SANTANDER. Racing Santander tops Espanyol with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Carlos (1′) and a goal from P. Fernández (29′). Espanyol was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Campos de Sport de El Sardinero stadium in Santander on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 13,512 spectators.​ The referee was Miguel Sesma Espinosa with the support of Miguel Ortuño Sierra and David Bernal Martín. The 4th official was . The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 10.23 degrees Celsius or 50.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Espanyol had a superior ball possession 62% while Racing Santander was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Espanyol was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Racing Santander was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Racing Santander shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Espanyol shot 10 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Racing Santander received 1 yellow card (Manu Hernando). Regarding the opposition, Espanyol didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Racing Santander has 39 points to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Espanyol will stays with 41 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the La Liga 2, Racing Santander will play away with Albacete on the 18th of February with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Racing Santander (1 draw).

Espanyol will host Mirandés on the 18th of February with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Espanyol (1 draw).

Racing Santander – Formation

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

The manager José Alberto López Menéndez decided to play with the following team: Jokin Ezkieta (7.0), Dani Fernández (7.5), Manu Hernando (7.3), Germán Sánchez (6.6), Mario Garcia (7.0), Aritz Aldasoro (6.4), Íñigo Sainz-Maza (7.0), Jordi Mboula (7.0), Peque Fernández (8.1), Iñigo Vicente (8.2) and Juan Carlos Arana (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Miquel Parera, Saúl García, Pol Moreno, Andrés Martín (6.4), Roko Baturina, Ekain Zenitagoia, Iván Morante, Lago Júnior (6.4), Juan Gutiérrez and Jeremy Arévalo.

Racing Santander could not rely on the presence of Andrés Martín (injured) and Roko Baturina (injured).

Substitutions

Racing Santander made 4 changes: Peque Fernández for Lago Júnior (72′), Juan Carlos Arana for Andrés Martín (67′), Andrés Martín for Roko Baturina (89′) and Aritz Aldasoro for Iván Morante (89′).

Player of the match: Iñigo Vicente​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Racing Santander was Iñigo Vicente even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 29 passes (62% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Espanyol – Formation

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

Luis Miguel Ramis Monfort played with: Fernando Pacheco (7.0), Omar El Hilali (7.0), Sergi Gómez (6.8), Víctor Ruiz (6.8), Ian Forns (6.4), Jofre Carreras (7.0), Pol Lozano (6.4), Álvaro Aguado (6.7), Pere Milla (7.1), Martin Braithwaite (7.0) and Omar Sadik (6.8).

They had on the bench: Joan García, Óscar Gil, Leandro Cabrera, Javi Puado (6.4), Keidi Bare (7.0), Keita Baldé, José Gragera, José Carlos Lazo (7.0), Salvi (6.7), Rubén Sánchez (6.7) and Angel Fortuno.

Substitutions

Espanyol made 5 changes: Omar Sadik for Salvi (46′), Ian Forns for Rubén Sánchez (46′), Pol Lozano for Keidi Bare (66′), Jofre Carreras for José Carlos Lazo (66′) and Álvaro Aguado for Javi Puado (76′).

Player of the match: Pere Milla​

The most impressive player for Espanyol was Pere Milla.

His rating is 7.1 with 35 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sporting Gijón – Real Oviedo – 1-0
• Racing Santander – Espanyol – 2-0
• Eldense – Huesca – 0-0
• Amorebieta – Elche – 1-0