Racing Santander v Alaves result

Full-time · Racing Santander 2–1 Alaves

La Liga · Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:00 BST · Estadio El Sardinero

Updated 5 Nov 2026, 19:35 UK · refreshed continuously

The model’s pre-match pick

Racing Santander 2–1 Alaves — Racing Santander won this La Liga match. TACTIX’s pre-match model pick was Home or Away.

Free pick

Home or Away

Best price: 1.30 at Betano

What this price implies, and its fair odds with the margin removed →

This is one free selection. The model’s confidence rating, value against the bookmakers and every other market are part of Pro.

The record in this market: of the calls the model rated 70% or more on Home or Away in the last 90 days, 77.6% of 5130 landed (95% range 76.5–78.8%); it had given them 74.3% on average. That is the market’s record, not a forecast for this pick. How accurate →

How often calls like this land: when the model rated home or away, not the draw (double chance) between 62% and 80% in 21 top-flight leagues over the last 365 days — every such forecast, not only the free picks — it landed 1,909 of 2,555 times (74.7%), against an average rating of 73.4%. How we measure →

Match report, in numbers

What xG said

xG said Alaves: 2.66 to 1.38 in expected goals, from 16 shots to 11, ahead on xG from the sixth minute (per-shot expected goals for this match). The result went the other way.

The result

Racing Santander beat Alaves 2–1 at Estadio El Sardinero in La Liga on Saturday 12 September. Alaves have scored in at least 15 consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

It was 1–1 at half-time. The goals — Alaves: Ville Koski (18’); Racing Santander: Mohamed Zabiri (38’, assisted by Iñigo Vicente; 53’, assisted by Jorge Salinas). André Almeida (89’) was sent off.

How it turned

Replaying TACTIX’s published pre-match model through the match’s four key moments (goals and red cards), the biggest swing came with Mohamed Zabiri’s goal on 53 minutes.

Discipline

Javier Alberola Rojas, Spain showed five yellow cards and one red — against 4.1 yellows a game across the last 10 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Racing Santander: Mohamed Zabiri (35’) and Jorge Salinas (62’); Alaves: N. Tenaglia (7’), Pablo Ibáñez (8’) and Antonio Blanco (62’).

What it changes

Racing Santander move up from 11th to eighth (five league matches played). Racing Santander have scored 15 goals, the 10th-most (shared) of the 20 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games, ranked per game). Racing Santander have conceded 29 goals, the most of the 20 clubs.

Alaves stay second after this result (five league matches played). Alaves have scored 15 goals, the 10th-most (shared) of the 20 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 11 games, ranked per game). Alaves have conceded 17 goals, the 10th-most (shared) of the 20 clubs.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Jorge Salinas (Racing Santander) 8.7, Mohamed Zabiri (Racing Santander) 8.2 and Iñigo Vicente (Racing Santander) 7.1 led the match.

What the model said

The model’s free pick, Racing Santander or Alaves (no draw), a Bronze-tier call, landed — graded in the live track record, misses included. Bronze-tier calls in this market have landed 77.6% of the time in the last 90 days (3983 of 5130).

Next up

Racing Santander next travel to Malaga on 7 November 2026.

Alaves next travel to Sevilla on 6 November 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Racing Santander: Malaga v Racing Santander, Saturday 7 November — the preview. Next for Alaves: Sevilla v Alaves, Friday 6 November — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Racing Santander 2–1 Alaves · La Liga
Venue: Estadio El Sardinero · Santander
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas, Spain
Model coverage: 246 markets priced for this fixture
Head-to-head (last 2): Racing Santander 0 · draws 1 · Alaves 1 · 2.5 goals/game
Recent form: Racing Santander 2W 1D 2L · Alaves 3W 1D 1L

Racing Santander 2–1 Alaves (La Liga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across 246 markets, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 5 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2.25 / 1.75

Goals

against 1.5 / 0.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.75

over 8 matches

5.25 / 5.25

Corners

against 6.5 / 5.38 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

5.63 / 4.88

Shots on target

against 5 / 3.5 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2.13 / 2.63

Cards

against 2.38 / 2.38 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

4.1 yellows

Referee · Javier Alberola Rojas, Spain

28.6 fouls a game

Home and away split · Pro

over 10 matches

246

Markets analysed

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 September 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 6 September 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Lines marked “our book” are this fixture’s; the rest are standard thresholds, not prices.
Per game	Racing Santander for / against	Line	Alaves for / against
Goals scored	2.25 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	2.75our book	1.75 for · 0.75 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.25 for · 6.5 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5.25 for · 5.38 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	13.88 for · 13.5 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	12.63 for · 10.88 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.63 for · 5 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.88 for · 3.5 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	15 for · 13.75 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	14.5 for · 12.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2.13 for · 2.38 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.63 for · 2.38 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas, Spain — 4.1 yellow cards a game, 0.3 red cards, 28.6 fouls over 10 matches.

