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Real Racing Club de Santander vs Villarreal CF

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Preview

La Liga’s new season opens with Villarreal CF away at Real Racing Club de Santander. Villarreal ranked 3rd in 2025-26 while Santander finished 0. Head-to-head in the last five meetings produced zero wins for either side, all three games finishing draws. Santander have not beaten Villarreal in 10 official matches since 2023. Santander host their first top-flight game since promotion while Villarreal begin with a side that has never beaten them in recent history.

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Standings

La Liga · post MD0
PPlayed WWon DDrawn LLost GFGoals For GAGoals Against GDGoal Difference PtsPoints
# Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Form
1 F FC Barcelona 38 31 1 6 95 36 +59 94
1 F FC Barcelona 10 9 0 1 40 11 +29 27
2 R Real Madrid CF 38 27 5 6 77 35 +42 86
2 A Club Atlético de Madrid 10 8 1 1 20 8 +12 25
3 V Villarreal CF 38 22 6 10 72 46 +26 72
3 R Real Madrid CF 10 8 0 2 25 10 +15 24
4 A Club Atlético de Madrid 38 21 6 11 62 44 +18 69
4 B Real Betis Balompié 10 6 2 2 16 14 +2 20
5 B Real Betis Balompié 38 15 15 8 59 48 +11 60
5 R Real Sociedad de Fútbol 10 6 1 3 19 18 +1 19
6 C RC Celta de Vigo 38 14 12 12 53 48 +5 54
6 S Sevilla FC 10 5 2 3 16 16 0 17
7 G Getafe CF 38 15 6 17 32 38 -6 51
7 A Deportivo Alavés 10 3 3 4 14 11 +3 12
8 R Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 12 14 12 41 44 -3 50
8 A Athletic Club 9 3 3 3 12 9 +3 12
9 V Valencia CF 38 13 10 15 46 55 -9 49
9 C RC Celta de Vigo 10 2 6 2 10 7 +3 12
10 R Real Sociedad de Fútbol 38 11 13 14 59 61 -2 46
10 V Villarreal CF 11 3 3 5 15 15 0 12
11 E RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 12 10 16 43 55 -12 46
11 D RC Deportivo La Coruña 10 2 5 3 13 13 0 11
12 A Athletic Club 38 13 6 19 43 58 -15 45
12 E RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 11 3 2 6 13 14 -1 11
13 S Sevilla FC 38 12 7 19 46 60 -14 43
13 O CA Osasuna 10 3 2 5 10 20 -10 11
14 A Deportivo Alavés 38 11 10 17 44 56 -12 43
14 S Real Racing Club de Santander 10 3 2 5 15 26 -11 11
15 E Elche CF 38 10 13 15 49 57 -8 43
15 L Levante UD 10 2 4 4 16 19 -3 10
16 L Levante UD 38 11 9 18 47 61 -14 42
16 E Elche CF 10 2 4 4 14 17 -3 10
17 O CA Osasuna 38 11 9 18 44 50 -6 42
17 R Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 9 2 3 4 12 20 -8 9
18 M RCD Mallorca 38 11 9 18 47 57 -10 42
18 G Getafe CF 10 2 3 5 5 15 -10 9
19 G Girona FC 38 9 14 15 39 55 -16 41
19 V Valencia CF 10 1 3 6 7 17 -10 6
20 O Real Oviedo 38 6 11 21 26 60 -34 29
20 M Málaga CF 10 0 5 5 7 19 -12 5
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Head to head

last 10 meetings — all competitions
0
SAN wins
3
Drawn
0
VIL wins

First-time fixture in our records.

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Top scorers

La Liga · this season
1
F
RaphinhaFC Barcelona · None · 9 apps
13GOALS
2
R
Kylian MbappéReal Madrid CF · None · 10 apps
11GOALS
3
S
8GOALS
4
F
Lamine YamalFC Barcelona · None · 10 apps
8GOALS
5
R
7GOALS
6
O
Ante BudimirCA Osasuna · None · 10 apps
7GOALS
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Real Racing Club de Santander form

last 10 matches · all competitions
Date Opponent Comp Result Score Venue
2026-08-16 V Villarreal CF PD D 2–2 HOME
2026-08-23 G Getafe CF PD L 0–1 AWAY
2026-08-28 E Elche CF PD W 3–2 HOME
2026-09-05 R Rayo Vallecano de Madrid PD L 2–3 AWAY
2026-09-12 A Deportivo Alavés PD W 2–1 HOME
2026-09-16 F FC Barcelona PD L 2–7 AWAY
2026-09-19 C RC Celta de Vigo PD L 0–5 AWAY
2026-10-11 V Valencia CF PD D 2–2 HOME
2026-10-18 O CA Osasuna PD L 0–2 AWAY
2026-10-24 E RCD Espanyol de Barcelona PD W 2–1 HOME

→ Real Racing Club de Santander

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Villarreal CF form

last 10 matches · all competitions
Date Opponent Comp Result Score Venue
2026-09-08 B Borussia Dortmund CL L 2–3 AWAY
2026-09-14 B Real Betis Balompié PD L 1–2 HOME
2026-09-17 M Málaga CF PD W 3–1 AWAY
2026-09-20 L Levante UD PD W 3–1 HOME
2026-10-10 R Real Madrid CF PD L 0–1 AWAY
2026-10-13 N SSC Napoli CL W 3–1 HOME
2026-10-17 E Elche CF PD D 0–0 HOME
2026-10-20 L Liverpool FC CL L 3–4 AWAY
2026-10-24 V Valencia CF PD W 2–1 AWAY
2026-10-30 E RCD Espanyol de Barcelona PD L 0–1 HOME

→ Villarreal CF

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Side by side

this season
Goals scored
1.5
1.89
Goals conceded — lower is better
2.6
1.21
Clean sheets
3
22
Win rate
30.0%
57.9%

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