Racing Santander v Elche result

Full-time · Racing Santander 3–2 Elche

La Liga · Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:00 BST · Estadio El Sardinero

Updated 7 Nov 2026, 20:34 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Racing Santander · Elche · Head-to-head

The model’s pre-match pick

Racing Santander 3–2 Elche — Racing Santander won this La Liga match. TACTIX’s pre-match model pick was Home or Draw.

Free pick

Home or Draw

Best price: 1.32 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 Draw in the last 90 days, 76.5% of 1731 landed (95% range 74.5–78.5%); it had given them 75.2% 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 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 1,074 of 1,429 times (75.2%), against an average rating of 70.3%. How we measure →

Match report, in numbers

What xG said

xG said Racing Santander: 2.56 to 1.08 in expected goals, from 13 shots to 18, ahead on xG from the sixth minute (per-shot expected goals for this match).

The result

Racing Santander beat Elche 3–2 at Estadio El Sardinero in La Liga on Friday 28 August. Elche are winless in their last four matches in all competitions.

The goals

Racing Santander led 3–0 at half-time. The goals — Racing Santander: Mohamed Zabiri (15’; 21’; 36’, assisted by Iñigo Vicente); Elche: Buba Sangaré (78’, assisted by L. Cepeda) and Fer Niño (79’, assisted by Tete Morente).

How it turned

Replaying TACTIX’s published pre-match model through the match’s five key moments (goals and red cards), the biggest swing came with Mohamed Zabiri’s goal on 15 minutes.

Discipline

Carlos Muniz Munoz, Spain showed three yellow cards — against 3.6 yellows a game across the last 5 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Racing Santander: Facundo González (43’) and Álvaro Mantilla (45’); Elche: Facundo Buonanotte (63’).

What it changes

Racing Santander move up from 13th to eighth (three league matches played).

Elche move down from 15th to 18th (three league matches played).

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Mohamed Zabiri (Racing Santander) 12.5, Buba Sangaré (Elche) 7.1 and Fer Niño (Elche) 6.8 led the match.

What the model said

The model’s free pick, Racing Santander or the draw, a Bronze-tier call, landed — graded in the live track record, misses included. Bronze-tier calls in this market have landed 76.5% of the time in the last 90 days (1325 of 1731).

Next up

Racing Santander next host Real Sociedad on 22 November 2026.

Elche next host Real Betis on 8 November 2026.

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

Next for Racing Santander: Racing Santander v Real Sociedad, Sunday 22 November — the preview. Next for Elche: Elche v Real Betis, Sunday 8 November — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Racing Santander 3–2 Elche · La Liga
Venue: Estadio El Sardinero · Santander
Referee: Carlos Muniz Munoz, Spain
Model coverage: 246 markets priced for this fixture
Head-to-head (last 6): Racing Santander 2 · draws 1 · Elche 3 · 2.67 goals/game
Recent form: Racing Santander 2W 2D 1L · Elche 1W 2D 2L

Racing Santander 3–2 Elche (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 7 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2.13 / 1

Goals

against 1.13 / 1.75 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.75

over 8 matches

6.5 / 3.13

Corners

against 4.63 / 3.25 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

7.38 / 3.38

Shots on target

against 3.38 / 4.38 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2 / 2.38

Cards

against 2.5 / 2.63 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

3.6 yellows

Referee · Carlos Muniz Munoz, Spain

26 fouls a game

Home and away split · Pro

over 5 matches

246

Markets analysed

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 23 August 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 23 August 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	Elche for / against
Goals scored	2.13 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5	2.75our book	1 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6.5 for · 4.63 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	3.13 for · 3.25 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	16.63 for · 11.13 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	9.25 for · 9.88 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	7.38 for · 3.38 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	3.38 for · 4.38 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	14.38 for · 13.5 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	15 for · 15.75 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2 for · 2.5 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.38 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: Carlos Muniz Munoz, Spain — 3.6 yellow cards a game, 0 red cards, 26 fouls over 5 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	2	90180 min	52.5 /90	31.5 /90	00 /90

