Racing Santander vs Villarreal – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Racing Santander
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Racing Santander and Villarreal drew 2–2 on 16 August 2026 at Campos de Sport de El Sardinero in La Liga.
Lineups
Racing Santander: (4-2-3-1) Álvaro Mantilla, Pablo Ramón, Gustavo Puerta, Iñigo Vicente, Andrés Martín, Asier Villalibre, Julen Agirrezabala, Jorge Salinas, Sergio Canales, Pedro Felipe, Sergio Martínez.
Villarreal: (4-4-2) Luiz Júnior, Juan Foyth, Georges Mikautadze, Alberto Moleiro, Renato Veiga, Santi Comesaña, Santiago Mouriño, Pape Gueye, Nicolas Pépé, Carlos Romero, Ayoze Pérez.
Substitutions
Racing Santander: Manu Hernando for Pedro Felipe, Maguette Gueye for Sergio Martínez, Yassir Zabiri for Asier Villalibre, Diego Díaz for Sergio Canales, Facundo González for Pablo Ramón.
Villarreal: Tajon Buchanan for Alberto Moleiro, Carlos Macià for Ayoze Pérez, Gerard Moreno for Santi Comesaña, Ilias Akhomach for Nicolas Pépé, Alex Freeman for Santiago Mouriño.
Match statistics
Racing Santander had 41% of the possession, compared with 59% for Villarreal.
Racing Santander registered 17 shots, with 3 on target. Villarreal had 12 shots, with 7 on target.
Racing Santander won 6 corners, while Villarreal won 10.
Top players
Racing Santander: Andrés Martín scored 1 goal and Julen Agirrezabala was the highest-rated player (7.3).
Villarreal: Nicolas Pépé scored 1 goal, Georges Mikautadze provided 1 assist, and Pape Gueye was the highest-rated player (7.5).