CA Boca Juniors vs CA River Plate, Superliga Argentina 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Liga Profesional · 2025

CA Boca Juniors

2 – 0

Full Time

CA River Plate

Sun 9 Nov 2025 · 19:30 UTC La Bombonera HT 45' · FT 45'

Exequiel Zeballos 45+1' 1–0

Miguel Merentiel 47' 2–0

Y 14' Lucas Martinez Quarta

Lautaro Di Lollo 39' Y

Y 45' Marcos Acuna

Y 52' Franco Armani

Y 64' Gonzalo Montiel

Y 70' Miguel Borja

Y 72' Matias Galarza

Y 78' Giuliano Galoppo

Lautaro Blanco 79' Y

Milton Gimenez 85' Y

Overview

Match Preview

CA Boca Juniors vs CA River Plate — Superliga Argentina at La Bombonera.

CA Boca Juniors 27 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
CA River Plate 27 games · 43 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	CA Velez Sarsfield	27	51
2	CA Talleres	27	48
3	Racing Club	27	46
4	CA Huracan	27	46
5	CA River Plate	27	43
6	CA Boca Juniors	27	42
7	CA Independiente	27	40
8	CA Tucuman	27	40
9	CA Union	27	40
10	CA Platense	27	39
11	CS Independiente Rivadavia	27	38
12	Estudiantes de La Plata	27	36
13	Instituto AC Cordoba	27	36
14	CA Lanus	27	36
15	CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba	27	35
16	CA Belgrano	27	35
17	CD Riestra	27	35
18	CA Tigre	27	34
19	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	27	32
20	CA Rosario Central	27	32
21	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	27	32
22	CA Central Cordoba	27	31
23	AA Argentinos Juniors	27	30
24	CA San Lorenzo de Almagro	27	29
25	CA Newell's Old Boys	27	28
26	CA Sarmiento de Junín	27	26
27	CA Banfield	27	24
28	CA Barracas Central	27	23

Head-to-Head

CA Boca Juniors 9 games · Avg 1.3 goals CA River Plate

Last 5 meetings

2025-11-09 CA Boca Juniors 2–0 CA River Plate 2024-09-21 CA Boca Juniors 0–1 CA River Plate 2023-05-07 CA River Plate 1–0 CA Boca Juniors 2022-09-11 CA Boca Juniors 1–0 CA River Plate 2021-10-03 CA River Plate 2–1 CA Boca Juniors

Recent Form

CA Boca Juniors

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Nov	CA River Plate	H	2–0	W
02 Nov	Estudiantes de La Plata	A	2–1	W
27 Oct	CA Barracas Central	A	3–1	W
18 Oct	CA Belgrano	H	1–2	L
05 Oct	CA Newell's Old Boys	H	5–0	W
27 Sep	CSyD Defensa y Justicia	A	1–2	L

CA River Plate

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Nov	CA Boca Juniors	A	0–2	L
02 Nov	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	H	0–1	L
18 Oct	CA Talleres	A	2–0	W
12 Oct	CA Sarmiento de Junín	H	0–1	L
06 Oct	CA Rosario Central	A	1–2	L
28 Sep	CD Riestra	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

CA Boca Juniors		CA River Plate
#6	Position	#5
42	Points	43
27	Played	27
11 / 9 / 7	W / D / L	11 / 10 / 6
30	Scored	38
23	Conceded	21
+7	GD	+17
1.56	PPG	1.59
41%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

11% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)

11% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

47% Clean Sheets
CA Boca Juniors this season

36% Clean Sheets
CA River Plate this season

CA Boca Juniors are 6th (42 pts). CA River Plate are 5th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CA Boca Juniors

