Racing Santander come from behind to beat 10-man Málaga 2-1 at La Rosaleda
Carlos Dotor's 28th-minute opener had Málaga ahead and level with ten men still on the pitch, but Iker Luque and Yassir Zabiri turned it around either side of Adam Aznou's dismissal as Racing Santander won 2-1.
Málaga led this one and still found a way to lose it. Carlos Dotor swept in Adrián Niño's pull-back after 28 minutes to put the hosts ahead at La Rosaleda, but Racing Santander levelled through Iker Luque five minutes into the second half and then went in front when Yassir Zabiri struck on the hour — both goals arriving either side of Adam Aznou's dismissal, which left Málaga chasing the game a man short for the final half-hour.
It finished 2-1 to the visitors, their second win in three, in a match that produced eight yellow cards and a red between the two sides. Málaga finish with 11 shots to Racing's 9 but could not force the extra goal they needed once reduced to ten men.
Match facts
- 28' — Carlos Dotor, assist Adrián Niño (Málaga)
- 50' — Iker Luque, assist Pablo Ramon (Racing Santander)
- 60' — Yassir Zabiri (Racing Santander)
- 64' — Adam Aznou (Málaga), red card
| Stat | Málaga | Racing Santander |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 46.4% | 53.6% |
| Shots on target | 8 | 7 |
| Accurate passes | 360/427 (84.3%) | 431/504 (85.5%) |
| Corners | 6 | 3 |
| Fouls committed | 11 | 5 |
| Offsides | 2 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 4 | 2 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |
Line-ups
Málaga lined up in a 5-3-2: Alfonso Herrero in goal behind Álex Pastor, Einar Galilea, Fernando Calero, Adam Aznou and Rafa Garrido, with Ramón Enríquez and Daniel Lorenzo in midfield and Carlos Dotor, Chupete and Adrián Niño up front. Rafa Rodríguez, José Salinas, Pablo Martínez, David Larrubia and Joaquín Muñoz were introduced. Racing Santander set up in a 4-2-3-1 behind Julen Agirrezabala, with Jeanuël Belocian, Pedro Felipe, Jorge Salinas and Pablo Ramon across the back, Sergio Canales and Matteo Prati in midfield, and Iván Martín, Yassir Zabiri and Iñigo Vicente feeding Iker Luque. André Almeida, Íñigo Sainz, Pablo García, Aarón Martín and Giorgi Guliashvili came off the bench.
A season still without a single win for Málaga
Málaga's last five in the archive read L D L D L — two draws and three defeats, five goals scored and ten conceded — and this defeat extends the run further still. Twelve games into the season, Málaga have yet to win any of them: 12 played, five drawn, seven lost, the division's only side without a victory. The lead they built and lost here, against a side they had every reason to expect to beat at home, is the clearest single data point for why they sit bottom.
Racing Santander leap into mid-table
Racing Santander arrived off the back of a stop-start run themselves — L D L W L in the archive, with their one win in that stretch a 3-2 home result over Elche — and this is their second win in three. More strikingly, it is the kind of result that reshuffles a congested table: the win takes Racing to 14 points from 12 games, level with Deportivo La Coruña and enough, on games played elsewhere, to jump from 16th into the top half of the table at 9th — despite a goal difference, still the worst in the division, that this result barely dents.
What's next
Málaga, still bottom and still without a win, travel to Osasuna on Sunday 22 November for La Liga's matchday 13. Racing Santander stay at El Sardinero the same day to host Real Sociedad, looking to build on a result that has lifted them clear of the bottom third.
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