Racing Santander — Valencia 2:2

Racing Santander

2:2

Valencia

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

A fair draw: the xG gap is only 0.35.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Racing Santander	2	1.40	+0.6	1.16
Valencia	2	1.75	+0.2	1.61

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
1'	Raba	Valencia	0.58	Justin de Haas
31'	Yassir Zabiri	Racing Santander	0.46	Iñigo Vicente
46'	Iván Martín	Racing Santander	0.05
64'	David Otorbi	Valencia	0.31	Javier Guerra

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
1'	Raba	Valencia	0.58	goal
31'	Yassir Zabiri	Racing Santander	0.46	goal, from a set piece
93'	Hugo Duro	Valencia	0.43	off target

Shots: Racing Santander 20, Valencia 10; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 1 and 3.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Racing Santander 0.71, Valencia 0.83: about even. In the second half xG was Racing Santander 0.69, Valencia 0.92: about even.

How it fits the season

Racing Santander: +0.3 for the season (10 in the table). Valencia: −3.7 (19). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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