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# Racing Santander come from behind to beat Espanyol 2-1 in LaLiga

Late goals from Belocian and Zabiri gave Racing Santander a 2-1 win over Espanyol after the latter had taken the lead through Edu Expósito, in matchday 10 of LaLiga.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 24 October 2026، 19:23 Saudi time

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Racing Santander come from behind to beat Espanyol 2-1 in LaLiga

[Racing Santander](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/racing-santander-220) secured an exciting 2-1 win over visitors [Espanyol](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/espanyol-229) in the match played in matchday 10 of [LaLiga](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/laliga-16), which kicked off at 17:15 Saudi time.

[Edu Expósito](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/eduardo-exp%C3%B3sito-ja%C3%A9n-6634) opened the scoring for Espanyol in the 62nd minute, before Racing Santander turned the match around with two quick goals, the first by [Jeanuël Belocian](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jeanu%C3%ABl-belocian-6334) in the 69th minute, and the second by [Mohamed Yassir Zabiri](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/mohamed-yassir-zabiri-6362) in the 84th minute, to seal the win in their favour.

Edu Expósito was chosen as the standout scorer despite his team's defeat, and was named man of the match with a rating of 8.2 after playing 90 minutes and scoring one goal.

In terms of statistics, Racing Santander dominated possession with 55 percent against 45 percent for Espanyol, and had 23 shots compared to 11 for Espanyol, including 9 shots on target against just one for Espanyol. Racing Santander also recorded 2.5 expected goals compared to 0.62 for Espanyol.

Racing Santander won 9 corner kicks compared to 4 for Espanyol, while Espanyol committed 17 fouls compared to 10 for Racing Santander. The match saw no red cards, while Espanyol received 4 yellow cards compared to 3 for Racing Santander.

The match was officiated by referee Jesús Gil Manzano.

With this result, Espanyol sit in 17th place with 8 points from 9 matches, following two wins, two draws and five defeats, having scored 11 goals and conceded 12, while Racing Santander sit in 18th place also with 8 points from 9 matches, following two wins, two draws and five defeats, having scored 13 goals and conceded 25 goals.

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