsea. Montiel, who had a brief spell at Nottingham Forest is also in the Playing XI.

For Boca, former PSG and Juventus man, Leandro Paredes is the star man in the playing xi.

In the Argentinian Primera Division, these two have faced each other 217 times with Boca registering 79 wins to River Plate's 73. 65 matches have ended up in draws.

River Plate: Beltran; Bustos, Martinez Quarta, Rivero, Acuna; Anibal Moreno, Paez, Galvan; Colidio, Driussi, Salas

Boca Juniors: Brey; Weigandt, Di Lollo, Ayrton Costa, Lautaro Blanco; Ascacibar, Delgado, Paredes, Aranda; Merentiel, Bareiro