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Full time · La Liga · Fri 28 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC

Racing Santander 32 Elche

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What the chances were worth

Racing Santander
1.50
expected goals (xG)
Elche
0.99
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 3–2; by chance quality the match ran 1.50–0.99.

The brain read

The xG read 1.5–1 in Racing Santander's favour, but the shot count told the opposite story — 13–17 overall and 6–6 on target went Elche's way. The two pictures disagree, and aggregate counts can't see the quality of individual chances — so this reads closer than either number alone suggests. Racing Santander's finishing ran hot — 3 from 1.5 xG, 6 of 13 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement).

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Racing Santander
Elche
40%
Ball Possession
60%
13
Total Shots
17
6
Shots on Goal
6
4
Shots off Goal
5
3
Blocked Shots
6
9
Shots inside box
9
4
Shots outside box
8
1.50
Expected goals (xG)
0.99
5
Corner Kicks
10
3
Offsides
1
376
Total passes
546
302
Passes accurate
474
80%
Passes %
87%
16
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
1
4
Goalkeeper Saves
3
-1.03
Goals prevented
-1.03

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Racing Santander
46%
market implied · price 2.06 · opened 43%
Draw
27%
market implied · price 3.53 · opened 28%
Elche
27%
market implied · price 3.55 · opened 29%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Racing Santander or draw1.2972.9%+2.2 pts
Double chance Elche or draw1.7653.5%-3.2 pts
Double chance either team1.2873.6%+1.1 pts
Draw no bet — Racing Santander1.4962.8%+3.4 pts
Draw no bet — Elche2.5137.2%-3.4 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2177.5%+2.4 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.7056.1%+3.8 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.6635.4%+3.6 pts
Both teams to score1.5759.5%+2.6 pts
Racing Santander over 1.5 team goals1.8450.9%+4.6 pts
Elche over 1.5 team goals2.5736.4%+0.5 pts
Racing Santander clean sheet3.1229.9%+0.3 pts
Elche clean sheet4.5020.8%-1.6 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.52 · 2-1 8.14 · 1-0 8.61 · 2-0 10.81 · 1-2 10.98

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-28 19:10 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.