Racing Santander

16th · La Liga · 8 points · Matches played: 9

19 points behind Barcelona · Table & Fixtures →

L90 Strength L90 Strength is LOAD90’s own club strength rating on a fixed 0–100 scale, built from its Elo rating. League Strength uses the mean Elo of a league's clubs and a separate league calibration, so the two scores are not directly comparable.

-10.8 is current form. We look at the goals the team scores and concedes and at the quality of its chances (expected goals, xG) over recent matches. If attack and defence are playing above what the Elo rating predicts, L90 Strength goes up for the forecast; if below, it goes down.

Base L90 Strength changed -3.1 over the last 5 matches; that is already inside the number. 41.4-10.8
World Rank 122nd Global, by Elo
La Liga Rank 19th L90 Strength
Last OsasunaA xG 0.3–3.4 0–2 Next EspanyolH 37%

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Our take

Up against it.

Racing Santander rely on a mid-table attack, but their defence is among the league's weakest and costs them. Across the 9 league matches with forecasts, they have collected around 3 fewer points than our pre-match forecasts predicted. The toughest of the next 3 matches is the visit of Real Madrid.

La Liga · 9 games. Their underlying numbers look better than their results. They are scoring more goals than their chances suggest. They are conceding more goals than expected; goalkeeping or opponents' finishing may contribute, but these figures do not establish the cause.

They give up a lot of shots (16 a game). Home is where they earn their points: 2.0 per game there against 0.0 away.

  • Relegation 50%Likely 18th · 37 projected points
  • Next 3: about 3 of 9 points Toughest vs Real Madrid · , 11% to win
  • 1 out, none key1% of squad weight missing · Last match: 18 Oct
  • 8 pts vs 10.7 expected-2.7 vs pre-match expectations · 9 matches with forecasts

Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Racing Santander. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals for this club in each category.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses observed Playing style averages; window size is not xG coverage and the two metrics can have different denominators. Points minus xPts uses the same covered current-league matches and stored forecasts as Club strength, including labelled historical reconstructions.

Headlines

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

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Season

League position and season results.

Overview

2026-2027
La LigaView table →
Position
16th/ 20
Points
80.89 PPG
Played
9
League gap
19pts behind leader
22.2%Win %
Wins2
Draws2
Losses5

Expected metrics · 9 of 9 matches covered

Goals For
131.44 / game
xG 11.78 1.22 more goals than expected. vs 13 goals
Goals Against
252.78 / game
xGA 20.54 4.46 more conceded than expected. vs 25 conceded
Goal Difference
-12-1.33 / game
xGD -8.76 Goal difference is 3.24 lower than expected. vs -12 GD
Clean Sheets
00% of games

League standings

La Liga · 2026-2027

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Full La Liga table, Racing Santander highlighted
#ClubRatingPWDLGDPtsForm
1– Barcelona 93 9900 +30 27
2– Atletico Madrid 81 9711 +11 22
3▲ Real Madrid 89 9702 +14 21
4▼ Real Betis 72 9612 +2 19
5▲ Real Sociedad 58 9513 +0 16
6▼ Sevilla 50 9423 -2 14
7– Alaves 48 9324 +3 11
8▲ Celta Vigo 54 9252 +3 11
9▼ Deportivo La Coruna 45 9252 +1 11
10▲ Osasuna 46 9324 -8 11
11▼ Athletic Club 55 7232 +1 9
12▼ Villarreal 67 9234 +0 9
13– Rayo Vallecano 58 8233 -5 9
14– Getafe 48 9234 -6 9
15▼ Espanyol 44 9225 -1 8
16▼ Racing Santander 41 9225 -12 8
17– Levante 48 8143 -4 7
18– Elche 44 9144 -6 7
19– Valencia 51 9135 -9 6
20– Malaga 41 9045 -12 4

20 clubs · ▲ Up · ▼ Down · – Unchanged · Since the start of the latest played matchweek.

League position over time

Position by matchweek

Higher is better. One point per matchweek; partial rounds are marked. Postponed games count when played. Hover, tap or focus a point for details.

View position history
Racing Santander league position by matchweek
MWResults through (UTC)PositionPtsP
1 · Partial19 Aug 2026511
227 Aug 20261212
331 Aug 20261043
6 · Partial17 Sep 20261076
720 Sep 20261677
8 · Partial12 Oct 20261588
919 Oct 20261689

