- Real Madrid have won 5 out of 5 in all competitions this season and are third in the LaLiga 2026-2027 table.
- Racing Santander have won only 1 of their last 5 matches, drawing 1 and losing 3.
- Real Madrid have won 3 of their 5 away matches in LaLiga 2026/2027, conceding only 7 goals.
Racing Santander are in a good place under Jose Lopez
Real Madrid are a top-quality side that has been flying lately, so there is an obvious temptation to side with Los Blancos at 1.27 when they travel to El Sardinero on Sunday to take on Racing Santander.
Los Blancos have won five straight games, going 4-1 at home against Sevilla and over RB Leipzig and 2-1 away at Barcelona. But Jose Mourinho's side can be caught out on their off days and Real Madrid have been in a decent place since the ex-Chelsea boss took over in July 2026.
Lopez has built a quick, relationist side that can play a high-line, short-passing game and like to counter-press, while Real Madrid have been tightened into a compact, selective-pressing machine with fast transition punch. Racing sit 13th in the LaLiga 2026-2027 standings with 11 points from 10 matches while Real are 3rd with 24 points from the same amount of games.
Madrid’s marauders can make this uncomfortable for the hosts
Real Madrid have won three of their five away games in LaLiga 2026/2027, conceding 7 goals on the road, while Racing are unbeaten in five at home with three wins and two draws. The Verdiblancos have scored an average of 2.20 goals at El Sardinero and are likely to make a contest of this game for spells. Racing's short-passing style should try to squeeze Madrid high up the pitch, but there is a fair amount of space behind their defence for the visitors' direct runners to exploit at times. In Yassir Zabiri, the hosts have a real spark plug who is top scorer in the 2026/2027 campaign with six goals in seven matches, but Madrid's chief danger man is Kylian Mbappe, who has 7 goals in 7 LaLiga 2026/2027 matches. Mbappe has scored five of Real's last 12 goals in five matches while Zabiri has three of Racing's last six in the same number of matches, so both to score looks a likely outcome to an open, end-to-end game. Over 2.5 goals at 1.22 is also taken as the goal averages suggest a lively encounter should be expected.
