River hosted Boca in the 266th edition of the superclásico on Sunday at the Estadio Más Monumental, with kickoff set for 17:00 in a match built around form, history and a stadium full of expectation. The game was broadcast live on Premium and TNT Sports.
River came in having won six of its last seven matches, while Boca arrived on a 12-match unbeaten run and had won four of its previous five. The last meeting between the sides was in the Clausura 2025 at La Bombonera, where Boca won 2-0, while the last superclásico in Núñez ended 2-1 to River. River’s confirmed starting XI was Santiago Beltrán, Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lautaro Rivero, Marcos Acuña, Aníbal Moreno, Kendry Páez, Juan Cruz Meza, Tomás Galván, Sebastián Driussi and Facundo Colidio. Boca named Leandro Brey, Marcelo Weigandt, Lautaro Di Lollo, Ayrton Costa, Lautaro Blanco, Santiago Ascascibar, Leandro Paredes, Milton Delgado, Tomás Aranda, Miguel Merentiel and Adam Bareiro.
River’s fans prepared a welcome that included 52 tons of paper confetti, turning the Monumental into a stage before the first whistle. Boca’s squad left the Marriott Hotel in Ezeiza after 14:30 and arrived at River’s stadium after 15:15, heading to the visiting locker room as the build-up tightened around the biggest rivalry in Argentine football.
The match also carried extra weight for Eduardo Coudet, who was taking charge of his first superclásico as River’s manager. For Adam Bareiro, it meant another return to a club he knew well after spending six months at River in 2024 without scoring before later joining Boca in 2025. Those details sat beneath the noise of the day, but they added another layer to a contest where the result can linger far beyond the final whistle.
What happens on the field will define the conversation, but the scale of the occasion was already plain before kickoff. In a rivalry this old, form matters, history matters and the stadium remembers everything.