Squad 36 players · this season, all competitions · 1 out

Absences reported for the last match: 18 Oct 2026

Top scorer
M. Zabiri7 goals
Most assists
Iñigo Vicente3 assists
Best rated
M. Zabiri7.25 avg rating
Most minutes
Julen Agirrezabala810 min
Key to the model
Iñigo VicenteCore · weight 2.65
PlayerAgeAppsMinGARatingModel role
Goalkeepers
Julen Agirrezabala 25 9 (9) 810 0 0 7.02 starter
L. Eriksson injured 19 0 (0) 0 0 0 — rotation
Laro Gómez 20 0 (0) 0 0 0 — depth
Defenders
Jorge Salinas 19 9 (8) 717 0 1 6.27 starter
Álvaro Mantilla 26 8 (8) 693 0 0 6.23 starter
Pablo Ramón 25 7 (6) 533 0 0 6.66 rotation
Manu Hernando 28 5 (4) 397 0 0 6.21 rotation
J. Belocian 21 5 (4) 395 0 0 6.50 starter
F. González 23 5 (3) 246 0 0 6.17 rotation
Aarón Martín 29 5 (1) 153 0 0 5.72 rotation
Pedro Felipe 22 2 (2) 75 0 0 5.70 depth
A. Crespo — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
German Mesonero — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
C. Sanchez — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Midfielders
Sergio Canales 35 9 (8) 651 1 0 6.47 starter
Iván Martín 27 7 (6) 572 1 0 6.93 starter
M. Zabiri 21 9 (6) 563 7 0 7.25 core
M. Prati 22 6 (5) 437 0 0 6.69 starter
G. Puerta 23 3 (3) 268 0 0 7.10 —
André Almeida 26 5 (3) 229 0 0 6.62 rotation
M. Gueye 23 6 (1) 151 1 0 6.33 rotation
I. Luque — 3 (1) 137 0 0 6.43 rotation
Sergio Martinez 19 2 (2) 115 1 0 7.20 —
Íñigo Sainz-Maza 28 2 (1) 83 0 0 6.40 rotation
D. Diaz — 1 (0) 13 0 0 5.93 —
B. Attia — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Hugo Martín — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
M. Solorzano Diestro — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
A. Vallecillo — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Forwards
Iñigo Vicente 28 9 (8) 724 0 3 6.97 core
Andrés Martín 27 5 (3) 313 1 0 6.65 core
Asier Villalibre 29 8 (3) 256 0 1 6.54 rotation
Pablo García 20 5 (3) 254 1 0 6.65 rotation
G. Guliashvili 25 5 (0) 64 0 0 6.43 rotation
J. Arana Gómez 26 3 (1) 61 0 0 6.27 depth
J. Castellanos — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —

Stats are this season in all competitions. Model role is how much the availability model weighs each player before the game with Espanyol: core, starter, rotation or depth, from several seasons of minutes and ratings.

Performance

Strength, recent form and playing style.

Strength La Liga · 20 clubs

L90 Strength19th of 20
41 Elo 1594 · World #122
Current Strength
41 With absences before 24 Oct: +0 Elo
Attack13th of 20
42 Scores 1.42 per match against an average top-five side
Defence20th of 20
22 Concedes 2.07 per match against an average top-five side

In forecast League average

L90 Strength comes from Elo; Attack and Defence from goals scored and conceded, expected goals (xG) and shots on target, all on fixed 0–100 scales shared by every league. These are the numbers the forecast uses.

Strong at both ends Defence first Attack first Struggling Attack → Defence → Barcelona: attack 97, defence 92, L90 Strength 93 Atletico Madrid: attack 82, defence 87, L90 Strength 81 Real Madrid: attack 89, defence 85, L90 Strength 89 Real Betis: attack 79, defence 59, L90 Strength 72 Real Sociedad: attack 62, defence 48, L90 Strength 58 Sevilla: attack 48, defence 57, L90 Strength 50 Alaves: attack 48, defence 55, L90 Strength 48 Celta Vigo: attack 36, defence 61, L90 Strength 54 Deportivo La Coruna: attack 40, defence 57, L90 Strength 45 Osasuna: attack 50, defence 50, L90 Strength 46 Athletic Club: attack 51, defence 64, L90 Strength 55 Villarreal: attack 76, defence 73, L90 Strength 67 Rayo Vallecano: attack 61, defence 60, L90 Strength 58 Getafe: attack 27, defence 59, L90 Strength 48 Espanyol: attack 36, defence 51, L90 Strength 44 Racing Santander: attack 42, defence 22, L90 Strength 41 Levante: attack 55, defence 41, L90 Strength 48 Elche: attack 39, defence 51, L90 Strength 44 Valencia: attack 39, defence 52, L90 Strength 51 Malaga: attack 28, defence 31, L90 Strength 41
Every La Liga club on the Attack and Defence scales. Dashed lines are the league average. Tap a crest to open that club.

Form last 5 for the index · last 9 listed

34
Form index · 14th of 20 in league
Points, last 5
4
Median top-5 club
5.8
Own forecasts
5.4 -1.4
Table16th L90 Strength19th Form14th

Higher in the table than their strength suggests.

