Real Racing Club vs Espanyol Prediction & Preview - LaLiga
Real Racing Club and Espanyol meet in LaLiga at El Sardinero in Santander on Saturday, 24 October 2026, with both sides coming off defeats in their most recent league game. Each has won once in their last six. Espanyol have 5 points from those six against Racing's 4, and neither record suggests a team in control of its own form.
What time is kick-off for Real Racing Club vs Espanyol?
Real Racing Club v Espanyol kicks off at 15:15 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at El Sardinero in Santander, in LaLiga. Here are the details in full:
- Fixture: Real Racing Club v Espanyol
- Competition: LaLiga
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 15:15 BST
- Venue: El Sardinero, Santander
- Predict it: Real Racing Club v Espanyol match page
Real Racing Club form: goals at both ends
José Alberto López's side have conceded 20 goals in their last six LaLiga matches and kept no clean sheets at all. That is the number that frames everything else about Racing. They have conceded two or more in 5 of those 6, and three of the six were heavy: 2-7 away at FC Barcelona, 0-5 away at Celta Vigo, and the 0-2 defeat at Osasuna 6 days before this fixture.
The attack is not the problem. Racing have scored two or more in 4 of 6 and have 8 goals across the run, which for a side with one win is respectable. They beat Deportivo Alavés 2-1 at home on 12 September and drew 2-2 with Valencia at El Sardinero on 11 October.
Home is where their points have come from: won 1 of 2 at El Sardinero, won 0 of 4 on the road.
Espanyol form: tight games, few goals
Manolo González's team are the opposite shape. Six goals scored, eight conceded, and only 1 of those 6 matches in which they managed two or more. Espanyol score once and then defend it, or fail to defend it. Three of their six finished 1-1 or 1-0 either way, including the 0-1 home defeat by Atlético Madrid 7 days before this game and a 1-1 draw away at Málaga CF on 9 October.
Their one win in the run came away from home, 2-0 at Osasuna on 12 September, and it remains the only game in six in which they scored more than once. At home they have won 0 of 3. Away they have won 1 of 3, which is not much, but it is more than they have managed in front of their own supporters.
Team news and how the sides line up against each other
Racing are without goalkeeper Simon Eriksson, who has a shoulder problem, and midfielder André Almeida is suspended after a red card, according to Starting11. Espanyol's absences are concentrated in attack: Kike García is out with a hamstring injury with a return date listed as January 2027, and Jofre Carreras is also sidelined, per SportsGambler, while Starting11 lists Álvaro Gorosabel, goalkeeper Marko Dmitrović and Javi Puado as doubts.
There is a useful read in the two Osasuna results. Espanyol won 2-0 at El Sadar; Racing lost 0-2 there last weekend. Both sides also lost away at Rayo Vallecano by a single goal, Racing 2-3 and Espanyol 1-2. The pattern across both runs is that Racing games produce goals - three or more in 5 of 6, both sides scoring in 4 - and Espanyol games mostly do not, with three or more in only 2 of 6.
Real Racing Club vs Espanyol prediction
Real Racing Club should edge a tight LaLiga game against Espanyol at El Sardinero on Saturday, and the call here is 2-1 to the home side. Racing have scored twice in both of their home matches in this run and Espanyol have reached two goals once in six, which is the imbalance the game turns on. No clean sheets in six makes an Espanyol goal close to a given, so this is a case of Racing outscoring a visiting side that rarely scores more than once.
Our prediction: Real Racing Club 2-1 Espanyol
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