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
Álvaro Mantilla	2	90180 min	63 /90	31.5 /90	00 /90	73.5 /90	31.5 /90	10.5 /90
Jorge Salinas	2	90180 min	73.5 /90	31.5 /90	00 /90	157.5 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90
Pablo Ramón	2	84167 min	84.3 /90	42.2 /90	10.5 /90	158.1 /90	10.5 /90	10.5 /90
Manu Hernando	2	81162 min	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	31.7 /90	73.9 /90	21.1 /90	10.6 /90
Andrés Martín	2	90180 min	42 /90	21 /90	00 /90	84 /90	31.5 /90	00 /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 23 August 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
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	86.3	2 7/5	0.7 4/1	Víctor Chust
Jorge Salinas n 8	87.9	1.3 7/3	1.4 7/2	Buba Sangaré
Iñigo Vicente n 8	83.5	0.9 4/1	2 6/5	—
Andrés Martín n 8	86.3	0.8 5/1	1 5/2	—
G. Puerta n 8	88.8	2.2 7/5	2.4 7/6	Gonzalo Villar
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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 23 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Jorge Salinas n 8	87.9	3.7 7/7
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	86.3	1.8 8/2
Andrés Martín n 8	86.3	1.3 7/2
Iñigo Vicente n 8	83.5	1.3 6/3
G. Puerta n 8	88.8	1.9 8/4
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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
Asier Villalibre	2	67133 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90
Andrés Martín	2	90180 min	10.5 /90	00 /90	73.5 /90	31.5 /90	31.5 /90	10.5 /90
Iñigo Vicente	2	90180 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90	42 /90	63 /90
G. Puerta	2	89178 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	31.5 /90	10.5 /90
Sergio Canales	2	71141 min	00 /90	00 /90	21.3 /90	21.3 /90	00 /90	42.6 /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 23 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Andrés Martín n 8	86.3	3.7 8/7	2.5 8/5
Iñigo Vicente n 8	83.5	1.3 7/3	0.9 5/2
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	86.3	0.7 3/2	0.3 1/1
Jorge Salinas n 8	87.9	0.6 3/2	0.3 2/0
G. Puerta n 8	88.8	0.3 2/0	0.3 2/0
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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 23 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Andrés Martín n 8	86.3	0.7 4/1	0.1 1/0
Iñigo Vicente n 8	83.5	0.1 1/0	0.5 3/1
Álvaro Mantilla n 8	86.3	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
Jorge Salinas n 8	87.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
G. Puerta n 8	88.8	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Elche

Elche Goalkeeper

Elche — 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
M. Dituro	2	90180 min	42 /90	63 /90	00 /90

Elche — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Elche before kick-off, to 23 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Dituro n 8	90	2.4 6/3

Elche Defensive

Elche — 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
Buba Sangaré	2	90180 min	21 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90	42 /90	42 /90	00 /90
D. Affengruber	2	90180 min	21 /90	42 /90	10.5 /90	63 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90
Víctor Chust	2	90180 min	42 /90	21 /90	00 /90	63 /90	21 /90	00 /90
Germán Valera	2	86171 min	21.1 /90	00 /90	00 /90	84.2 /90	10.5 /90	00 /90
F. Redondo	2	71141 min	31.9 /90	31.9 /90	00 /90	53.2 /90	10.6 /90	00 /90
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Elche — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Elche before kick-off, to 23 August 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
Buba Sangaré n 8	65.9	3.6 8/7	1 3/1	Jorge Salinas
Gonzalo Villar n 8	83	1.8 6/6	4.1 8/8	G. Puerta
Víctor Chust n 8	66.9	1.2 5/2	0.2 1/0	Álvaro Mantilla
D. Affengruber n 8	86	0.9 6/1	0.7 3/2	—
M. Dituro n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
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Elche — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Elche before kick-off, to 23 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Buba Sangaré n 8	65.9	2.4 7/4
Víctor Chust n 8	66.9	2.2 6/5
D. Affengruber n 8	86	1.8 6/6
Gonzalo Villar n 8	83	1.5 7/3
Germán Valera n 8	80.6	1.7 7/2
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Elche Attacking

