
Counter-Attacking Masterclass: Madrid Edges Clásico Thriller
The away side absorbed sustained possession and delivered two lethal counter-attacks to secure a decisive 2–1 rivalry victory.
Ludistat
Referee
Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos
La Liga: Racing Santander beat Malaga 2–1. Goals: Carlos Dotor 28', Iker Luque 50', Yassir Zabiri 60'.
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
| When | Malaga | Racing Santander |
|---|---|---|
| 28′ · Carlos Dotor | 1 | 0 |
| 50′ · Iker Luque | 1 | 1 |
| 60′ · Yassir Zabiri | 1 | 2 |
| 90′ | 1 | 2 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Malaga | Racing Santander | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.08 | 2.44 |
| xG per shot | 0.130 | 0.116 |
| Goals minus xG | -1.08 | -0.44 |
| Malaga win | 34% | |
| Draw | 19% | |
| Racing Santander win | 47% |
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Racing Santander | 0 | 2 | 2 |
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
How the chances split
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
| Malaga | Racing Santander | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.08 | 2.44 |
| xG per shot | 0.130 | 0.116 |
| Goals minus xG | -1.08 | -0.44 |
| Malaga win | 34% | |
| Draw | 19% | |
| Racing Santander win | 47% |
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
| Malaga | Racing Santander | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| Off target | 7 | 9 |
| Blocked | 1 | 5 |
| Inside the box | 13 | 10 |
| Outside the box | 3 | 11 |
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
| Malaga | Racing Santander | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 46% | 54% |
| Passes | 430 | 504 |
| Completed | 361 | 431 |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 86% |
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
| Malaga | Racing Santander | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 11 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 2 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |
| Offsides | 2 | 3 |
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julen Agirrezabala | Racing Santander | 8.6 | 90 |
| M. Zabiri | Racing Santander | 8.2 | 90 |
| Iker Luque | Racing Santander | 7.6 | 88 |
| Carlos Dotor | Malaga | 7.5 | 82 |
| Sergio Canales | Racing Santander | 7.3 | 73 |
| G. Guliashvili | Racing Santander | 7.0 | 17 |
| M. Prati | Racing Santander | 6.9 | 90 |
| J. Belocian | Racing Santander | 6.9 | 90 |
| Pablo Ramón | Racing Santander | 6.8 | 82 |
| Pedro Felipe | Racing Santander | 6.8 | 90 |
| Ramón Enríquez | Malaga | 6.7 | 72 |
| Pablo García | Racing Santander | 6.7 | 45 |
| Alfonso Herrero | Malaga | 6.7 | 90 |
| David Larrubia | Malaga | 6.6 | 66 |
| Jorge Salinas | Racing Santander | 6.6 | 90 |
| Dani Lorenzo | Malaga | 6.6 | 82 |
| Adrián Niño Heredia | Malaga | 6.5 | 90 |
| José Salinas | Malaga | 6.5 | 19 |
| Fernando Calero | Malaga | 6.4 | 90 |
| Rafa Rodríguez | Malaga | 6.4 | 18 |
| Iñigo Vicente | Racing Santander | 6.4 | 73 |
| Íñigo Sainz-Maza | Racing Santander | 6.4 | 8 |
| Chupe | Malaga | 6.3 | 90 |
| André Almeida | Racing Santander | 6.3 | 17 |
| Aarón Martín | Racing Santander | 6.3 | 2 |
| Rafita | Malaga | 6.2 | 24 |
| Joaquín Muñoz | Malaga | 6.2 | 8 |
| Álex Pastor | Malaga | 6.1 | 90 |
| Iván Martín | Racing Santander | 6.0 | 45 |
| Einar Galilea | Malaga | 6.0 | 71 |
| Pablo Martínez | Malaga | 5.9 | 8 |
| Adam Aznou Ben Cheikh | Malaga | 5.2 | 64 |
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
Alfonso Herrero
Julen Agirrezabala| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Racing Santander | 0 | 2 | 2 |
16.7Alfonso Herrero
96.3Chupe
216.5AAdrián Niño Heredia
218.2⚽M. Zabiri
186.9M. Prati
236.0Iván Martín
138.6Julen AgirrezabalaCoach: Funes
Bench
Coach: José Alberto López
| 1Alfonso HerreroG | 90 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 31RafitaD | 24 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20Fernando CaleroD | 90 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5Álex PastorD | 90 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4Einar GalileaD | 71 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39Adam Aznou Ben CheikhD | 64 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22Dani LorenzoM | 82 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25Juan BerrocalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12José SalinasD | 19 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14Rafa RodríguezM | 18 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Ángel RecioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11Joaquín MuñozF | 8 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23Izan MerinoM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18Pablo MartínezM | 8 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13Carlos LópezG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10David LarrubiaF | 66 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17Eneko JauregiF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32J. FernandezF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2J. CajusteM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Carlos DotorM | 82 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6Ramón EnríquezM | 72 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21Adrián Niño HerediaF | 90 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9ChupeF | 90 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | |
| 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |
| 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| 20 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 |