La Liga Gameweek 11 Sun, Nov 1 · 15:15 Campos de Sport de El Sardinero, Santander
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Our take

Real Madrid are clear favourites.

Real Madrid are the stronger side on L90 Strength (89 vs 41). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Real Madrid. Racing Santander have 8 days of rest, Real Madrid 6.8 and have to travel 339 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel339 kmRest days8 · 6.8Matches / 14d1 · 3
Racing Santander11%
Draw15%
Real Madrid74%
Expected goals 1.00 – 2.78
Racing Santander14%
Draw21%
Real Madrid65%
Expected goals 0.86 – 2.09
Racing Santander11%
Draw15%
Real Madrid74%
Expected goals 1.00 – 2.78
Racing Santander7%
Draw12%
Real Madrid81%
Expected goals 0.89 – 3.12
Racing Santander10%
Draw14%
Real Madrid75%
Expected goals 1.06 – 2.94
Over 2.5 73% Both score 60% Likeliest score 0–2
EloLambda forecast, updated 7 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Santander)
12°CDrizzle
  • Precipitation 9%
  • Wind 28 km/h
  • Humidity 63%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Racing Santander and Real Madrid. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

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 the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

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

Attack insights

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

Defence insights

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

Streaks insights

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

Team strength

Racing SantanderReal Madrid
41 L90 StrengthIn forecast 89
41 Current StrengthIn forecast 89
42 AttackIn forecast 89
22 DefenceIn forecast 85
34 Form indexContext 91
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Racing Santander

Attack−28%
Defense risk+53%

Real Madrid

Attack+43%
Defense risk−14%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

Racing SantanderReal Madrid
1.44 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.56
2.78 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.31 xGVia Att/Def 2.41
2.28 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.01
+0.13 Goals minus xGContext +0.15
67% Scored inContext 89%
0% Clean sheetsContext 22%
11.22 ShotsContext 17.56
4.44 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 7.22
40% On target shareContext 41%
6.38 Shots in the boxContext 12.33
54% Box shareContext 69%
13% ConversionContext 15%
1.78 OffsidesContext 2.13
16.33 Shots allowedContext 12.78
6.67 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.44
3.56 BlocksContext 3.44
5.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.22
61% Save rateContext 73%
50% PossessionIn forecast 53%
437 PassesContext 528
362 Accurate passesContext 476
83% Pass accuracyContext 90%
6.62 Team ratingContext 7.17
13.78 FoulsContext 8.44
14.78 Fouls sufferedContext 14.11
2.67 Yellow cardsContext 2.11
0.11 Red cardsContext 0.22
This league season, per match · 9 and 9 games
1.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.70
2.60 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
1.47 xGVia Att/Def 2.32
2.17 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.06
+0.23 Goals minus xGContext +0.38
70% Scored inContext 90%
0% Clean sheetsContext 20%
12.20 ShotsContext 16.90
4.80 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 7.30
39% On target shareContext 43%
7.56 Shots in the boxContext 12.20
57% Box shareContext 71%
14% ConversionContext 16%
1.80 OffsidesContext 2.00
15.90 Shots allowedContext 14.20
6.30 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.10
3.40 BlocksContext 3.80
4.63 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.80
62% Save rateContext 75%
50% PossessionIn forecast 50%
441 PassesContext 501
367 Accurate passesContext 446
83% Pass accuracyContext 89%
6.70 Team ratingContext 7.13
13.40 FoulsContext 8.90
14.10 Fouls sufferedContext 13.30
2.40 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.20
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Racing Santander
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 34 · 4 pts vs 5.8 for an average club · -1.4 vs expected
  • 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
Real Madrid
Rest6.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel339 km1,008 km in 14d
Schedule load21%Moderate
Form 91 · 12 pts vs 5.6 for an average club · +1.9 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Sevilla4–12.4 xPts
  • W14 OctA · AS Roma4–31.5 xPts
  • W10 OctH · Villarreal1–02.1 xPts
  • L20 SepA · Atletico Madrid1–21.7 xPts
  • W15 SepA · Elche3–22.3 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Racing Santander Real Madrid
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 21
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match8La Liga 2026-2027, 24 Oct6.8La Liga 2026-2027, 25 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km339 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km1,008 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 31 / 3 / 5
Next matchdays after this one5.93.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Racing Santander Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Osasuna (A) 0–2, 18 Oct
13Julen Agirrezabala(G)
17Jorge Salinas 24J. Belocian 5Pablo Ramón 2Álvaro Mantilla
18M. Prati 23Iván Martín
10Iñigo Vicente 8André Almeida 20Sergio Canales
21M. Zabiri
Real Madrid Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Sevilla (H) 4–1, 18 Oct
1T. Courtois(G)
17Marc Cucurella 4D. Huijsen 16I. Konaté 8F. Valverde
14A. Tchouaméni 15A. Güler
25Y. Diomande 5J. Bellingham 9Endrick
10K. Mbappé

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Racing Santander No reported absences
Real Madrid No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • Racing Santander+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Real Madrid+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Racing Santander · Home 2.00points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
2-2-0
Scored
2.25
Conceded
1.75
Real Madrid · Away 1.50points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
2-0-2
Scored
1.50
Conceded
1.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Racing Santander9 games · scored 13 · conceded 25
2 3 0-15
4 3 16-30
4 7 31-45
2 1 46-60
1 3 61-75
8 76-90
Real Madrid9 games · scored 23 · conceded 9
2 0-15
6 1 16-30
4 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
3 1 61-75
7 3 76-90
Racing Santander10 games · scored 17 · conceded 26
3 3 0-15
5 3 16-30
5 7 31-45
2 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
8 76-90
Real Madrid10 games · scored 27 · conceded 12
2 0-15
8 1 16-30
4 1 31-45
1 5 46-60
3 1 61-75
9 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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