Real Racing Club de Santander 2 - 1 RCD Espanyol de Barcelona — Highlights & Result
Primera Division
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(1 day ago)
· MD 10
Match report
Both teams arrived on the pitch desperate to end a worrying winless run of four matches across all competitions. That shared burden ended for the hosts as they put their recent difficulties behind them with a hard-fought victory. Eduardo Expósito Jaén opened the scoring for the visitors in the 62nd minute, set up by Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa. However, the home side turned the fixture around in the second half. Jeanuël Belocian equalized in the 69th minute following a pass from Sergio Canales, earning a standout rating of 7.8. Yassir Zabiri then completed the comeback in the 84th minute with an assist from Alvaro Mantilla, capping an exceptional performance that earned him a top match rating of 8.1.
The home side had previously shown strong form on their own turf, remaining unbeaten in their opening four home fixtures of the league season. Meanwhile, the visitors finished 11th in the competition last term with 46 points, but struggled to find their rhythm away from home in this fixture. The match statistics reflected the hosts' attacking pressure, as they registered 23 total shots and generated an expected goals total of 2.5, compared to just one shot on target and an expected goals figure of 0.62 for the visitors. Despite sharing an identical points tally in the standings before kick-off, the home side outshot their opponents significantly to swing the contest in their favor.
This outcome lifted the victors six places in the league table, shifting them from 17th up to 11th position after ten matches played. Conversely, the visitors dropped one spot from 16th down to 17th place in the standings. Barça currently lead the twenty-team division with 27 points, leaving the victors 16 points behind the league leaders and the visitors 19 points off the pace.
The losing side will now travel to play away at Villarreal on October 30. Meanwhile, the victors prepare for a tough home fixture against Real Madrid on November 1.
The home side had previously shown strong form on their own turf, remaining unbeaten in their opening four home fixtures of the league season. Meanwhile, the visitors finished 11th in the competition last term with 46 points, but struggled to find their rhythm away from home in this fixture. The match statistics reflected the hosts' attacking pressure, as they registered 23 total shots and generated an expected goals total of 2.5, compared to just one shot on target and an expected goals figure of 0.62 for the visitors. Despite sharing an identical points tally in the standings before kick-off, the home side outshot their opponents significantly to swing the contest in their favor.
This outcome lifted the victors six places in the league table, shifting them from 17th up to 11th position after ten matches played. Conversely, the visitors dropped one spot from 16th down to 17th place in the standings. Barça currently lead the twenty-team division with 27 points, leaving the victors 16 points behind the league leaders and the visitors 19 points off the pace.
The losing side will now travel to play away at Villarreal on October 30. Meanwhile, the victors prepare for a tough home fixture against Real Madrid on November 1.
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Match stats
Santander v Espanyol
55%
Possession
45%
2.5
Expected goals (xG)
0.62
23
Shots
11
9
Shots on target
1
18
Shots inside the box
9
9
Corners
4
480
Passes
380
80%
Pass accuracy
76%
0
Saves
7
10
Fouls
17
1
Offsides
4
3
Yellow cards
4
Lineups & player ratings
8.2
Top rated
Edu Expósito · Espanyol
90'
· 1 goal
Key moments
- 8' 🟨 Iñigo Vicente · Santander
- 17' 🟨 Pol Lozano · Espanyol
- 43' 🟨 José Manuel González Álvarez · Espanyol
- 62' ⚽ Eduardo Expósito Jaén · assist Francisco Javier Hernandez Coarasa · Espanyol
- 67' 🟨 Pablo Ramon Parra · Santander
- 69' ⚽ Jeanuël Belocian · assist Sergio Canales · Santander
- 70' 🟨 Urko Gonzalez · Espanyol
- 84' ⚽ Yassir Zabiri · assist Alvaro Mantilla · Santander
- 89' 🟨 Javi Puado · Espanyol
- 90' 🟨 Eduardo Expósito Jaén · Espanyol
- 90+7' 🟨 Jorge Salinas Viadero · Santander
Santander
4-2-3-1- 13 Julen Agirrezabala 90' 6.3
- 17 Jorge Salinas 🟨 90' 6.9
- 2 Álvaro Mantilla 🅰️ 90' 6.6
- 24 J. Belocian ⚽ 90' 7.8
- 23 Iván Martín 90' 6.6
- 21 M. Zabiri ⚽ 90' 8.1
- 10 Iñigo Vicente 🟨 88' 6.8
- 5 Pablo Ramón 🟨 82' 7.0
- 20 Sergio Canales 🅰️ 82' 7.5
- 18 M. Prati 67' 6.4
- 11 Andrés Martín 67' 7.0
- 15 Pablo García · sub 23' 6.7
- 19 Iker Luque · sub 23' 6.5
- 22 Pedro Felipe · sub 8' 6.2
- 8 André Almeida · sub 8' 6.5
- 14 M. Gueye · sub 2' 6.4
Espanyol
4-4-2- 16 V. Drkušić 95' 6.6
- 3 Q. Hartman 90' 6.5
- 9 Roberto Fernández 90' 6.3
- 8 Edu Expósito ⚽ 🟨 90' 8.2
- 23 O. El Hilali 90' 6.9
- 6 L. Cabrera 90' 6.3
- 1 Ángel Fortuño 90' 7.2
- 10 Pol Lozano 🟨 85' 6.4
- 22 Álex Calatrava 85' 5.9
- 15 Bryan Zaragoza 76' 5.6
- 28 Javier Hernandez 🅰️ 76' 6.4
- 24 T. Dolan · sub 14' 6.0
- 7 Javi Puado · sub 🟨 14' 6.1
- 18 Marcos Fernández · sub 5' 6.2
- 4 Urko González · sub 🟨 5' 5.9
- 14 Unai Núñez · sub 1' –
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Santander
18th
in the table · 8 pts from 9
· GD -12
Espanyol
17th
in the table · 8 pts from 9
· GD -1