Racing Santander vs Villarreal Predictions

• Villarreal have kept one clean sheet in their last 23 league games
• Both teams scored in nine of Racing Santander’s final ten matches of the last Segunda season
• Santander have scored 20 goals in their last five home league outings

Hosts hungry to make a big impression

The 14-year wait for a seat at Spanish football’s top table is finally over for Racing Santander, but the newly promoted team face a tough task in their opening fixture of the new La Liga campaign.

They finished like a train on their own patch last term, but life in the top flight could be a different matter and they face Villarreal in their opener, the team who finished third behind Barcelona and Real Madrid last season.

The Yellow Submarine have the Champions League to look forward to this term, but they will also be motivated to improve their away record after winning just one fo their final seven games on their travels last term.

Perez will want to make mark

Villarreal have a new manager Inigo Perez to impress and he will want to prove himself further too having taken Rayo Vallecano to the Conference League final last season.

So they will be geared for a fast start and are capable of claiming three points at the home of the new boys, although their hosts can be expected to score as the visitors kept just one clean sheet in their final 23 league outings of last term.

Class could tell in the end and the best bet looks to be to back Villarreal to win a game in which both teams score, with a 3-1 Yellow Submarine triumph a hefty price to tempt correct-score enthusiasts.