Racing Santander 3-2 Elche: Zabiri's first-half hat-trick
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Zabiri scored in the 15', 21' and 36'
- xG per shot 0.13 vs 0.06 to Racing
- Five saves, 75 minutes in front
Three goals before the break
Racing Santander beat Elche 3-2 at El Sardinero, with the match largely settled before the interval. Yassir Zabiri's hat-trick came in the 15th, 21st and 36th minutes, and Elche's goals in the 78th and 79th minutes arrived too late to change the result.
Fewer shots, better ones
Racing had 40% of the ball and 13 shots to Elche's 18, yet their chances were better: 0.13 xG per shot against 0.06. Zabiri put all three of his efforts on target, and the opener was worth +0.7 FN xPts. Julen Agirrezabala made five saves to protect the lead.
Player of the match
Yassir Zabiri 8.8Dominant
He scored three goals from three shots on target and was top of the FN Score.
Zabiri earned his FN Score mainly through attack. Every one of his three shots hit the target, and all three goals came by the 36th minute, so Racing had a 3-0 lead in place before he was replaced in the 69th.
Game state
1-02-03-03-13-2
Racing Santander ahead 75 min · level 15 min · Elche ahead 0 min
- Tete Morente — off the bench 45 min · 0G 1A
- Lucas Cepeda — off the bench 21 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
15'
Yassir Zabiri
Goal
+0.7
21'
Yassir Zabiri
Goal
+0.5
36'
Yassir Zabiri
Goal · assist Iñigo Vicente
+0.2
78'
Buba Sangaré
Goal · assist Lucas Cepeda
0.0
79'
Fernando Niño
Goal · assist Tete Morente
+0.2
Racing Santander
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments +1.4Opponent moments −0.3Time effect +0.3→ League points won 3
Elche
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +0.2Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
Racing SantanderElche
1.72Expected goals (xG)1.03
Timeline
- 15'
Goal
Yassir Zabiri league goal #1
- 21'
Goal
Yassir Zabiri league goal #2
- 36'
Goal
Yassir Zabiri league goal #3 assist Iñigo Vicente
- 43'
Yellow
Facundo González
- 45'
Yellow
Alvaro Mantilla
- 46'
Sub
Ali Houary → Ezequiel Ponce
- 46'
Sub
Marc Aguado → Tete Morente
- 59'
Sub
Andrés Martín → Matteo Prati
- 62'
Sub
Pedro Bigas → Javi Morcillo
- 63'
Yellow
Facundo Buonanotte
- 69'
Sub
Yassir Zabiri → Asier Villalibre
- 69'
Sub
Iñigo Vicente → Giorgi Guliashvili
- 69'
Sub
Facundo Buonanotte → Lucas Cepeda
- 78'
Goal
Buba Sangaré league goal #1 assist Lucas Cepeda
- 79'
Goal
Fernando Niño league goal #1 assist Tete Morente
- 84'
Sub
Buba Sangaré → Josan
- 85'
Sub
Sergio Canales → Maguette Gueye
Category leaders
- Key passesIñigo Vicente6
- Duels wonGustavo Puerta9/15
- DribblesAndrés Martín4/5
- Defensive actionsJorge Salinas5
- ShotsSergio Canales4 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonGustavo Puerta5
#Racing Santander#Elche#La Liga#Yassir Zabiri#Iñigo Vicente#Matchweek 3
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.