EIBAR. SD Eibar conquers Racing Santander with a 2-0 win with a goal from Stoichkov (10′) and a penalty scored by A. Aketxe (83′). SD Eibar made the most of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa stadium in Eibar on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 5,886 spectators.​ The referee was Alejandro Quintero González assisted by José Unai García Urbaneja and José Manuel Sarmiento Millet. The 4th official was José Antonio Sánchez Villalobos. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.38 degrees Celsius or 45.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

SD Eibar was in firm control of the ball 59% while Racing Santander was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SD Eibar had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SD Eibar won the match​.

SD Eibar shot 14 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Racing Santander shot 9 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

SD Eibar received 2 yellow cards (Jon Bautista and José Corpas). Regarding the opposition, Racing Santander received 2 yellow cards (José López Menéndez and Mario Garcia).

Standings

After this match, SD Eibar has 35 points like Sporting Gijón and Real Valladolid to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Racing Santander will stays with 33 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, SD Eibar will play away with Huesca on the 21st of January with a 5-5 head to head record.

Racing Santander will host FC Cartagena on the 21st of January with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Racing Santander (0 draws).

SD Eibar – Formation

SD Eibar adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Joseba Andoni Etxeberria Lizardi decided to play with the following team: Luca Zidane (7.7), Álvaro Tejero (7.7), Juan Berrocal (7.0), Anaitz Arbilla (7.7), José Antonio Ríos (7.9), Unai Vencedor (7.0), Matheus Pereira (7.5), Ager Aketxe (8.4), Mario Soriano (6.7), Stoichkov (7.5) and Jon Bautista (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Róber, Quique, Yacine Qasmi (6.4), Yanis Rahmani, Jorge Yriarte (7.0), Yoel Rodríguez, José Corpas (7.0), Stefan Simić, Konrad de la Fuente (6.4), Ander Madariaga, Angel Troncho and Aritz Muguruza.

Substitutions

SD Eibar made 4 changes: Unai Vencedor for Jorge Yriarte (75′), Stoichkov for Konrad de la Fuente (84′), Jon Bautista for Yacine Qasmi (84′) and Mario Soriano for José Corpas (69′).

Player of the match: Ager Aketxe​

The most impressive player for SD Eibar was Ager Aketxe.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 57 passes (86% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Racing Santander – Formation

Also Racing Santander adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

José Alberto López Menéndez played with: Jokin Ezkieta (6.7), Dani Fernández (7.3), Pol Moreno (6.7), Rubén Alves (7.0), Saúl García (6.8), Íñigo Sainz-Maza (7.1), Aritz Aldasoro (6.1), Andrés Martín (6.4), Peque Fernández (7.5), Iñigo Vicente (6.8) and Ekain Zenitagoia (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Miquel Parera, Germán Sánchez, Marco Sangalli (6.4), Jorge Pombo, Iván Morante (7.0), Lago Júnior (6.4), Juan Gutiérrez, Álvaro Santamaría Varo, Yeray Cabanzón, Jeremy Arévalo (6.4), Diego Campo and Mario Garcia (6.0).

Substitutions

Racing Santander made 5 changes: Ekain Zenitagoia for Jeremy Arévalo (64′), Saúl García for Marco Sangalli (75′), Íñigo Sainz-Maza for Iván Morante (74′), Andrés Martín for Lago Júnior (86′) and Dani Fernández for Mario Garcia (75′).

Player of the match: Peque Fernández​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Racing Santander was Peque Fernández.

His rating is 7.5 with 33 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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

• SD Eibar – Racing Santander – 2-0