Racing Santander vs Espanyol — Tips & Analysis

Over 2.5: Racing are a different team at El Sardinero, and their home games have been full of goals. Every one of their four league home games produced three goals or more. Those were 2-2 with Valencia, 2-1 over Alaves, 3-2 over Elche and 2-2 with Villarreal. Racing are unbeaten in their last seven at home, winning five of them, and they scored 3 goals a game in that run. They also let in more than 2 goals a game overall, so they are open at both ends. Eleven of their last 14 games had three or more goals. Espanyol are the quieter side. They score just over a goal a game, but seven of their last 14 games still had three or more goals, so they are no wall either. They travel without Kike Garcia, who is out until December, and Jofre Carreras. Espanyol sit 16th on eight points, level with Racing, and have one win in their last five. Racing should take charge of a game that opens up more than Espanyol want. A 2-1 home win is the likeliest score, and that gets us there. The risk is that these two have been tight together before. Their last six meetings averaged only 2 goals in total, and Espanyol can shut a game down when they need to. We still want the goals here.