Racing Santander 2–2 Villarreal
Racing Santander
2–2HT 2–2
Villarreal
Racing Santander played Villarreal in the La Liga on 16 August 2026 at El Sardinero. The match finished 2–2.
Goals and cards
- 21'A. Martin
- 34'S. Martinez
- 45'P. Gueye (assist by A. Moleiro)
- 45'N. Pepe (assist by G. Mikautadze)
- 45+4'Gustavo Puerta — Yellow card
- 48'Juan Foyth — Yellow card
- 72'Pape Gueye — Yellow card
- 75'Pablo Ramón — Yellow card
- 87'Santiago Mouriño — Yellow card
- 90+3'Carlos Romero — Yellow card
Line-ups
Racing Santander 4-2-3-1
- J. Agirrezabala
- A. Mantilla
- Pedro Felipe
- P. Ramon
- J. Salinas
- G. Puerta
- S. Martinez
- A. Martin
- S. Canales
- I. Vicente
- A. Villalibre
- SUBSTITUTES
- S. Eriksson
- F. Gonzalez
- Manu
- C. Sanchez
- D. Diaz
- I. Sainz-Maza
- M. Gueye
- A. Vallecillo
- J. Castellanos
- Y. Zabiri
- J. Arana
- H. Martin
- COACHES: Jose Lopez
Villarreal 4-4-2
- Luiz Junior
- S. Mourino
- J. Foyth
- R. Veiga
- C. Romero
- N. Pepe
- S. Comesana
- P. Gueye
- A. Moleiro
- A. Perez
- G. Mikautadze
- SUBSTITUTES
- P. Gulacsi
- L. Costa
- S. Cardona
- W. Kambwala
- A. Freeman
- P. Navarro
- T. Buchanan
- C. Macia
- G. Moreno
- I. Akhomach
- C. Tidiane Thiam
- T. Oluwaseyi
- COACHES: Inigo Perez
Match statistics
| Racing Santander | Villarreal | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 6 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 17 | Total shots | 12 |
| 8 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 9 | Shots inside box | 7 |
| 8 | Shots outside box | 5 |
| 14 | Fouls | 14 |
| 6 | Corners | 10 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 41% | Possession | 59% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 377 | Total passes | 536 |
| 310 | Accurate passes | 483 |
| 82% | Pass accuracy | 90% |
| 1.87 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.67 |
| -0.61 | goals_prevented | -0.61 |