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LaLiga: Racing Santander vs Elche – Betting preview

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Ace Football previews the LaLiga game between Racing Santander and Elche who meet up this coming Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Elche head over to the Estadio El Sardinero on Friday to face title favourites Racing Santander in a round 3 match in the LaLiga.

Placed 13th in the table Racing Santander have amassed one point after two matches. On one point, Elche rank 15th with two matches played this season.

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Team form: Racing Santander vs Elche

Racing Santander Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Racing Santander at the moment. Against Cadiz, they came out on top in a 4-1 win, before drawing 2-2 against Villarreal. Most recently, they were left reeling in a 1-0 defeat against Getafe. Racing Santander did not win any of their last six LaLiga matches at the Estadio El Sardinero. They came through these matches with a record of one draws and zero defeats, in which they conceded eight and scored 22 goals.

Elche Form

Elche were only able to claim two draws from their last three matches. They first drew 1-1 against Girona, followed by another draw. This time it ended 1-1 against Deportivo de A Coruna, before going down in a 0-5 defeat against Barcelona. Elche managed to win just once in their past six away games in the LaLiga. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring nine time and letting in six.

Betting stats for Racing Santander and Elche

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Racing Santander and Elche played across all tournaments.

  • In the last 11 Racing Santander home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
  • In 10 of the last 11 Racing Santander home matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
  • In 6 of the last 8 Racing Santander home matches the sum of goals was over 4.5
  • Racing Santander have lost 5 of the last 7 home matches in the LaLiga while scoring less than 0.5 goals
  • In 10 of the last 12 Racing Santander matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 9 of the last 11 Elche matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 8 of the last 10 Elche away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 7 of the last 9 Elche matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In 7 of the last 9 Elche away matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In the last 3 Elche matches in the LaLiga, the sum of goals was under 2.5

In-form players: Racing Santander vs Elche

Andres Martin hit the target once in six LaLiga, while Victor Chust scored a similar amount in his last six games. Both’ll be hoping to double that at Estadio El Sardinero.

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Full-time result

Racing Santander claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing two. Elche won two of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost six of the games in this run.

Both teams to score

Racing Santander scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Elche scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 5 consecutive away games Elche played. Elche should be able to score at least once on Friday as Racing Santander failed in keeping a single clean sheet in those last 10 outings. Elche managed two clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings. Racing Santander have scored in 3 consecutive home meetings with Elche.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Racing Santander, who scored an average of 1.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Elche, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches. Astonishingly, Racing Santander failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 18 matches.