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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 5 5 0 0 21 4 +17 15
2 R Real Madrid CF 38 27 5 6 77 35 +42 86
2 R Real Madrid CF 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 15
3 V Villarreal CF 38 22 6 10 72 46 +26 72
3 B Real Betis Balompié 5 4 0 1 7 6 +1 12
4 A Club Atlético de Madrid 38 21 6 11 62 44 +18 69
4 A Deportivo Alavés 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 10
5 B Real Betis Balompié 38 15 15 8 59 48 +11 60
5 A Club Atlético de Madrid 5 3 1 1 10 6 +4 10
6 C RC Celta de Vigo 38 14 12 12 53 48 +5 54
6 S Sevilla FC 5 3 1 1 8 6 +2 10
7 G Getafe CF 38 15 6 17 32 38 -6 51
7 D RC Deportivo La Coruña 5 2 3 0 9 6 +3 9
8 R Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 38 12 14 12 41 44 -3 50
8 E RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 6 2 1 3 9 7 +2 7
9 V Valencia CF 38 13 10 15 46 55 -9 49
9 A Athletic Club 5 2 1 2 7 6 +1 7
10 R Real Sociedad de Fútbol 38 11 13 14 59 61 -2 46
10 S Real Racing Club de Santander 5 2 1 2 9 9 0 7
11 E RCD Espanyol de Barcelona 38 12 10 16 43 55 -12 46
11 O CA Osasuna 5 2 1 2 5 8 -3 7
12 A Athletic Club 38 13 6 19 43 58 -15 45
12 R Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 6 2 1 3 10 15 -5 7
13 S Sevilla FC 38 12 7 19 46 60 -14 43
13 R Real Sociedad de Fútbol 6 2 1 3 6 11 -5 7
14 A Deportivo Alavés 38 11 10 17 44 56 -12 43
14 L Levante UD 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2 5
15 E Elche CF 38 10 13 15 49 57 -8 43
15 G Getafe CF 5 1 2 2 3 6 -3 5
16 L Levante UD 38 11 9 18 47 61 -14 42
16 C RC Celta de Vigo 6 0 4 2 3 6 -3 4
17 O CA Osasuna 38 11 9 18 44 50 -6 42
17 V Valencia CF 6 1 1 4 2 10 -8 4
18 M RCD Mallorca 38 11 9 18 47 57 -10 42
18 M Málaga CF 5 0 3 2 2 8 -6 3
19 G Girona FC 38 9 14 15 39 55 -16 41
19 V Villarreal CF 5 0 2 3 7 10 -3 2
20 O Real Oviedo 38 6 11 21 26 60 -34 29
20 E Elche CF 6 0 2 4 8 16 -8 2
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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
R
Kylian MbappéReal Madrid CF · None · 6 apps
7GOALS
2
E
Roberto FernándezRCD Espanyol de Barcelona · None · 6 apps
6GOALS
3
R
Sergio CamelloRayo Vallecano de Madrid · None · 6 apps
6GOALS
4
F
RaphinhaFC Barcelona · None · 5 apps
6GOALS
5
F
Lamine YamalFC Barcelona · None · 5 apps
6GOALS
6
D
Pierre-Emerick AubameyangRC Deportivo La Coruña · None · 5 apps
5GOALS
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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

→ Real Racing Club de Santander

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Villarreal CF form

last 10 matches · all competitions
Date Opponent Comp Result Score Venue
2026-08-16 S Real Racing Club de Santander PD D 2–2 AWAY
2026-08-23 A Club Atlético de Madrid PD D 2–2 AWAY
2026-08-28 A Deportivo Alavés PD L 0–1 AWAY
2026-09-05 D RC Deportivo La Coruña PD L 2–3 HOME
2026-09-08 B Borussia Dortmund CL L 2–3 AWAY
2026-09-14 B Real Betis Balompié PD L 1–2 HOME

→ Villarreal CF

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Side by side

this season
Goals scored
1.8
1.89
Goals conceded — lower is better
1.8
1.21
Clean sheets
2
22
Win rate
40.0%
57.9%

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