Racing Santander 0-3 Real Madrid: Report, Goals and Table

Real Madrid stayed in the La Liga title race on Sunday with a comfortable 3-0 win at newly promoted Racing Santander. José Mourinho’s side had the match effectively settled after a little over half an hour at El Sardinero.

How the goals came

Kylian Mbappé put Madrid ahead from the penalty spot after about 12 minutes, and Jude Bellingham doubled the lead roughly ten minutes later. Yan Diomande then struck a fine volley into the top corner in the 36th minute to make it 3-0, and Racing never recovered.

A quiet second half

Madrid eased off after the break. Racing thought they had won a penalty, but VAR overturned the decision, and a fourth Madrid goal from Bellingham was ruled out for offside. Racing finished with just one shot on target.

Key stats

• Shots: Real Madrid 15 (6 on target), Racing Santander 4 (1 on target)
• Possession: Real Madrid 53%, Racing Santander 47%
• Corners: Real Madrid 6, Racing Santander 4
• Cards: Racing Santander 2 yellow cards, Real Madrid none

Why the win mattered

Barcelona and Atlético Madrid had both won earlier in the weekend, so Madrid needed all three points to avoid slipping further behind. The result follows their 2-1 win over Barcelona at the Camp Nou on October 25 and leaves them three points behind the leaders.

For Racing, the defeat leaves them 17th with 11 points from 11 games. Their matches had been unusually open this season, averaging more than four goals per game before Sunday, according to Goal’s preview.

Our take: The shot count (15 to 4) says it all. Once Madrid had a three-goal cushion, the match became a controlled exercise, and the only real question was whether Racing could get a goal back. They could not.

La Liga table (top five)

Table as of Sunday evening, before Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad.

What’s next

Real Madrid visit Valencia on Saturday, November 7 (8pm GMT). Racing Santander travel to Málaga earlier that day (1pm GMT).