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Racing Santander

Racing Santander Goalkeeper

Racing Santander — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Julen Agirrezabala	4	90360 min	164 /90	82 /90	00 /90

Racing Santander — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Racing Santander before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Julen Agirrezabala n 4	90	4 3/3

Racing Santander Defensive

Racing Santander — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
Jorge Salinas	4	90360 min	164 /90	51.3 /90	00 /90	317.8 /90	20.5 /90	10.3 /90
Álvaro Mantilla	4	90359 min	92.3 /90	51.3 /90	20.5 /90	153.8 /90	51.3 /90	20.5 /90
Manu Hernando	4	77307 min	30.9 /90	30.9 /90	30.9 /90	133.8 /90	41.2 /90	10.3 /90
Pablo Ramón	3	67202 min	104.5 /90	52.2 /90	10.4 /90	177.6 /90	10.4 /90	10.4 /90
Facundo González	2	73145 min	21.2 /90	31.9 /90	21.2 /90	85 /90	53.1 /90	10.6 /90
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Racing Santander — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Racing Santander before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Jorge Salinas n 8	90	0.9 6/1	1.5 7/2	N. Tenaglia
Julen Agirrezabala n 4	90	0 0/0	0.5 1/1	—
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	89.9	1.5 6/4	0.6 4/1	V. Koski
Iñigo Vicente n 8	81.8	1.2 6/1	2.3 6/5	—
Sergio Canales n 4	79	0.3 1/0	1.4 4/1	—
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Racing Santander — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Racing Santander before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Jorge Salinas n 8	90	4.3 8/8
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	89.9	1.9 8/3
Iñigo Vicente n 8	81.8	1.5 7/3
Sergio Canales n 4	79	0.9 2/1
Manu Hernando n 8	71.4	0.5 2/1
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Racing Santander Attacking

Racing Santander — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
M. Zabiri	4	52206 min	31.3 /90	00 /90	31.3 /90	31.3 /90	10.4 /90	10.4 /90
Asier Villalibre	3	51154 min	00 /90	00 /90	21.2 /90	10.6 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Iñigo Vicente	4	85339 min	00 /90	10.3 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90	123.2 /90	71.9 /90
Sergio Canales	4	79316 min	10.3 /90	00 /90	82.3 /90	51.4 /90	10.3 /90	41.1 /90
G. Puerta	3	89268 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	41.3 /90	20.7 /90
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Racing Santander — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Racing Santander before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Jorge Salinas n 8	90	0.5 3/1	0.3 2/0
Julen Agirrezabala n 4	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	89.9	0.4 2/1	0 0/0
Iñigo Vicente n 8	81.8	1 5/2	0.7 4/1
Sergio Canales n 4	79	2.3 4/2	1.4 4/1
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Racing Santander — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Racing Santander before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Julen Agirrezabala n 4	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Jorge Salinas n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	89.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
Iñigo Vicente n 8	81.8	0.1 1/0	0.4 3/0
Sergio Canales n 4	79	0.3 1/0	0 0/0
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Alaves

Alaves Goalkeeper

Alaves — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Sivera	4	90360 min	133.3 /90	30.8 /90	00 /90

Alaves — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Alaves before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Sivera n 8	90	2.8 6/4

Alaves Defensive

Alaves — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
N. Tenaglia	4	90360 min	71.8 /90	61.5 /90	00 /90	184.5 /90	41 /90	10.3 /90
V. Koski	4	88350 min	20.5 /90	51.3 /90	20.5 /90	82.1 /90	41 /90	00 /90
Jonny	4	83330 min	92.5 /90	30.8 /90	20.5 /90	154.1 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90
Yusi	4	25100 min	76.3 /90	00 /90	10.9 /90	119.9 /90	10.9 /90	00 /90
Pablo Ibáñez	4	90360 min	41 /90	51.3 /90	00 /90	205 /90	61.5 /90	00 /90
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Alaves — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Alaves before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
N. Tenaglia n 8	90	1.3 6/3	1.4 7/4	Jorge Salinas
Pablo Ibáñez n 8	65.8	1.2 4/2	2.2 6/4	—
Sivera n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0	—
Antonio Blanco n 8	89.9	2.5 8/6	0.9 5/2	—
V. Koski n 7	88.6	0.9 3/1	0 0/0	Álvaro Mantilla
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Alaves — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Alaves before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Pablo Ibáñez n 8	65.8	2.4 7/4
N. Tenaglia n 8	90	2 8/5
Antonio Blanco n 8	89.9	2.1 6/5
V. Koski n 7	88.6	0.9 5/1
Jonny n 8	86.3	2.2 6/5
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Alaves Attacking

