Struggling Racing Santander will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Ponferradina in the upcoming league round. It's 21st vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
Racing Santander form and stats
Racing Santander's struggle is real here at El Sardinero with only 6 points collected from 7 La Liga 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-3.
The fans are hoping that Racing Santander will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the La Liga 2 game against Alcorcón (placed 10th). Before that, Racing Santander drew at home versus Deportivo La Coruña.
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 three matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 3 Lost 0.
The Racing Santander fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Racing Santander's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ponferradina form and stats
Ponferradina have only collected 6 points from their away games in the La Liga 2, after 1-3-2 (6 played).
Ponferradina won their last game, 1-0 versus Málaga played at home. Prior to that result Ponferradina won their away game at Rayo Vallecano. The scoreline was 3-1.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ponferradina playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 1 Ponferradina win, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Ponferradina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Ponferradina have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Racing Santander won 2 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Ponferradina has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 3Top Goalscorers
  Yuri 18 goals |   Jon Ander 10 goals |
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| Racing Santander | Ponferradina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 71% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 64% |
| 21% | 29% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 43% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 5 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 7 | 5.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Ponferradina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Ponferradina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ponferradina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 2 | Almería | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Fuenlabrada | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Huesca | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Girona | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Real Zaragoza | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Albacete | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 22 |
| 8 | Ponferradina | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
| 9 | Numancia | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | Alcorcón | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 12 | Elche | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Las Palmas | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 14 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 15 | Lugo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | Mirandés | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Real Oviedo | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 | Tenerife | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 14 |
| 19 | Málaga | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Extremadura UD | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 21 | Racing Santander | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 22 | Deportivo La Coruña | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 10 |