This match features two teams living in the basement of the La Liga 2, Racing Santander holding 22nd place and Lugo lying 20th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Racing Santander form and stats
With {2 La Liga 2 wins}, 9 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Racing Santander are certainly not brimming with confidence.
It's back home for Santander, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Numancia away with the result 2-1. Manu found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Real Zaragoza that ended 2-2.
Santander made it very difficult for themselves, when Aitor Buñuel got a red card in the 58th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Racing Santander won the match 2-1!
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 Santander have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn six and lost zero.
Santander are traveling soon after this match as the La Liga 2 match at Girona awaits in three days.
The Santander fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Santander's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lugo form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lugo so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 2-7-6 (win-draw-lose).
Lugo played 1-1 against Cádiz in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Deportivo La Coruña.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Lugo in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Lugo, two draws and zero defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Zaragoza in just three days.
The attacking power of Lugo when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 15 league matches away. 16 goals have been conceded by Lugo in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lugo - Santander 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Santander two wins, four draws and Lugo one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() Á. Cejudo Carmona 8 goals | ![]() C. Herrera Pérez 8 goals | ![]() M. Barreiro Bustelo 5 goals |
Racing Santander missing players
Lugo missing players
| Racing Santander | Lugo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 31 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 28 |
| 40 | 19 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 40 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 80% | 84% |
| 77% | 87% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 53% | 61% |
| 35% | 47% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 19% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 26% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 52% | 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 52% |
| 19% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 35% |
| 39% | 27% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 33% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 6.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 289 | 156 | 55 | Total Shots | T S | 55 | 120 | 256 |
| 105 | 53 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 47 | 101 |
| 30% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 21% | 28% |
- Lugo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Racing Santander has the fewest points (15) at home
- Racing Santander has the most dropped points from leading position (21)
- 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 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 56 |
| 2 | Real Zaragoza | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 55 |
| 3 | Almería | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 50 |
| 4 | Huesca | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 39 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 50 |
| 5 | Girona | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 47 |
| 6 | Elche | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 46 |
| 7 | Rayo Vallecano | 31 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 39 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 43 |
| 8 | Mirandés | 31 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 42 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 31 | -1 | 42 |
| 9 | Sporting Gijón | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | Alcorcón | 31 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | Ponferradina | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 40 |
| 12 | Tenerife | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 39 |
| 13 | Fuenlabrada | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 39 |
| 14 | Numancia | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 38 |
| 15 | Málaga | 31 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 38 |
| 16 | Las Palmas | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 38 |
| 17 | Real Oviedo | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 43 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 26 | -6 | 35 |
| 18 | Albacete | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 35 |
| 19 | Deportivo La Coruña | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -18 | 35 |
| 20 | Lugo | 31 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -12 | 34 |
| 21 | Extremadura UD | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -13 | 31 |
| 22 | Racing Santander | 31 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 28 |