Racing Santander 2-2 Villarreal: result and report

La Liga · Sunday 16 August 2026

Result

Racing Santander 2-2 Villarreal

La Liga · Sunday 16 August 2026, 15:00 UTC · Campos de Sport de El Sardinero, Santander · half-time 2-2

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Racing Santander 2-2 Villarreal: match report

Racing Santander drew with Villarreal 2-2 in La Liga on Sunday 16 August 2026 at Campos de Sport de El Sardinero. The half-time score was 2-2.

Andrés Martín opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Racing Santander's goals came from Andrés Martín (21', penalty) and Sergio Martínez (34'). Villarreal scored through Pape Gueye (45') and Nicolas Pépé (45+1').

Discipline: Racing Santander received 3 yellow cards; Villarreal received 4 yellow cards.

In the current table Racing Santander are 16th on 11 points and Villarreal are 9th on 12 points.

Racing Santander lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Villarreal in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pape Gueye of Villarreal (7.5), level with Nicolas Pépé (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Racing Santander win, 4 draws and 5 for Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Penalty goal · Andrés MartínRacing Santander · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Sergio MartínezRacing Santander · 2-0
  • 45'Goal · Pape GueyeVillarreal · 2-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Nicolas PépéVillarreal · 2-2
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Gustavo PuertaRacing Santander
  • 48'Yellow card · Juan FoythVillarreal
  • 62'Yellow card · José Alberto LópezRacing Santander
  • 72'Yellow card · Pape GueyeVillarreal
  • 75'Yellow card · Pablo RamónRacing Santander
  • 87'Yellow card · Santiago MouriñoVillarreal
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Carlos RomeroVillarreal

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9Villarreal113351515012WLDWL
16Racing Santander113261529-1411LDLWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Racing Santander 1, draws 4, Villarreal 5.

Team news

Racing Santander line-up (4-2-3-1)

Julen Agirrezabala, Álvaro Mantilla, Pedro Felipe, Pablo Ramón, Jorge Salinas, Gustavo Puerta, Sergio Martínez, Andrés Martín, Sergio Canales, Iñigo Vicente, Asier Villalibre

Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)

Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Carlos Romero, Nicolas Pépé, Santi Comesaña, Pape Gueye, Alberto Moleiro, Ayoze Pérez, Georges Mikautadze

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