LaLiga · Matchday 8 Match report

Racing Santander 2-2 Valencia: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Racing Santander

2-2Full time

Valencia

Sunday 11 October 2026, 19:00 UTC Campos de Sport de El Sardinero, Santander

Our picks against the result

5 of 13 right

Result Racing Santander win36% 2-2
Double chance Racing Santander or Valencia (12)71% 2-2
Both teams to score Yes64% Yes
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.561% 4 goals
More corners Racing Santander48% Racing Santander (8-3)
Yellow cards Around average 6 yellow cards · league 4.1
Yellow cards 6 yellow cards 3.5 Over60% 4.5 Under59% 5.5 Under76%
Corners Around average 11 corners · league 9.7
Corners 11 corners 8.5 Over60% 9.5 Under51% 10.5 Under62%

Match stats

Racing Santander Valencia

2 Goals 2
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
8 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

LaLiga reaches Matchday 8 with Racing Santander vs Valencia at El Sardinero on Sunday 11 October 2026, and our model goes with a Racing Santander win. Our double chance pick is Racing Santander or Valencia to win, with no draw.

Why this pick?

Our model leans on the venue: Racing Santander have taken both their home wins at El Sardinero, against Deportivo Alavés and Elche. The point against is that Valencia edge ahead on our strength rating, which weighs the season as a whole, while the hosts sit below the LaLiga average. No single argument settles it, so the model's overall view does. Valencia's away record is one win and two defeats, and four goals in seven matches is a thin return, with their shots and big chances short of the league norm. Even so, this is a narrow call.

Both teams to score: There is enough at both ends: Racing's defence concedes more than the LaLiga average, their attack scores above it, and home advantage adds to that. Valencia's own scoring and defensive numbers pull the other way only slightly.

Form guide

Racing Santander

L 0-5 at Celta Vigo (A) LaLiga · 19 Sep
L 2-7 at Barcelona (A) LaLiga · 16 Sep
W 2-1 vs Deportivo Alavés (H) LaLiga · 12 Sep
L 2-3 at Rayo Vallecano (A) LaLiga · 5 Sep
W 3-2 vs Elche (H) LaLiga · 28 Aug

Valencia

L 2-3 vs Real Sociedad (H) LaLiga · 20 Sep
W 1-0 at Deportivo Alavés (A) LaLiga · 15 Sep
L 0-1 at Sevilla (A) LaLiga · 11 Sep
L 0-5 vs Barcelona (H) LaLiga · 6 Sep
L 1-3 at Deportivo A Coruña (A) LaLiga · 30 Aug

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Racing SantanderValencia

Attack 74 21 1.6 goals per match this season0.6 goals per match this season

Defence 0 42 3.0 conceded per match this season1.9 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's LaLiga clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.