Racing Santander vs 11.10.26 19:002 – 2Full Time
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Match report
Racing Santander and Valencia share the points in four-goal draw
Racing Santander and Valencia drew 2-2 at El Sardinero in La Liga on Matchday 8, a four-goal contest in which the lead changed hands and the visitors needed a second-half equaliser to keep a point. Valencia, managed by Javier Aguirre, struck first, while José Alberto López's side responded either side of the break.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Valencia were ahead inside two minutes. Justin de Haas supplied the pass for Dani Raba to make it 1-0 to the visitors. Racing drew level in the 32nd minute, Iñigo Vicente setting up Mohamed Zabiri for 1-1, and the sides went in at the interval with that score.
Racing went in front within two minutes of the restart, Jorge Salinas providing the assist for Iván Martín to make it 2-1 in the 47th minute. Valencia found their response in the 65th, when Javi Guerra laid on a goal for David Otorbi to make it 2-2. Neither side added to the scoring, and no red cards were shown.
The point moved Racing to 8 points and 15th place, up from 16th, while Valencia reached 5 points but stayed 19th. Valencia had arrived on the back of four defeats in their previous five games, whereas Racing had won four and drawn one of their last five at home.
Iñigo Vicente earned the match's top rating, 8.83, after setting up Zabiri's equaliser for Racing Santander.
Racing Santander had 11 shots on target to Valencia's 2, yet the match finished level.
Racing Santander and Valencia drew 2–2 (half-time 1–1).
Racing Santander met Valencia in the La Liga (Regular Season - 8). Kick-off was Sunday, 11 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at El Sardinero. Referee: Lluís Bestard Servera. Attendance: 22,633.
Team pages: Racing Santander · Valencia · La Liga
Key moments
- 2' Goal: Dani Raba (assist: Justin de Haas) — 0–1 · Watch Dani Raba's goal video (2')
- 32' Goal: Mohamed Zabiri (assist: Iñigo Vicente) — 1–1 · Watch Mohamed Zabiri's goal video (32')
- 47' Goal: Iván Martín (assist: Jorge Salinas) — 2–1 · Watch Iván Martín's goal video (47')
- 65' Goal: David Otorbi (assist: Javi Guerra) — 2–2 · Watch David Otorbi's goal video (65')
Starting line-ups
Racing Santander (4-2-3-1)
Valencia (4-5-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Racing Santander 41%, the draw 26%, Valencia 33%. It finished Racing Santander 2–2 Valencia.
Home ground outweighs Valencia's rating edge — Valencia are the stronger side on our strength rating, but La Liga home advantage gives Racing Santander the lean. The draw at 26% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Racing Santander at 41%?
Home ground, against the rating. Valencia sit 78 points higher on our strength rating — 1579 to 1657. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge on the road won 32.5% of 10,374 such games. La Liga home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (28.3% vs 30.0%). La Liga homes won 46.6% of 6,153 games vs 44.6% across all 101,096 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 41%?
Because Valencia are the stronger side on our strength rating. Racing Santander scored +0.48 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.6% of 1,474 games, vs 27.6% against normal finishing.
Why the draw at 26%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 29.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.7 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,880. The goals environment takes 2.5 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Racing Santander are unbeaten in their last 8 home league games: 7 wins and 1 draw. The run began on 1 April 2026. Last recorded home league defeat: 21 March 2026 — Racing Santander 0–4 Albacete. Latest home league result: 12 September 2026 — Racing Santander 2–1 Alaves. Across 13,690 historical matches following an unbeaten home league run of at least six games, hosts won 56.0%, compared with 54.8% expected from team strength. Racing Santander are newly promoted — game 8 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides are said to struggle, but our rating already carries most of it: across 3,012 first-ten games since 2016 they won 26.8% where the rating expected 28.1% — inside the noise band, below it in six of the ten full seasons we hold and about level last season. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Racing Santander vs Valencia final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this La Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Dani Raba's goal against Racing Santander (2').
- Watch Mohamed Zabiri's goal against Valencia (32').
- Watch Iván Martín's goal against Valencia (47').
- Watch David Otorbi's goal against Racing Santander (65').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Racing Santander 2–2 Valencia. Explore more on the Racing Santander and Valencia team pages or the La Liga page.