Barcelona 7-2 Racing Santander: hat-trick for Raphinha in a rout
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- Raphinha hat-trick, two from the spot
- 18 corners vs a 5.8 season average
- xG per shot 0.4 on just five shots
A 4-1 half-time lead after an early strike
Barcelona went ahead in the eighth minute through João Cancelo, and that goal was worth +0.3 FN xPts. Racing Santander pulled one back through Maguette Gueye, but Raphinha scored before the break to make it 4-1 at the interval. Once the lead grew, the later goals barely moved the FN xPts.
Eighteen corners, far above the usual tempo
Possession was in line with Barcelona's average across their six matches this season. The volume of attacks was not. They won eighteen corners against an average of 5.8, and had 30 shots compared with a usual 20. Racing Santander did not win a single corner.
Racing's few chances were good ones
Racing Santander managed five shots, well below their five-match average of 11.2, and none came from outside the box. Their xG per shot of 0.4 was above their usual level, which suggests a side pinned back that still found openings. Substitute Yassir Zabiri scored his sixth league goal of the season.
Barcelona answered within two minutes
Zabiri scored in the 65th minute, but two minutes later Raphinha converted a penalty to complete his hat-trick. Gabriel Jesus added a sixth in the 79th minute and Lamine Yamal a seventh in the 89th. Yamal had a penalty saved on 45 minutes yet still finished with a goal and two assists.
Player of the match
Lamine Yamal 8.9Dominant
He led the FN Score with a goal, two assists and six successful dribbles from 11.
Yamal built most of his FN Score through attacking work: three key passes and six dribbles won kept Racing's back line stretched. He set up Cancelo's opener in the eighth minute and Jesus's goal in the 79th, then scored the seventh himself. Even with a missed penalty on 45 minutes, he was involved at both ends of the scoring.
Game state
1-02-02-13-14-14-25-26-27-2
Barcelona ahead 82 min · level 8 min · Racing Santander ahead 0 min
- Gabriel Jesus — off the bench 21 min · 1G 0A
- Yassir Zabiri — off the bench 31 min · 1G 0A
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.
8'
João Cancelo
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Lamine Yamal +0.1
+0.3
25'
Raphinha
Pen goal
+0.1
30'
Maguette Gueye
Goal · assist Asier Villalibre
+0.1
36'
Asier Villalibre
Own goal
−0.1
42'
Raphinha
Goal · assist Dani Olmo
0.0
45'
Lamine Yamal
Pen miss
0.0
65'
Yassir Zabiri
Goal
0.0
67'
Raphinha
Pen goal
0.0
79'
Gabriel Jesus
Goal · assist Lamine Yamal
0.0
89'
Lamine Yamal
Goal · assist Karim Adeyemi
0.0
Barcelona
Expected (last two seasons) 2.6Own moments +0.4Opponent moments 0.0Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
Racing Santander
Expected (last two seasons) 0.3Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.3Time effect 0.0→ 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
BarcelonaRacing Santander
6.74Expected goals (xG)1.98
Compared with usual
Barcelona
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 7 | 4.3 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.83 | |
| xG | 6.74 | 3.7 | |
| xG against | 1.98 | 1 | |
| Shots | 30 | 20 | |
| On target | 9 | 8.5 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 7.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.22 | 0.22 | |
| Possession | 69% | 68.8% | |
| Passes | 646 | 694.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 91% | 90% | |
| Corners | 18 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 9.3 | |
Racing Santander
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 1.98 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 6.74 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 5 | 11.2 | |
| On target | 3 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 30 | 14.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.4 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 31% | 49.2% | |
| Passes | 288 | 418.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 78% | 80.6% | |
| Corners | 0 | 5.4 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 15.2 | |
Timeline
- 8'
Goal
João Cancelo league goal #1 assist Lamine Yamal
- 22'
Yellow
Pedro Felipe
- 25'
Goal
Raphinha (pen) league goal #7
- 30'
Goal
Maguette Gueye league goal #1 assist Asier Villalibre
- 36'
Goal
Asier Villalibre (OG)
- 42'
Goal
Raphinha league goal #8 assist Dani Olmo
- 45'
Pen miss
Lamine Yamal
- 45+5'
Yellow
Lamine Yamal
- 46'
Sub
Joan García → Wojciech Szczęsny
- 59'
Sub
Juan Carlos Arana → Yassir Zabiri
- 59'
Sub
Asier Villalibre → Iñigo Vicente
- 59'
Sub
Pedro Felipe → Iker Luque
- 60'
Yellow
Karim Adeyemi
- 60'
Yellow
Yassir Zabiri
- 61'
Sub
Pedri → Gavi
- 61'
Sub
Rodri → Marc Bernal
- 65'
Goal
Yassir Zabiri league goal #6
- 67'
Goal
Raphinha (pen) league goal #9
- 69'
Yellow
João Cancelo
- 69'
Sub
Raphinha → Gabriel Jesus
- 78'
Sub
João Cancelo → Alejandro Balde
- 78'
Sub
Íñigo Sáinz-Maza → Giorgi Guliashvili
- 79'
Goal
Gabriel Jesus league goal #1 assist Lamine Yamal
- 86'
Sub
Facundo González → Jorge Salinas
- 89'
Goal
Lamine Yamal league goal #7 assist Karim Adeyemi
Category leaders
- Key passesDani Olmo6
- Duels wonKarim Adeyemi12/19
- DribblesLamine Yamal6/11
- Defensive actionsFacundo González6
- ShotsKarim Adeyemi8 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonKarim Adeyemi4
#Barcelona#Racing Santander#Raphinha#Lamine Yamal#La Liga#Matchweek 6
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.