Racing Santander — Elche 3:2

Racing Santander

3:2

Elche

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Racing Santander was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Racing Santander	3	2.56	+0.4	2.25
Elche	2	1.08	+0.9	0.59

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
14'	Yassir Zabiri	Racing Santander	0.32
20'	Yassir Zabiri	Racing Santander	0.39
35'	Yassir Zabiri	Racing Santander	0.42	Iñigo Vicente
77'	Buba Sangaré	Elche	0.03	Lucas Cepeda
78'	Fernando Niño	Elche	0.08	Tete Morente

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
35'	Yassir Zabiri	Racing Santander	0.42	goal
20'	Yassir Zabiri	Racing Santander	0.39	goal
72'	Asier Villalibre	Racing Santander	0.38	saved

Shots: Racing Santander 13, Elche 18; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 5 and 0.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Racing Santander 1.58, Elche 0.14: a clear edge for Racing Santander. In the second half xG was Racing Santander 1.00, Elche 0.95: about even.

How it fits the season

Racing Santander: +0.3 for the season (10 in the table). Elche: −3.7 (18). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Alavés — Villarreal 1:0

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