Racing Santander hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 19 points and a 22nd position in the La Liga 2 table. Visiting Las Palmas holds 8th place with 33 pts.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a La Liga 2 match only three days ago. That game was an away game at Deportivo La Coruña, so at least Racing Santander are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Racing Santander form and stats
The story so far in the La Liga 2 for Racing Santander at their home stadium (El Sardinero) is 2 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Racing Santander.
In their previous game, the manager C. Parralo Aguilera led his Racing Santander to a defeat in the La Liga 2 match away at Deportivo La Coruña. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at El Sardinero. Before that, Racing Santander played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Mirandés.
Racing Santander's goalkeeper Luca Zidane was extremely busy against Deportivo La Coruña, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 6 saves.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Racing Santander have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 4 Lost 0.
Racing Santander has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Las Palmas form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Las Palmas playing as the away team in the La Liga 2 this season.
Las Palmas have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 264 minutes ago. J. Narvaez was the goal scorer.
Las Palmas failed to get anything from their last game, a La Liga 2 home match vs Real Zaragoza (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting CD Badajoz's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Las Palmas in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Las Palmas, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Las Palmas have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Las Palmas - Racing Santander 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Racing Santander 0 wins, 1 draw and Las Palmas 5 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Yoda 8 goals |  Á. Cejudo Carmona 6 goals |   T. Pekhart 5 goals |
Racing Santander missing players
Las Palmas missing players
| Racing Santander | Las Palmas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 28 |
| 30 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 27 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 91% |
| 78% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | 70% |
| 39% | 55% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 22% | 27% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 26% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 27% | 43% |
| 22% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 45% | 30% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 45% | 35% |
| 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.9 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 233 | 115 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 42 | 120 | 257 |
| 87 | 39 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 46 | 91 |
| 28% | 38% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 22% | 31% |
- Las Palmas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Racing Santander has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- Racing Santander have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cádiz | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 45 |
| 2 | Almería | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Real Zaragoza | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 39 |
| 4 | Huesca | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Fuenlabrada | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Girona | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Numancia | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Las Palmas | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 33 |
| 9 | Mirandés | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Elche | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 32 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 12 | Ponferradina | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 31 |
| 13 | Alcorcón | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 8 | -1 | 29 |
| 14 | Sporting Gijón | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Albacete | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 28 |
| 16 | Málaga | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 26 |
| 17 | Real Oviedo | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -8 | 23 |
| 18 | Tenerife | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 19 | Extremadura UD | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 22 |
| 20 | Lugo | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -13 | 22 |
| 21 | Deportivo La Coruña | 23 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -16 | 21 |
| 22 | Racing Santander | 23 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 19 |