Alaves — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
M. Díaz	4	42168 min	31.6 /90	31.6 /90	52.7 /90	52.7 /90	31.6 /90	52.7 /90
Toni Martínez	3	78234 min	00 /90	00 /90	72.7 /90	00 /90	41.5 /90	00 /90
L. Boyé	3	76229 min	41.6 /90	00 /90	72.8 /90	52 /90	10.4 /90	10.4 /90
Aitor Mañas	2	3876 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	11.2 /90	11.2 /90
A. Manas	1	1919 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	14.7 /90
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Alaves — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Alaves before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Pablo Ibáñez n 8	65.8	1 4/2	0.5 3/0
N. Tenaglia n 8	90	0.9 5/2	0.5 4/0
Sivera n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Antonio Blanco n 8	89.9	0.9 4/2	0.1 1/0
V. Koski n 7	88.6	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
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Alaves — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Alaves before kick-off, to 6 September 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Pablo Ibáñez n 8	65.8	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
N. Tenaglia n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
Sivera n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
Antonio Blanco n 8	89.9	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
V. Koski n 7	88.6	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Racing Santander		Alaves
57%	Possession	43%
2.01	Expected goals (xG)	1.98
11	Shots	16
4	Shots on target	8
4	Shots off target	3
3	Blocked shots	5
9	Shots inside the box	10
4	Corners	6
2	Offsides	9
16	Fouls	17
2	Yellow cards	3
1	Red cards	0
7	Saves	2
456	Passes	334
79%	Pass accuracy	75%

Racing Santander Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Álvaro Mantilla	90	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6.5
Julen Agirrezabala	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.7
Iván Martín	90	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	6.9
Jorge Salinas	90	0	1	0	0	2	4	Y	7.5
J. Belocian	90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.6
Pablo Ramón	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.9
Iñigo Vicente	84	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	8.2
M. Prati	84	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6.6
M. Zabiri	74	2	0	4	3	1	1	Y	8.7
Sergio Canales	74	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	6.9
Pablo García	65	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	6.3
André Almeida sub	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	R	5.9
Asier Villalibre sub	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
M. Gueye sub	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
Iker Luque sub	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
G. Guliashvili sub	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
Pedro Felipe sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–

Alaves Player Stats

Player	Min	G	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
L. Boyé	90	0	2	0	1	2	0	6.3
A. Rebbach	90	0	2	2	0	5	0	7.5
Denis Suárez	90	0	0	0	2	2	0	6.9
Jonny	90	0	1	1	1	3	0	7.2
V. Koski	90	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.5
Sivera	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.3
Angel Pérez	86	0	1	1	2	3	0	6.3
M. Díaz	67	0	3	3	0	0	0	6
Antonio Blanco	67	0	0	0	0	2	Y	6
Pablo Ibáñez	45	0	0	0	0	0	Y	6.3
N. Tenaglia	45	0	0	0	1	2	Y	6.9
N. Valentini sub	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
C. Benavídez sub	45	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.3
Carles Aleñá sub	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
Toni Martínez sub	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	7
Aitor Mañas sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Miguel Rodríguez sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	–

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Racing Santander v Alaves — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Racing SantanderWDLWL

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 2.2 scored / 1.8 conceded per game

AlavesLWDWW

Last 5: 3W 1D 1L · 2.2 scored / 1 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 2

Racing Santander 0 · 1 draw · Alaves 1 · 2.5 goals/game

2023-01-21 Alaves 3–0 Racing Santander
2022-11-01 Racing Santander 1–1 Alaves

League standing · 2026/27

Racing Santander#16 pos11 pts11 pl-14 GD

Alaves#11 pos12 pts11 pl-2 GD

Goals per game

Racing Santander scored1.36

Alaves scored1.36

Racing Santander conceded2.64

Alaves conceded1.55

Shot Map and Expected Goals

Racing Santander 1.38 xG from 11 shots, Alaves 2.66 from 16. Every mark is one shot, placed where it was taken and sized by the chance it had of becoming a goal. Filled marks with a white ring are goals.

Racing Santander (attacking right)Alaves (attacking left)mark size = expected goals

Team	Shots	Goals	xG
Racing Santander	11	2	1.38
Alaves	16	1	2.66

Shot locations and expected-goals values from per-shot data. Per-shot tables, situation and shot-type breakdowns are part of TACTIX Pro.

Expected Goals Race

At half-time, Alaves led on xG, 1.79 to 0.56. At full time, Alaves led on xG, 2.66 to 1.38. The widest gap was 1.72 xG to Alaves, in the 20th minute.

xG timeline (cumulative)

Racing Santander 1.38 xGAlaves 2.66 xGdots = goals · 27 shots

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Frequently Asked Questions

What was the model’s pick for Racing Santander v Alaves?: TACTIX’s free model pick for Racing Santander v Alaves was Home or Away (best price 1.30 at Betano).
What is the head-to-head record between Racing Santander and Alaves?: In their last 2 meetings, Racing Santander won 0, Alaves won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.5 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Racing Santander and Alaves?: Recent form — Racing Santander 2W 1D 2L; Alaves 3W 1D 1L.

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