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Home › Fixtures · MW1 › Racing de Santander vs Villarreal — Report
RAC
Racing de Santander
2 – 2
VIL
Villarreal
Draw — xG 1.87 vs 0.67
AI

Dramatic 2-2: Racing de Santander Hold Villarreal in La Liga Opener

Racing de Santander and Villarreal served up a thrilling 2-2 draw to open La Liga matchday 1, the home side belying the squad value gap — €94M facing off against €328M — as Sergio Martinez gave Racing the lead in the 34th minute. Villarreal struck back emphatically in first-half stoppage time, Pape Gueye and Nicolas Pépé both scoring in the 45th minute before Racing recovered to seal the 2-2 scoreline. Pape Gueye was the standout performer of the night, his goalscoring contribution earning a match rating of 8.24.

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Timeline

RAC VIL
Sub — Manu Hernando🔁 16'
Penalty goal — Andrés Martín⚽ 21'
Goal — Sergio Martinez⚽ 34'
45' ⚽ Goal — Pape Gueye
45+1' ⚽ Goal — Nicolas Pépé
Yellow card — Gustavo Puerta🟨 45+4'
49' 🟨 Yellow card — Juan Foyth
56' 🔁 Sub — Carlos Maciá
56' 🔁 Sub — Tajon Buchanan
56' 🔁 Sub — Gerard Moreno
Sub — Yassir Zabiri🔁 69'
Sub — Maguette Gueye🔁 69'
72' 🟨 Yellow card — Pape Gueye
Yellow card — Pablo Ramón🟨 75'
77' 🔁 Sub — Ilias Akhomach
Sub — Facundo González🔁 77'
Sub — Diego Díaz🔁 77'
87' 🟨 Yellow card — Santiago Mouriño
88' 🔁 Sub — Alexander Freeman

First Half vs Second Half

Metric 1H 2H xG (RAC) 1.4 0.47 Possession (RAC) 42% 41% Shots (RAC) 11 6

Shot Map

VIL shots → ← RAC shots
Goal On target Off target

Lineups

Villarreal · 4-4-2Racing de Santander · 4-2-3-1
1
Júnior
8
Foyth
12
Veiga
15
Mouriño
20
Romero
10
Moleiro
14
Comesaña
18
Gueye
19
Pépé
9
Mikautadze
22
Pérez
13
Agirrezabala
2
Mantilla
5
Ramón
17
Salinas
22
Felipe
8
Puerta
20
Canales
36
Martinez
10
Vicente
11
Martín
12
Villalibre
Match Rating Leader
GU
Pape Gueye
8.24

Player Performance

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RAC

Value Analysis

Racing de Santander's chance creation shifted after the break — , with possession moving from 42% to 41%.

The chance-quality ledger — — is the evidence base for the scoreline verdict.
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