0-15

2/7

16-30

8/2

31-45

7/1

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/–

76+

9/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CA River Plate

0-15

2/2

16-30

3/4

31-45

9/2

46-60

4/–

61-75

5/4

76+

7/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CA Boca Juniors

Miguel Merentiel	10 G	2 A
Santiago Ascacibar	5 G	2 A
Milton Gimenez	4 G

CA River Plate

Gonzalo Montiel	7 G	3 A
Tomas Galvan	6 G	3 A
Sebastian Driussi	6 G
Juan Fernando Quintero	3 G	2 A
Juan Quintero	3 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. CA River Plate get us underway at La Bombonera.
5' Juan Portillo is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for CA Boca Juniors tonight.
10' Both keepers have barely been tested. CA Boca Juniors and CA River Plate are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
14' That looks like a foul for a card for Lucas Martinez Quarta.
19' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
24' CA Boca Juniors currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
29' The travelling CA River Plate supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
33' CA River Plate manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Matias Galarza is hanging Maximiliano Meza on the field on 33 minute.
38' Over 38 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
39' That looks like a foul for a card for Lautaro Di Lollo.
44' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Maximiliano Meza made 190 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
45' CA River Plate player sees a card in front of him.
46' Juan Fernando Quintero gets the nod from CA River Plate. He replaces Lautaro Rivero Cruz and will look to change the dynamic.
46' Goal! Exequiel Zeballos scores his 7 goal in 207 matches.
47' Miguel Merentiel is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 8 goals this season for the .
52' Franco Armani picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
57' Franco Armani needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
59' Another substitution for CA River Plate to replace Sebastian Driussi by Miguel Borja on 59 minute.
64' Gonzalo Montiel has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 64.
69' Argentina international Lautaro Rivero Cruz has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
70' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Miguel Borja.
72' Matias Galarza is having his name booked by the referee on 72.
74' The whistle greets Carlos Palacios as he departs to be replaced by Ander Herrera.
78' Giuliano Galoppo catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 78.
79' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Lautaro Blanco on 79 minutes.
84' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Marcelo Gallardo will be considering his options from the bench.
85' CA Boca Juniors player sees a card in front of him.
87' A change in the CA Boca Juniors ranks — Leandro Paredes exits the field as Tomas Belmonte enters on 87.
90' The CA Boca Juniors manager makes a substitution. Exequiel Zeballos departs to be replaced by Kevin Zenon.
With this win, CA Boca Juniors is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

CA Boca Juniors Lineups

4-2-2-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Claudio Ubeda

CA River Plate Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

21
Marcos Acuna
8
Maximiliano Meza ↓ Matias Galarza 33'
1
Franco Armani
4
Gonzalo Montiel
19
Sebastian Driussi ↓ Miguel Borja 59'
17
Paulo Diaz
5
Juan Portillo
28
Lucas Martinez Quarta
22
Kevin Castano ↓ Giuliano Galoppo 59'
13
Lautaro Rivero Cruz ↓ Juan Fernando Quintero 46'
7
Maximiliano Salas

Bench

Coach Marcelo Gallardo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Julian Alvarez	2
Miguel Merentiel	1
Gonzalo Martinez	1
Exequiel Zeballos	1
Ignacio Scocco	1
Gonzalo Martinez	1
Ignacio Scocco	1
Dario Benedetto	1

Head to Head

CA Boca Juniors Form

2025-11-09 CA Boca Juniors 2–0 CA River Plate W 2025-11-02 Estudiantes de La Plata 1–2 CA Boca Juniors W 2025-10-27 CA Barracas Central 1–3 CA Boca Juniors W 2025-10-18 CA Boca Juniors 1–2 CA Belgrano L 2025-10-05 CA Boca Juniors 5–0 CA Newell's Old Boys W 2025-09-27 CSyD Defensa y Justicia 2–1 CA Boca Juniors L

CA River Plate Form

2025-11-09 CA Boca Juniors 2–0 CA River Plate L 2025-11-02 CA River Plate 0–1 Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata L 2025-10-18 CA Talleres 0–2 CA River Plate W 2025-10-12 CA River Plate 0–1 CA Sarmiento de Junín L 2025-10-06 CA Rosario Central 2–1 CA River Plate L 2025-09-28 CA River Plate 1–2 CD Riestra L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.26 CA Boca Juniors xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.96 CA River Plate xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

CA Boca Juniors46% Draw29% CA River Plate25%

Actual: CA Boca Juniors win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	65%	35%
± 2.5	38%	62%
± 3.5	19%	81%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

CA Boca Juniors or Draw

75%

Draw or CA River Plate

54%

CA Boca Juniors or CA River Plate

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

CA Boca Juniors29% Draw52% CA River Plate19%

Actual: CA Boca Juniors win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.1%

0 – 0

13.1%

1 – 0

12.5%

0 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

1 – 2

6.1%

0 – 2

4.8%

2 – 2

3 – 0

3.4%

3 – 1

3.4%

1 – 3

Asian Handicap — CA Boca Juniors

Handicap	CA Boca Juniors covers	Push	CA River Plate covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	22%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	17%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

CA Boca Juniors keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

CA River Plate keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.