Racing Santander 2-1 Villarreal — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Spain - Copa del Rey, 17 Dec 2025

📅17/12/2025 · 🕒21:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-2 2nd Score 1-3
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
19%
4.71
Draw
18%
4.19
Away
63%
1.52
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
40%
2.38
Over 2.5
60%
1.52
Both Teams to Score
Yes
56%
1.63
No
44%
2.13
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
21%
2-3 Goals
40%
4-5 Goals
25%
6+ Goals
14%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
5%
1/2
14%
1/X
6%
X/1
10%
X/2
27%
X/X
6%
2/1
4%
2/2
22%
2/X
6%
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
💡 For the risk lovers: Away Win ★★★ — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
18%
Home Win
18%
+0.5pp
18%
Draw
21%
-2.5pp
63%
Away Win
61%
+2.0pp
40%
Under 2.5
38%
+1.8pp
60%
Over 2.5
62%
-1.8pp
56%
BTTS Yes
57%
-0.9pp
44%
BTTS No
43%
+0.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Racing Santander EU Bookmakers 21%
Head to Head
AWAY Villarreal EU Bookmakers 66%
-25% / -25% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -7% / -7%
0.57/1.77 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 2.13/1.46
+81% / -48% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +43% / -22%
41% Ball Possession 59%
11 Total Shots 15
4 Shots on Target 6
4 Corners 6
279 · 76% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 469 · 84%
8.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 28.6
5.0 Crosses 16.1
3.0 Yellow Cards 3.5
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Racing Santander
1W-2D-3L
AWAY Villarreal
0.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.50
11 Total Shots 14
4 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 6
21.04.2013 Villarreal Villarreal 1-0 HT 0-0 Racing Santander Racing Santander İS2
17.11.2012 Racing Santander Racing Santander 0-3 HT 0-2 Villarreal Villarreal İS2
15.04.2012 Villarreal Villarreal 1-1 HT 0-0 Racing Santander Racing Santander İS1
03.12.2011 Racing Santander Racing Santander 1-0 HT 1-0 Villarreal Villarreal İS1
27.02.2011 Racing Santander Racing Santander 2-2 HT 1-0 Villarreal Villarreal İS1
03.10.2010 Villarreal Villarreal 2-0 HT 2-0 Racing Santander Racing Santander İS1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Racing Santander
2-1
AWAY Villarreal
0.75 xG 1.65
33% Ball Possession 67%
10 Total Shots 22
5 Shots on Target 5
1 Corners 11
193 Passes 423
74% Pass Accuracy 85%
13 Box Touches 56
1 Crosses 41
3 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH Racing Santander vs Villarreal
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Racing Santander squeezed past Villarreal 2-1. Half-time: 2-0.

This one beat our numbers. Villarreal carried 63% before kick-off and it didn't land — a reminder that even strong leads lose regularly. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (60%), both teams to score (56%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, Racing Santander had 33% of the ball to Villarreal's 67%, shots finished 10-22, expected goals 0.75 to 1.65 — on chances, Villarreal could feel hard done by.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Villarreal led the recent series with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.67 goals for Racing Santander and 1.50 for Villarreal.

What was the final score of Racing Santander vs Villarreal?

Racing Santander 2-1 Villarreal in the Spain - Copa del Rey on 17/12/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Racing Santander vs Villarreal?

Before kick-off our model rated an Villarreal win the most likely single outcome at about 63%, with the full match-result split Racing Santander 18%, draw 18%, Villarreal 63%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Villarreal) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Villarreal) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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