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La Liga11/01/2026, 03:15 PM

Racing Santander – Real Madrid0 : 3

Why the model thinks so

Racing Santander
1.00
Total xG
3.66
Real Madrid
2.67
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorRacing SantanderReal Madrid
Attack strength (1.43x league average)+0.95
High-scoring league (3 goals/match)+0.52+0.52
Small sample (5 matches), regression to mean−0.42
4 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (3 goals/match)+0.22
Rising form (3 vs 2.3 season average)+0.22
Defensive strength (1.1 conceded vs 1.3 league avg)−0.16
Standings advantage (pos 3 vs 15, 12 places gap)+0.15
Standings disadvantage (pos 15 vs 3, 12 places gap)−0.14
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.2 goals/match)−0.13
Declining form (1.2 vs 1.6 season average)−0.13
Small sample (5 matches), regression to mean+0.01
Jorge Salinas not in squad (0 goals, 2 assists)
Federico Valverde not in squad (0 goals, 2 assists)

Key factors

  • Form: Real Madrid won 5 of their last 5 matches, Racing Santander 1
  • Table: Real Madrid rank 3rd in the league after 10 matches, Racing Santander 15th
  • Defence: Racing Santander concede 2.6 goals per game in the league this season, Real Madrid 1 per game

Risks

  • Home form: Racing Santander score 2.2 goals per game at home in the league this season
  • xG: Real Madrid scored 3 goals per game across 5 matches with xG data from 1.92 xG per game

All probabilities

Result
Racing Santander11%
Draw17%
Real Madrid72%
Double chance
Racing Santander or draw28%
Real Madrid or draw89%
No draw83%
Goals
Over 1.589%
Under 1.511%
Over 2.571%
Under 2.529%
Over 3.550%
Under 3.550%
Both teams score
Yes60%
No40%

xG score

1:2
From xG 1.00 : 2.66, rounded up only from .99% probability

Other likely scores

0:3
8%
1:3
8%
0:4
5%
1:4
5%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Real Madrid: 10 wins in 11 games with xG above 1.0 (91% win rate)
  2. Real Madrid: 4 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)
  3. Real Madrid: 12 goals from minute 80 onwards in 12 games. Against Roma: 3 goals (83', 85', 90')
  4. Real Madrid: 10 of 12 games without conceding in H1, but only 2 over 90 minutes
  5. Racing Santander: 3.2 cards per game (36 yellows, 2 reds in 12 games)
  6. Racing Santander: 6 consecutive games with 3+ goals (last 12 games)

Lineups

Racing Santander 4-2-3-1 · Real Madrid 4-2-3-1

Racing Santander
  • 13 J. Agirrezabala
  • 2 A. Mantilla Pérez
  • 5 P. Ramón Parra
  • 24 J. Belocian
  • 3 A. Martín Caricol
  • 23 I. Martín Núñez
  • 18 M. Prati
  • 19 I. Luque Sierra
  • 20 S. Canales Madrazo
  • 10 I. Vicente Elorduy
  • 21 M. Zabiri
Real Madrid
  • 1 T. Courtois
  • 12 T. Alexander-Arnold
  • 16 I. Konaté
  • 4 D. Huijsen
  • 17 M. Cucurella
  • 20 B. Silva
  • 14 A. Tchouaméni
  • 15 A. Guler
  • 5 J. Bellingham
  • 25 Y. Diomande
  • 10 K. Mbappé
Substitutes
  • 8 D. Ribeiro Almeida
  • 15 P. García Fernández
  • 6 Í. Sainz Maza Serna
  • 9 J. Arana Gómez
  • 12 A. Villalibre Molina
  • 16 F. González Molino
  • 4 J. Hernando Riol
  • 14 M. Gueye
  • 7 G. Guliashvili
  • 22 P. de Jesus Gomes
  • 1 S. Eriksson
  • 19 C. Espí Escrihuela
  • 18 A. Carreras
  • 6 E. Camavinga
  • 21 B. Abdelkader Diaz
  • 3 É. Gabriel Militão
  • 22 A. Rüdiger
  • 13 A. Lunin
  • 9 E. Moreira de Sousa
  • 24 D. Dumfries
  • 26 S. Mestre Sánchez
  • 27 T. Pitarch Pinar

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