Celta Vigo vs Racing Santander — La Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 28′Celta Vigo, VAR review:Penalty confirmed
- 32′Celta Vigo, penalty goal:1–0Penalty
- 43′Celta Vigo, goal:2–0assist
- 45+3′Celta Vigo, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time2 – 0
- 46′Celta Vigo, substitution:off
- 46′Celta Vigo, substitution:off
- 57′Racing Santander, yellow card:Argument
- 63′Racing Santander, substitution:off
- 63′Racing Santander, substitution:off
- 63′Racing Santander, substitution:off
- 63′Celta Vigo, substitution:off
- 64′Celta Vigo, substitution:off
- 64′Racing Santander, yellow card:Foul
- 69′Celta Vigo, goal:3–0
- 73′Celta Vigo, yellow card:Foul
- 75′Racing Santander, yellow card:Foul
- 75′Racing Santander, substitution:off
- 78′Celta Vigo, goal:4–0assist
- 84′Celta Vigo, substitution:off
- 85′Racing Santander, substitution:off
- 90′Racing Santander, yellow card:Foul
- 90′Celta Vigo, goal:5–0assist
- 90+3′Racing Santander, yellow card:Argument
- Full-time5 – 0
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Match report
Celta find their finishing touch in five-goal first win
Celta's first LaLiga win of 2026/27 came with the finishing burst their start had been missing: a 5-0 rout of Racing Santander at Balaídos. Claudio Giráldez's side had scored only three league goals across their opening six games; they found five here without injured Iago Aspas.
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Hugo González opened from the spot and Ilaix Moriba doubled the lead before half-time. Miguel Román added the third, then half-time substitute Pablo Durán scored twice to turn overdue relief into a rout. Five goals from four players made the scale of the response as important as the result itself.
Racing held 59% possession, but Celta put nine shots on target to the visitors' five and kept adding after the break. For Racing, the defeat extends their wait for a first away point this league season: all seven of their points have come at home.
Pablo Durán came on at half-time and scored twice as Celta turned a two-goal lead into a rout.
Celta scored five goals here after managing only three across their opening six league games.
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Celta Vigo beat Racing Santander 5–0 (half-time 2–0).
Celta Vigo met Racing Santander in the La Liga (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 16:30 UTC at Municipal de Balaídos. Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea.
Team pages: Celta Vigo · Racing Santander · La Liga
Key moments
- 32' Goal (penalty): Hugo González — 1–0
- 43' Goal: Ilaix Moriba (assist: Miguel Román) — 2–0
- 69' Goal: Miguel Román — 3–0
- 78' Goal: Pablo Durán (assist: Hugo Álvarez) — 4–0
- 90' Goal: Pablo Durán (assist: Hugo Álvarez) — 5–0
Starting line-ups
Celta Vigo (3-4-3)
- 13 Ionuț Radu
- 21 Sebastián Cáceres
- 18 Yoel Lago
- 15 Álvaro Núñez
- 23 Hugo Álvarez (c)
- 8 Miguel Román
- 6 Ilaix Moriba
- 17 Javi Rueda
- 19 Williot Swedberg
- 9 Ferran Jutglà
- 16 Hugo González
Racing Santander (4-1-4-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Celta Vigo 60%, the draw 25%, Racing Santander 15%. It finished Celta Vigo 5–0 Racing Santander.
Celta Vigo's rating edge carries it — Celta Vigo are the stronger side on our strength rating, and La Liga home advantage plus their control of the ball on top give Celta Vigo a clear lead. The draw at 25% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Celta Vigo at 60%?
Celta Vigo sit 134 points higher on our strength rating — 1806 to 1672. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,822 such games. La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.4% vs 30.2%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,140 games vs 44.9% across all 100,303 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Celta Vigo hold 6 more possession points (53 to 47 in recent games) across a 134-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,693 such games where the class table expected 41.2%. The 300 most similar past games finished 58–22–20.
Why only 60%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 60% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 25% and Racing Santander at 15%.
Why the draw at 25%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.1%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,116. The control factor adds 1.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Racing Santander scored +0.65 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,876 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. Racing Santander are newly promoted — game 7 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides ran below their rating in nine of the last ten seasons — 26.5% wins in their first ten games where the rating expected 30.0% (2,793 games since 2012), fading but still visible through game nineteen. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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