Espanyol defeats Racing Santander 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Espanyol prevails over Racing Santander with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Milla (6'), a goal from (45') and a goal from M. Braithwaite (68').

David Brown

August 25, 2023

CORNELLA DE LLOBREGAT. Espanyol prevails over Racing Santander with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Milla (6′), a goal from (45′) and a goal from M. Braithwaite (68′).

The match was played at the RCDE Stadium stadium in Cornella de Llobregat on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Raúl Martín González Francés who had the assistance of Christian Arlex Valverde Monsalve and Álvaro Yeray Carreño Cabrera. The 4th official was Sergiu Claudiu Muresan. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.23 degrees Celsius or 82.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.

Match Statistics

Espanyol

2 - 0

Racing Santander

47 Ball Possession 53

Shots

20 Total 12
6 On Target 2
5 Off Target 6
9 Shots blocked 4

103 Attack 134
31 Dangerous attack 48
101 Ball safe 88

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 7
2 Off Sides 5

Fouls

22 Total 16
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Espanyol was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Racing Santander that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Racing Santander was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Espanyol was able to find the solution to win this contest.

Espanyol shot 20 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Racing Santander shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Espanyol received 1 yellow card (Pere Milla). On the other side, Racing Santander received 2 yellow cards (Ekain Zenitagoia and Aritz Aldasoro).

Match Timeline

Ekain Zenitagoia- Yellow

Pere Milla(goal)

Keidi Bare- sub ->Edu Expósito

46'

Jofre Carreras- sub ->José Carlos Lazo

46'

O. El Hilali- sub ->Óscar Gil

46'

47'

Aritz Aldasoro- Yellow

Pere Milla- Yellow

55'

59'

Lago Júnior- sub ->Ekain Zenitagoia

59'

Iván Morante- sub ->Íñigo Sainz-Maza

Martin Braithwaite(goal)Pere Milla

68'

71'

Yeray Cabanzón- sub ->Marco Sangalli

72'

86'

José Gragera- sub ->Nico Melamed

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Espanyol has 4 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Racing Santander stays with 3 points (7th).

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Espanyol will play away with Mirandés on the 27th of August with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Espanyol (1 draw).

Racing Santander will host Amorebieta on the 10th of September with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Racing Santander (0 draws).

Espanyol – Formation

Espanyol

Fernando Pacheco 13.Spain

7.0

Óscar Gil 2.Spain

6.8

46'

Fernando Calero 5.Spain

7.2

Leandro Cabrera 6.Uruguay

6.8

Brian Oliván 14.Spain

6.9

Pol Lozano 10.Spain

7.0

Pere Milla 11.Spain

8.8

72'

55'

José Carlos Lazo 16.Spain

6.2

46'

Edu Expósito 20.Spain

7.2

46'

Nico Melamed 21.Spain

7.5

89'

Martin Braithwaite 22.Denmark

8.0

68'

Substitutes

Joan García 1.Spain

Angel Fortuno 33.Spain

Sergi Gómez 3.Spain

Joan Puig 26.Spain

O. El Hilali 31.Morocco

7.0

46'

Keidi Bare 8.Albania

6.9

46'

José Gragera 15.Spain

89'

Javier Hernandez 28.Spain

L. Dimata 9.Belgium

6.6

72'

Jofre Carreras 17.Spain

6.5

46'

Antoniu Roca 29.Spain

Zoubdi 30.Spain

Espanyol started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Luis García Fernández decided to play with the following team: Fernando Pacheco (7.0), Óscar Gil (6.8), Fernando Calero (7.2), Leandro Cabrera (6.8), Brian Oliván (6.9), José Carlos Lazo (6.2), Edu Expósito (7.2), Pol Lozano (7.0), Pere Milla (8.8), Martin Braithwaite (8.0) and Nico Melamed (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Joan García, Sergi Gómez, Keidi Bare (6.9), Landry Dimata (6.6), José Gragera, Jofre Carreras (6.5), Joan Puig, Javier Hernandez, Antoniu Roca, Zoubdi, Omar El Hilali (7.0) and Angel Fortuno.

Substitutions

Espanyol made 5 changes: Edu Expósito for Keidi Bare (46′), José Carlos Lazo for Jofre Carreras (46′), Óscar Gil for Omar El Hilali (46′), Pere Milla for Landry Dimata (72′) and Nico Melamed for José Gragera (89′).

Best player: Pere Milla

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Espanyol was Pere Milla.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 14 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Racing Santander – Formation

Racing Santander

Jokin Ezkieta 13.Spain

6.8

Álvaro Mantilla 2.Spain

6.4

Saúl García 3.Spain

7.0

Germán Sánchez 5.Spain

7.0

Rubén Alves 15.Brazil

6.7

Íñigo Sainz-Maza 6.Spain

6.5

59'

Marco Sangalli 7.Spain

7.0

71'

Iñigo Vicente 10.Spain

7.1

Peque Fernández 17.Spain

7.8

86'

Aritz Aldasoro 21.Spain

7.6

86'

47'

Ekain Zenitagoia 14.Spain

6.6

59'

Substitutes

Miquel Parera 1.Spain

Pol Moreno 4.Spain

Mario Jorrín 30.Spain

Mario García 40.Spain

Iván Morante 16.Spain

6.4

59'

Lago Júnior 20.Ivory Coast

6.5

59'

Yeray Cabanzón 27.Spain

6.8

71'

Diego Campo 32.Spain

Cedric Omoigui 9.Nigeria

86'

Matheus Aiás 19.Brazil

6.6

86'

Jeremy Arévalo 29.Spain

Racing Santander started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

José Alberto López Menéndez played with: Jokin Ezkieta (6.8), Álvaro Mantilla (6.4), Germán Sánchez (7.0), Rubén Alves (6.7), Saúl García (7.0), Marco Sangalli (7.0), Íñigo Sainz-Maza (6.5), Aritz Aldasoro (7.6), Iñigo Vicente (7.1), Ekain Zenitagoia (6.6) and Peque Fernández (7.8).

These were the players on the bench: Miquel Parera, Pol Moreno, Cedric Omoigui, Iván Morante (6.4), Matheus Aiás (6.6), Lago Júnior (6.5), Yeray Cabanzón (6.8), Jeremy Arévalo, Mario Jorrín, Diego Campo and Mario Garcia.

Substitutions

Racing Santander made 5 changes: Íñigo Sainz-Maza for Iván Morante (59′), Ekain Zenitagoia for Lago Júnior (59′), Marco Sangalli for Yeray Cabanzón (71′), Aritz Aldasoro for Matheus Aiás (86′) and Peque Fernández for Cedric Omoigui (86′).