This game has been long awaited by followers of both sides, as it's the premier La Liga 2 game of the season. Both Racing Santander and Villarreal II are hoping for a positive start to their league adventure.
Racing Santander form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Racing Santander as they were promoted from Segunda B - Group 2 last season. Happy days that were secured through 10 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 20 games. The team scored 14 goals at home last season and conceded 8. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Santander handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Racing Santander friendly games in pre-season: Racing Santander played six friendlies, won 2, drew 2 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Racing Santander scored 8 goals and conceded 5 in these six games.
Villarreal II form and stats
A job perfectly done for Villarreal last season as they secured promotion from Primera Division RFEF: Group 2. With a grand total of 20 wins, 7 draws and 11 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.
We have checked recent matches where Villarreal II have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Villarreal II played five friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these five matches Villarreal II scored 9 and conceded 7 goals.
Head 2 Head
Racing Santander missing players
Villarreal II missing players
| Racing Santander | Villarreal II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Racing Santander | Last season | Villarreal II | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 1 | 1 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 6 | 20 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 21 | 65 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 71% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 66% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 18% | ||
| 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 45% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 42% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 29% | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 43% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 7.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Albacete | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Burgos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Deportivo Alaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | FC Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FC Cartagena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Granada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Huesca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Las Palmas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Leganes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Levante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Lugo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Málaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mirandes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Ponferradina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Racing Santander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Real Oviedo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Real Zaragoza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Eibar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Sporting Gijon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tenerife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | UD Ibiza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Villarreal II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Andorra | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 71 |
| 2 | Villarreal II | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 65 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 29 | 67 |
| 3 | Albacete | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 67 |
| 4 | Gimnastic Tarragona | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 61 |
| 5 | Linares Deportivo | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 47 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 60 |
| 6 | Atletico Baleares | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 52 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 59 |
| 7 | Algeciras | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 39 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 59 |
| 8 | Sabadell | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 58 |
| 9 | Barcelona II | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 59 | 51 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 57 |
| 10 | Real Madrid II | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 47 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | 19 | 56 |
| 11 | Alcoyano | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 52 |
| 12 | Linense | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -9 | 50 |
| 13 | Castellon | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 50 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | -13 | 50 |
| 14 | San Fernando CD | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 58 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | -9 | 48 |
| 15 | Cornella | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 37 | -9 | 48 |
| 16 | Sanluqueno | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -17 | 46 |
| 17 | Sevilla II | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 33 | -19 | 46 |
| 18 | UCAM Murcia | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 33 | -14 | 35 |
| 19 | Llagostera-Costa Brava | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 30 | -25 | 33 |
| 20 | Real Betis II | 38 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 68 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 39 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 29 | -45 | 21 |