Form compares points with what a median top-five club (L90 Strength 50) would take from the same fixtures, so wins over strong sides count for more; 50 is a typical run. "Own forecasts" is the gap to this club's pre-match expectations. Form is context: in our tests it did not improve the forecast.

  • L18 OctA · Osasuna0–21.1 xPts
  • D11 OctH · Valencia2–21.6 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Celta Vigo0–51.2 xPts
  • L16 SepA · Barcelona2–70.2 xPts
  • W12 SepH · Alaves2–11.3 xPts
  • L5 SepA · Rayo Vallecano2–31.1 xPts
  • W28 AugH · Elche3–21.8 xPts
  • L23 AugA · Getafe0–11.3 xPts
  • D16 AugH · Villarreal2–21.2 xPts

Trends last 9, all competitions

Scored 6/9
Clean sheet 0/9
Conceded 2+ 7/9
Over 2.5 7/9
Both teams scored 6/9

Playing style vs La Liga average

SANLeagueRank
Goals scored 1.44 1.54 9th
Goals conceded 2.78 1.55 20th
xG 1.31 1.45 10th
xG allowed 2.28 1.46 20th
Scored in 67% 75% 10th
Clean sheets 0% 25% 18th
SANLeagueRank
Shots 11.22 13.43 15th
Shots on target 4.44 4.90 11th
On target share 40% 35% 4th
Box share 54% 59% 18th
Conversion 13% 11% 5th
SANLeagueRank
Shots allowed 16.33 13.36 18th
On target allowed 6.67 4.92 20th
Blocks 3.56 3.56 11th
Save rate 61% 69% 16th
SANLeagueRank
Possession 50% 50% 10th
Passes 437 456 12th
Pass accuracy 83% 84% 12th
SANLeagueRank
Fouls 13.78 12.30 16th
Fouls suffered 14.78 12.30 1st
Yellow cards 2.67 2.17 16th
Red cards 0.11 0.11 7th
This league season, per match · 9 games. Rank among 20 clubs; for conceded, allowed, fouls and cards the lowest ranks 1st.
SANLeagueRank
Goals scored 1.70 1.56 6th
Goals conceded 2.60 1.55 20th
xG 1.47 1.44 6th
xG allowed 2.17 1.43 20th
Scored in 70% 76% 11th
Clean sheets 0% 22% 19th
SANLeagueRank
Shots 12.20 13.43 11th
Shots on target 4.80 4.92 10th
On target share 39% 35% 5th
Box share 57% 60% 14th
Conversion 14% 11% 3rd
SANLeagueRank
Shots allowed 15.90 13.15 20th
On target allowed 6.30 4.91 20th
Blocks 3.40 3.45 14th
Save rate 62% 68% 18th
SANLeagueRank
Possession 50% 50% 10th
Passes 441 450 11th
Pass accuracy 83% 84% 11th
SANLeagueRank
Fouls 13.40 12.32 13th
Fouls suffered 14.10 12.28 2nd
Yellow cards 2.40 2.11 13th
Red cards 0.10 0.11 6th
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 games. Rank among 20 clubs; for conceded, allowed, fouls and cards the lowest ranks 1st.

Home and away this league season

Home2.00pts per game2-2-0 · 2.2–1.8 goals · 4 games
Away0.00pts per game0-0-5 · 0.8–3.6 goals · 5 games

Goal timing this league season · 9 games

2 3 0-15
4 3 16-30
4 7 31-45
2 1 46-60
1 3 61-75
8 76-90

scored conceded, per 15 minutes

In forecastVia Att/DefContextLeague average

Possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Goals, xG and shots on target feed the Attack and Defence ratings. The rest describes how the team plays and does not change the forecast.

Team rankings La Liga · 9 games · rank of 20

Attack

GF 13 7th / 20
GF/G 1.44 9th / 20
xG/G 1.31 10th / 20
G − xG +0.13 12th / 20

Defence

GA 25 20th / 20
GA/G 2.78 20th / 20
xGA/G 2.28 20th / 20
xGA − GA -0.50 19th / 20

Overall

Pts 8 15th / 20
xPts 10.7 13th / 20
PPG 0.89 15th / 20
TR 6.62 19th / 20
GD -12 19th / 20
xGD -8.7 20th / 20
W 2 9th / 20
L 5 17th / 20

Scorelines

  • 2–2×2
  • 0–1×1
  • 3–2×1
  • 2–3×1
  • 2–1×1
  • 2–7×1

Goals per game both teams

0% 0
11% 1
11% 2
11% 3
22% 4
44% 5+

Totals club · league

Over 1.5
89%76%
Over 2.5
78%56%
Over 3.5
67%39%
Both scored
67%59%
Clean sheet
0%25%
Failed to score
33%25%
ClubLeague average

This league season only. xPts adds up our pre-match win and draw chances (pure EloLambda, the same numbers as Form). xG and TR come from match data and describe the season so far; none of these rankings change the forecast directly.