Racing Santander vs Valencia Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Racing Santander have been entertaining in their return to La Liga as they now welcome a struggling Valencia side to El Sardinero on Sunday.
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Racing Santander preview: Fun Racing
Following their promotion back to La Liga as second-tier champions last season, Racing Santander’s seven matches have consisted of 32 goals with only four teams having scored more than them but having conceded four more than anyone else.
The Cantabrians had started brightly but headed into the prolonged international break on the back of conceding 12 goals in two matches, losing 7-2 to Barcelona at Camp Nou before a 5-0 defeat at Balaidos against Celta Vigo.
Valencia preview: Struggling Valencia
Carlos Corberan was sacked in the first section of the season with off-field issues again contributing to Valencia being involved in a relegation battle in La Liga, with Los Che winning just one of their seven games thus far.
Their one win came after the departure of Carlos Corberan but they then headed into the break on the back of a 3-2 defeat to Real Sociedad at Mestalla with former Mexico boss Javier Aguirre having now been appointed over the international break.
Racing Santander team news: Pablo Ramon a doubt
After a mixed start to life in Santander, Pablo Ramon is now a doubt for the hosts alongside back-up goalkeeper Simon Eriksson and key man Andres Martin.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Julen Agirrezabala; Alvaro Mantilla, Caricol, Belocian, Jorge Salinas; Almeida, Ivan Martin; Pablo Garcia, Inigo Vicente, Guliashvili; Zabiri
Unavailable:
Questionable: Eriksson (Injured), Pablo Ramon (Injured), Andres Martin (Injured)
Valencia team news: Fresh injuries
Valencia have some fresh injury issues for this one as youngster David Otorbi is now potentially sidelined alongside fellow attackers Luis Rioja and Arnaut Danjuma.
Predicted XI (4-4-1-1): Dimitrievski; Pablo Maffeo, Pepelu, De Haas, Jose Luis Gaya; Aaron Mayol, Ugrinic, Rodriguez, Elliott; Javi Guerra; Hugo Duro
Unavailable: Copete (Injured), Foulquier (Injured), Sergi Canos (Injured), Diego Lopez (Injured), Sadiq (Injured)
Questionable: Diakhaby (Fitness), Luis Rioja (Injured), David Otorbi (Injured), Danjuma (Injured)
Racing Santander vs Valencia prediction
Javier Aguirre has led plenty of teams to survival in La Liga with his defensive and combative style of football, which is expected again to be at the forefront of Valencia’s plans this season. They head to an entertaining Racing side that could themselves do with battening down the hatches after their woeful week before the break and so a low-scoring contest seems a decent bet for this one in Northern Spain.
Racing Santander vs Valencia tip: Under 2.5 goals
