📏 Form Guide

Racing de Santander

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Racing de Santander won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 2-3 La Liga 2 losing effort in their last game against Real Zaragoza.

In that match, Racing de Santander managed 71% possession and 24 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Racing de Santander was Gustavo Puerta (82'). For their opponents, Real Zaragoza had 9 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Kenan Kodro (4', 21', 54') was the scorer for Real Zaragoza.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Racing de Santander have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Racing de Santander have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals on the way. We shall soon see if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Barcelona

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Barcelona head into the match after a 3-2 Spanish Super Cup win to beat Real Madrid in their most recent match.

In that game, Barcelona managed 68% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Barcelona, the goalscorers were Raphinha (36', 73') and Robert Lewandowski (45'). Real Madrid had 12 attempts on goal with 10 on target. García (45') and Júnior (45') scored for Real Madrid.

A run of steadfast displays by the Barcelona defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 1 from their past 6 fixtures combined. Over that same time, their forwards have scored 15.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 22/09/2009 tells us that these encounters have ended in disappointment for Racing de Santander. They have not managed to get any victories whatsoever while Barcelona have just been stronger than them, winning in 100% of those match-ups.

A sum of 20 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 1 of them from Los Racinguistas and 19 coming from Barça. That is an average goals per game value of 3.33.

The last league fixture between these clubs was La Liga match day 27 on 11/03/2012 when the final score was Racing de Santander 0-2 Barcelona.

The referee was Carlos Del Cerro Grande.

📰 Team News: Barcelona

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has some current player fitness concerns. Gavi (Arthroscopy) and Andreas Christensen (Ligament tear) can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Barcelona will probably be in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of their chances.

However, Racing de Santander might well find it a difficult task to score themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be hitting back at some stage here, too.

We’re predicting a decent 1-3 winning score for Barcelona after 90 minutes.

Peter Guest, 05:00 12/01/2026