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Racing vs Alavés: match report
Racing Santander hosted Alavés at El Sardineros on Saturday 12 September 2026, in the LaLiga (round 5). Racing have no reported absences; Alavés are missing 1 (Facundo Garcés). Javier Alberola Rojas is the referee, averaging 3.7 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.5.
Result and scorers
Racing 2-1 Alavés. Goals: Ville Koski 18' for Alavés; Yassir Zabiri 38' for Racing; Yassir Zabiri 53' for Racing. Attendance: 21,342.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 7' Yellow card: Nahuel Tenaglia (Alavés)
- 8' Yellow card: Pablo Ibáñez (Alavés)
- 18' Goal: Ville Koski (Alavés) 0-1
- 35' Yellow card: Yassir Zabiri (Racing)
- 38' Goal: Yassir Zabiri (Racing) 1-1
- 53' Goal: Yassir Zabiri (Racing) 2-1
- 62' Yellow card: Antonio Blanco (Alavés)
- 62' Yellow card: Jorge Salinas (Racing)
- 89' Red card: André Almeida (Racing)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 56.9% | Possession | 43.1% |
| 11 | Shots | 16 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 8 |
| 4 | Corners | 6 |
| 16 | Fouls | 17 |
| 2 | Offsides | 9 |
| 7 | Saves | 2 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 1 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Racing 4-2-3-1
Coach: José López
- 13 Julen Agirrezabala GK
- 2 Álvaro Mantilla DEF
- 5 Pablo Ramón DEF
- 24 Jeanuël Belocian DEF
- 17 Jorge Salinas DEF
- 23 Iván Martin MID
- 18 Matteo Prati MID
- 15 Pablo García FWD
- 20 Sergio Canales MID
- 10 Iñigo Vicente FWD
- 21 Yassir Zabiri FWD
Bench
- 8 André Almeida MID
- 7 Giorgi Guliashvili FWD
- 19 Iker Luque FWD
- 14 Maguette Gueye MID
- 12 Asier Villalibre FWD
- 22 Pedro Felipe DEF
- 31 Laro Gómez GK
- 16 Facundo González DEF
- 4 Manu DEF
- 3 Aarón Martín MID
- 6 Íñigo Sainz-Maza MID
- 9 Juan Carlos Arana FWD
Alavés 3-5-2
Coach: Quique Sánchez Flores
- 1 Antonio Sivera GK
- 14 Nahuel Tenaglia DEF
- 16 Ville Koski DEF
- 17 Jonny Otto DEF
- 7 Ángel Pérez MID
- 19 Pablo Ibánez MID
- 8 Antonio Blanco MID
- 4 Denis Suárez MID
- 21 Abderrahman Rebbach MID
- 15 Lucas Boyé FWD
- 9 Mariano Díaz FWD
Bench
- 23 Carlos Protesoni DEF
- 2 Nicolás Valentini DEF
- 10 Carles Aleñá MID
- 11 Toni Martínez FWD
- 20 Aitor Mañas FWD
- 22 Miguel Rodríguez FWD
- 13 Adrián Rodriguez GK
- 12 Hugo Novoa DEF
- 27 Xanet Oláiz DEF
- 3 Youssef Enríquez DEF
- 6 Ander Guevara MID
- 24 Selu Diallo MID
Injuries and suspensions
Racing
No reported absences.
Alavés
- Facundo Garcés suspension, back Early October 2026
Previous meetings
- Friday 7 August 2026: Racing Santander 1-1 Alavés
- Saturday 21 January 2023: Alavés 3-0 Racing Santander
- Tuesday 1 November 2022: Racing Santander 1-1 Alavés
- Saturday 28 March 2015: Alavés 2-1 Racing Santander
- Saturday 25 October 2014: Racing Santander 1-1 Alavés