Elche — 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
Fer Niño	2	69138 min	00 /90	00 /90	10.7 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90	00 /90
L. Cepeda	2	2856 min	00 /90	00 /90	23.2 /90	11.6 /90	11.6 /90	11.6 /90
E. Ponce	1	2121 min	00 /90	00 /90	14.3 /90	14.3 /90	14.3 /90	00 /90
Gonzalo Villar	2	90180 min	00 /90	10.5 /90	21 /90	21 /90	31.5 /90	00 /90
Marc Aguado	2	77154 min	10.6 /90	00 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	10.6 /90	00 /90
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Elche — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Elche before kick-off, to 23 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
D. Affengruber n 8	86	0.7 5/0	0.1 1/0
Gonzalo Villar n 8	83	0.5 3/1	0.4 2/1
Víctor Chust n 8	66.9	0.5 3/0	0.2 1/0
M. Dituro n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Buba Sangaré n 8	65.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Elche — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Elche before kick-off, to 23 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Gonzalo Villar n 8	83	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0
Víctor Chust n 8	66.9	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
M. Dituro n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Affengruber n 8	86	0 0/0	0 0/0
Buba Sangaré n 8	65.9	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		Elche
40%	Possession	60%
1.72	Expected goals (xG)	1.03
13	Shots	18
6	Shots on target	7
4	Shots off target	5
3	Blocked shots	6
9	Shots inside the box	9
5	Corners	10
3	Offsides	1
17	Fouls	19
2	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
5	Saves	3
380	Passes	557
80%	Pass accuracy	87%

Racing Santander Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Julen Agirrezabala	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
Álvaro Mantilla	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	Y	6.9
Manu Hernando	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7
Facundo González	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	Y	6.3
Jorge Salinas	90	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	6.3
Iván Martín	90	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	7
G. Puerta	90	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	7.7
Sergio Canales	85	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	6.3
Iñigo Vicente	69	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	7.6
M. Zabiri	69	3	0	3	3	0	1	0	10
Andrés Martín	59	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	7.5
M. Prati sub	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
G. Guliashvili sub	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
Asier Villalibre sub	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7
M. Gueye sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5

Elche Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Dituro	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
D. Affengruber	90	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	6.9
Víctor Chust	90	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	7
Germán Valera	90	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.9
Gonzalo Villar	90	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	7
Fer Niño	90	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	7.5
Buba Sangaré	84	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	6.9
F. Buonanotte	69	0	0	2	1	1	3	Y	6.3
Bigas	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
Marc Aguado	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
Ali Houary	45	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5.9
Tete Morente sub	45	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	7
E. Ponce sub	45	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
J. Morcillo sub	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
L. Cepeda sub	21	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.3
Josan sub	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7

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 Elche — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Racing SantanderWDWDL

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 2.2 scored / 1.2 conceded per game

ElcheLWDDL

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 0.8 scored / 1.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Racing Santander 2 · 1 draw · Elche 3 · 2.67 goals/game

2025-03-02 Racing Santander 2–0 Elche
2024-12-19 Elche 3–0 Racing Santander
2024-05-04 Racing Santander 3–1 Elche
2023-09-02 Elche 1–1 Racing Santander
2020-07-04 Racing Santander 1–2 Elche
2019-12-01 Elche 2–0 Racing Santander

League standing · 2026/27

Racing Santander#9 pos14 pts12 pl-13 GD

Elche#17 pos10 pts11 pl-4 GD

Goals per game

Racing Santander scored1.42

Elche scored1.27

Racing Santander conceded2.5

Elche conceded1.64

Shot Map and Expected Goals

Racing Santander 2.56 xG from 13 shots, Elche 1.08 from 18. 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)Elche (attacking left)mark size = expected goals

Team	Shots	Goals	xG
Racing Santander	13	3	2.56
Elche	18	2	1.08

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, Racing Santander led on xG, 1.57 to 0.14. At full time, Racing Santander led on xG, 2.56 to 1.08. The widest gap was 1.81 xG to Racing Santander, in the 72nd minute.

xG timeline (cumulative)

Racing Santander 2.56 xGElche 1.08 xGdots = goals · 31 shots

The Full Post-Match Picture

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Frequently Asked Questions

What was the model’s pick for Racing Santander v Elche?: TACTIX’s free model pick for Racing Santander v Elche was Home or Draw (best price 1.32 at Betano).
What is the head-to-head record between Racing Santander and Elche?: In their last 6 meetings, Racing Santander won 2, Elche won 3 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.67 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Racing Santander and Elche?: Recent form — Racing Santander 2W 2D 1L; Elche 1W 2D 2L.

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