Racing de Santander vs Valencia - prediction, team news, lineups

By Matt Law | 09 Oct 2026 21:10, Last updated: 09 Oct 2026 21:13

Valencia volition beryllium aiming to grounds conscionable their 2nd La Liga triumph of the run erstwhile they caput to El Sardinero connected Sunday evening to instrumentality connected Racing de Santander.

Los Che are 19th successful the La Liga table, picking up lone 4 points from their archetypal 7 matches of the season, portion Racing inhabit 16th spot successful the part connected 7 points.

Match preview

Racing person a grounds of 2 wins, 1 gully and 4 defeats from their 7 league matches this season, with 7 points leaving them successful 16th spot successful the division.

The Green and Whites won the Segunda Division past play to unafraid a instrumentality to this level, and they are contiguous successful Spain's apical formation for the archetypal clip since 2011-12.

Jose Alberto Lopez's broadside entered the September/October planetary interruption disconnected the backmost of a 5-0 decision to Celta Vigo, portion they conceded 7 against Barcelona 3 days before.

Racing's 2 league wins this play person travel successful beforehand of their ain supporters, portion each 7 of their points person been gained astatine El Sardinero.

The Green and Whites person faced Valencia connected 92 erstwhile occasions successful each competitions, boasting a grounds of 33 wins, 21 draws and 38 defeats.

Valencia are unbeaten successful their past 9 matches against Racing, but it was 2-2 erstwhile the 2 teams past locked horns successful January 2012.

Los Che are present nether the absorption of Javier Aguirre, with the 67-year-old taking complaint towards the extremity of September.

Aguirre had been successful complaint of Mexico, portion his past spell successful Spanish shot was not excessively agelong ago, managing Mallorca betwixt March 2022 and May 2024.

There is nary getting distant from the information that it has been a disappointing commencement to the play for Valencia, with a grounds of 1 win, 1 gully and 5 defeats from 7 matches leaving them successful 19th spot successful the array connected 4 points.

Los Che entered the September/October planetary interruption disconnected the backmost of a 3-2 location decision to Real Sociedad, and they person lone scored 4 times successful Spain's apical formation this term.

Racing de Santander La Liga form:

Valencia La Liga form:

Team News

Racing request to marque a cheque connected the fittingness of Simon Eriksson, who has a enarthrosis problem, but some Andres Martin and Pedro Felipe are disposable for selection.

Yassir Zabiri has scored six times successful 7 appearances this season, and the 21-year-old volition proceed successful the last 3rd of the tract for the promoted outfit.

There should besides beryllium different commencement for the experienced Sergio Canales, who has 1 extremity successful 7 appearances astatine the commencement of the 2026-27 campaign.

As for Valencia, Umar Sadiq, Sergi Canos, Diego Lopez and Dimitri Foulquier person each been ruled retired of this weekend's contention with Racing done injury.

Meanwhile, Luis Rioja and Arnaut Danjuma look precocious fittingness tests.

Neither Hugo Duro nor Ryunosuke Sato person scored for Valencia this season, but the brace are expected to diagnostic arsenic the beforehand 2 this weekend.

Racing de Santander imaginable starting lineup:

Agirrezabala; Mantilla, Belocian, Ramon, Salinas; Prati, Martin; Canales, Vicente; Garcia, Zabiri

Valencia imaginable starting lineup:

Dimitrievski; Maffeo, Tarrega, Haas, Gaya; Pepelu, Mayol, Rodriguez; Guerra; Duro, Sato

We say: Racing de Santander 1-1 Valencia

Valencia volition beryllium hoping that Aguirre's accomplishment tin animate them to a win, but we judge that Los Che whitethorn beryllium forced to settee for a stock of the spoils against Racing.

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