Racing de Santander vs Real Madrid - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Madrid volition beryllium aiming to marque it six consecutive wins successful each competitions erstwhile they tackle Racing de Santander astatine El Sardinero connected Sunday afternoon.

Los Blancos are presently 3rd successful the La Liga table, 3 points down the leaders Barcelona, portion Racing are 13th successful the part connected 11 points.

Match preview

Racing boast a grounds of 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their 10 league matches this season, with 11 points leaving them successful 13th spot successful the table.

The Green and Whites were promoted backmost to La Liga for the 2026-27 run courtesy of their Segunda Division occurrence past term, and each things considered, it has been a palmy instrumentality to this level of shot for the Santander outfit.

Jose Alberto Lopez's broadside person really won their past 2 matches, beating Espanyol 2-1 successful the league past weekend, earlier signaling a 2-0 triumph implicit Ribadesella CF successful the Copa del Rey connected Thursday, truthful the hosts are successful bully form.

Racing suffered a 4-0 decision to Real Madrid erstwhile the 2 teams past locked horns successful February 2012, but their past gathering astatine El Sardinero finished goalless successful September 2011.

On Sunday, the Green and Whites volition purpose to flooded Real Madrid for the archetypal clip since a 2-1 location occurrence successful April 2007, demonstrating the size of their task here.

Real Madrid's 2-1 occurrence implicit Barcelona successful El Clasico past play was a monumental result, with Kylian Mbappe's 2nd of the lucifer successful the second stages handing Jose Mourinho's broadside a triumph that has pulled them consecutive backmost into the rubric race.

Los Blancos stay 3rd successful the table, but they are lone 1 constituent down second-placed Atletico Madrid and conscionable 3 from the leaders Barcelona, with their grounds successful La Liga this play speechmaking 8 wins and 2 defeats from 10 matches.

Mourinho's broadside person been acold from cleanable this term, but 5 wins person been posted successful each competitions since the Madrid derby nonaccomplishment to Atletico Madrid earlier the planetary break.

Real Madrid volition beryllium backmost successful Champions League enactment adjacent week, taking connected AEK Athens, earlier visiting Valencia adjacent play successful their last crippled earlier the adjacent planetary period.

Los Blancos person won 9 of their past 10 matches against Racing and volition beryllium afloat expecting to stitchery different invaluable 3 points connected Sunday successful pursuit of this season's La Liga title.

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Team News

Racing volition beryllium without highly-rated left-back Jorge Salinas connected Sunday, with the 19-year-old being handed a 5th yellowish paper of the run against Espanyol past clip out.

Simon Eriksson remains retired with a enarthrosis injury, but the hosts are different successful beardown signifier for the contention with Real Madrid.

Yassir Zabiri has been successful beardown signifier this season, scoring 8 times successful 10 league appearances, and the 21-year-old volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the field.

As for Real Madrid, Rodrygo (knee), Ferland Mendy (hip), Raul Asencio (leg) and Vinicius Junior (suspended) stay unavailable for selection.

However, Federico Valverde (hamstring) and Thibaut Courtois (illness) are some expected to flooded their issues to beryllium disposable for enactment connected Sunday.

Denzel Dumfries could beryllium introduced into the squad astatine right-back against Racing, with Valverde perchance moving into the mediate of the midfield.

There are improbable to beryllium immoderate surprises successful the last 3rd of the field, with Jude Bellingham acceptable to play down Mbappe, portion Arda Guler and Yan Diomande should run successful the wide areas for the superior giants.

Racing de Santander imaginable starting lineup:

Agirrezabala; Mantilla, Ramon, Belocian, Felipe; Prati, I Martin; A Martin, Canales, Vicente; Zabiri

Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Courtois; Dumfries, Konate, Huijsen, Cucurella; Valverde, Tchouameni; Guler, Bellingham, Diomande; Mbappe

We say: Racing de Santander 1-3 Real Madrid

Racing person posted back-to-back wins and person the quality to person this a tricky lucifer for Real Madrid, but we are expecting Los Blancos to unafraid each 3 points this weekend.

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