ZARAGOZA. Racing Santander and Real Zaragoza draw 1-1. C. Grenier scored the first goal (40′) for Racing Santander. G. Valera equalized (45′). Real Zaragoza was truly better in terms of ball possession (64%)​

The match was played at the Estadio de la Romareda stadium in Zaragoza on Friday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was José Luis Guzmán Mansilla with the support of Ángel Valverde Martínez and Ángel Munuera Montero. The 4th official was David López Jiménez. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.69 degrees Celsius or 87.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Real Zaragoza was in firm control of the ball 64% while Racing Santander was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Real Zaragoza was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Real Zaragoza to win the match​.

Real Zaragoza shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Racing Santander shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Real Zaragoza received 2 yellow cards (Sinan Bakış and Toni Moya). On the opposite side, Racing Santander received 5 yellow cards (Saúl García, Germán Sánchez, Clément Grenier, Andrés Martín and Jokin Ezkieta).

Standings

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Real Zaragoza – Formation

Real Zaragoza started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Francisco Escriba Segura decided to play with the following team: Cristian Álvarez (7.3), Marcos Luna (7.5), Santiago Mouriño (7.0), Jair Amador (6.8), Fran Gámez (6.7), Germán Valera (7.3), Toni Moya (7.9), Marc Aguado (7.1), Maikel Mesa (7.0), Sinan Bakış (6.6) and Manu Vallejo (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Jaume Grau (6.7), Alejandro Francés, Ivan Azón Monzón (6.8), Sergio Bermejo (6.8), Gaetan Poussin, Víctor Mollejo (7.0), Sergi Enrich (6.4), Lluís López, Alberto Vaquero, Juan Serrano, Daniel Rebollo and Andrés Borge.

Substitutions

Real Zaragoza made 5 changes: Germán Valera for Sergio Bermejo (80′), Maikel Mesa for Víctor Mollejo (75′), Manu Vallejo for Ivan Azón Monzón (62′), Marc Aguado for Jaume Grau (62′) and Sinan Bakış for Sergi Enrich (75′).

Best player: Toni Moya​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Zaragoza was Toni Moya.

His rating is (7.9) with 87 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 10 crosses.

Racing Santander – Formation

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

José Alberto López Menéndez played with: Jokin Ezkieta (6.7), Álvaro Mantilla (6.6), Germán Sánchez (7.0), Rubén Alves (7.0), Saúl García (6.8), Iván Morante (6.8), Clément Grenier (7.5), Andrés Martín (7.0), Aritz Aldasoro (7.3), Iñigo Vicente (7.7) and Ekain Zenitagoia (6.8).

They had on the bench: Miquel Parera, Pol Moreno, Íñigo Sainz-Maza (6.4), Marco Sangalli (6.3), Juan Carlos Arana (6.4), Peque Fernández (6.7), Juan Gutiérrez, Yeray Cabanzón and Mario Garcia.

Substitutions

Racing Santander made 5 changes: Andrés Martín for Marco Sangalli (76′), Iñigo Vicente for Pol Moreno (89′), Iván Morante for Íñigo Sainz-Maza (89′), Ekain Zenitagoia for Juan Carlos Arana (60′) and Clément Grenier for Peque Fernández (60′).

Best player: Iñigo Vicente​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Racing Santander was Iñigo Vicente.

His rating is (7.7) with 38 passes (71% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the La Liga 2.​

• Real Zaragoza – Racing Santander – 1-1