With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Numancia fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Racing Santander.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Numancia form and stats
When playing at home in the La Liga 2, Numancia have managed 7 wins, 5 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 15 games. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
The fans are hoping that Numancia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Elche (placed 6th). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Albacete.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Numancia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won three matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
The Numancia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 15 matches. Numancia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 15 matches.
Racing Santander form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Racing Santander so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-7 (win-draw-lose).
Racing Santander played 2-2 against Real Zaragoza in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Malaga's place.
The draw against Real Zaragoza came from a losing position. The Racing Santander manager J. Oltra Castañer brought on David Rodríguez as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Racing Santander playing away, we found six games. Results were one away win, three draws and two home wins.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 20 goals have been conceded by Racing Santander in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Racing Santander - Numancia 0-0, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Numancia won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Racing Santander has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveTop Goalscorers
 F. Sánchez Rodríguez 8 goals | H. Marín Escavy 8 goals |   Á. Cejudo Carmona 8 goals |
Numancia missing players
Racing Santander missing players
| Numancia | Racing Santander | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 33 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 39 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 90% |
| 63% | 53% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 77% |
| 30% | 13% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 33% |
| 23% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 13% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 47% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 50% |
| 33% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 20% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 53% | 40% |
| 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 5.8 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 313 | 167 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 128 | 284 |
| 107 | 54 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 50 | 103 |
| 32% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 20% | 28% |
- Numancia has the fewest conceded goals (9) at home
- Racing Santander has the fewest points (10) away
- Racing Santander has the most dropped points from leading position (21)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cadiz | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 55 |
| 2 | Real Zaragoza | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 52 |
| 3 | Almeria | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 47 |
| 4 | Huesca | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 47 |
| 5 | Girona | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 46 |
| 6 | Elche | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Alcorcon | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 41 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Ponferradina | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Fuenlabrada | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | Mirandes | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 40 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 30 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Numancia | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 1 | 38 |
| 13 | Malaga | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 38 |
| 14 | Las Palmas | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 38 |
| 15 | Sporting Gijon | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 38 |
| 16 | Tenerife | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20 | -1 | 36 |
| 17 | Deportivo La Coruna | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 35 |
| 18 | Albacete | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 34 |
| 19 | Lugo | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 33 |
| 20 | Real Oviedo | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | -7 | 32 |
| 21 | Extremadura UD | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -12 | 31 |
| 22 | Racing Santander | 30 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 25 |