Villarreal vs Racing Santander prediction and preview

La Liga · Sunday 31 January 2027, 00:00 UTC

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Villarreal vs Racing Santander

La Liga · Sunday 31 January 2027, 00:00 UTC · Estadio de la Cerámica, Villarreal

Villarreal · Racing Santander · La Liga predictions

Villarreal vs Racing Santander preview

Villarreal welcome Racing Santander at Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal on Sunday 31 January 2027 (00:00 UTC) in La Liga. Villarreal are 9th in the table with 12 points from 11, while Racing Santander go into the round 16th, on 11 points from 11 games.

Recent form: Villarreal L-W-D-L-W, Racing Santander L-W-L-D-L (most recent first). Over their last 6, Villarreal have scored 1.3 and conceded 0.8 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. Racing Santander average 1.0 scored and 3.3 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Villarreal won 4, 5 games were drawn and Racing Santander won 1. Those games averaged 2.2 goals, 3 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 16 Aug 2026, ended Racing Santander 2-2 Villarreal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9Villarreal113351515012WLDWL
16Racing Santander113261529-1411LDLWL

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

Villarreal expected line-up (4-4-2)

Péter Gulácsi, Renato Veiga, Sergi Cardona, Pau Navarro, Alberto Moleiro, Pape Gueye, Carlos Macià, Tajon Buchanan, Ilias Akhomach

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

Julen Agirrezabala, Jeanuël Belocian, Álvaro Mantilla, Pablo Ramón, Jorge Salinas, Iñigo Vicente, Iván Martín, Sergio Canales, Matteo Prati, Yassir Zabiri

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