Racing Santander vs Alaves

Match summary

Racing Santander came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Alaves. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ville Koski put Alaves ahead from a corner in the 18th minute, Yassir Zabiri equalised in the 38th minute, set up by Iñigo Vicente, and Zabiri won it in the 53rd minute.

Alaves can feel hard done by, creating 2.66 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Racing Santander's 1.38 from 11. Racing Santander had a player sent off.

Racing Santander secured a 2-1 victory against Alaves in La Liga despite the visitors dominating the general flow of play and registering higher metrics in several attacking categories. Alaves recorded sixteen total shots compared to eleven from Racing Santander, with eight shots on target against four. Alaves also generated a superior expected goals figure of 2.66 versus 1.38 for the home side, alongside more dangerous attacks, corners, and offsides. However, Racing Santander held fifty-seven percent possession, completed more passes with a higher accuracy, and made twenty-three tackles. Both teams accumulated numerous fouls, leading to multiple bookings and a late red card.

The match action began with early yellow cards for Alaves players Nahuel Tenaglia and Pablo Ibáñez in the seventh and eighth minutes. Alaves opened the scoring in the eighteenth minute when Ville Koski converted a right footed shot with an expected goals value of 0.63. Following a yellow card for Racing Santander player Yassir Zabiri for arguing, Zabiri equalised in the thirty-eight minute with a left footed shot, leaving the score level at 1-1 at half-time. Zabiri then scored his second goal of the match in the fifty-third minute with a right footed shot to put the hosts ahead at 2-1. After further substitutions and yellow cards for Antonio Blanco and Jorge Salinas, Racing Santander suffered a late setback when André Almeida received a red card for a foul following a VAR review in the eighty-ninth minute.