Rayo Vallecano
Racing Santander
Match summary
Rayo Vallecano came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Racing Santander. It was 2-2 at half-time.
In the first half, Sergio Canales put Racing Santander ahead with a direct free kick in the 4th minute, Andrei Ratiu equalised in the 17th minute, set up by Sergio Camello, Pablo García put Racing Santander back in front in the 28th minute, and Sergio Camello equalised in the 43rd minute, set up by Unai López. In the second half, Camello won it from a corner in the 47th minute, set up by Unai López.
The chances backed that up: Rayo Vallecano created 1.19 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Racing Santander's 0.63 from 9. Rayo Vallecano had 2 players sent off.
Rayo Vallecano secured a narrow victory over Racing Santander in La Liga, dominating the statistical counts across a fiercely contested fixture. The home side registered sixteen shots compared to nine from their opponents, hitting ten on target while accumulating an expected goals total of 1.19 against 0.63. Rayo also led on corners with nine to six, attacks at ninety-six to seventy-seven, and dangerous attacks at fifty-two to forty-nine. Possession remained fairly balanced at forty-nine percent for Rayo and fifty-one percent for Racing, but discipline proved problematic for the hosts as they accumulated three yellow cards and two red cards alongside fifteen fouls.
Sergio Canales opened the scoring for Racing Santander with a left footed shot in the fourth minute, before Andrei Rațiu levelled for Rayo Vallecano using his right foot in the seventeenth minute. Pablo García restored Racing's lead with a left footed effort in the twenty-eight minute. Sergio Camello equalised just before the interval with a right footed shot in the forty-third minute, following yellow cards shown to Óscar Valentín, Yassir Zabiri, Iñigo Vicente, and Camello. Camello struck again with his left foot in the forty-seventh minute to give Rayo a 3-2 lead. Florian Lejeune received a yellow card before Rayo had Fran Pérez and Jorge de Frutos sent off with red cards late in the match.
