Yassir Zabiri Completes Racing Santander's 2-1 Comeback at Malaga

Racing Santander overturned a half-time deficit to beat Malaga 2-1, with Yassir Zabiri scoring the goal that completed the comeback. The visitors also had more possession and total shots, while Malaga’s eight shots on goal showed the result was contested.

Malaga lead before Racing turn it around

Carlos Dotor opened the scoring for Malaga in the 28th minute, making it 1-0 after an assist from Adrián Niño. Malaga held that advantage at half-time, but Racing Santander equalised in the 50th minute when Iker Luque converted with assistance from Pablo Ramon Parra to make it 1-1.

Racing completed the reversal in the 60th minute. Yassir Zabiri scored to put the visitors 2-1 ahead, and that was the final score. The sequence changed the match from a Malaga lead into a Racing Santander victory without another goal listed.

Statistics underline a competitive contest

Racing Santander had 54% possession and attempted 21 shots to Malaga’s 16. Their expected-goals figure was also higher, at 2.44 compared with Malaga’s 1.99. Malaga, however, recorded eight shots on goal, one more than Racing Santander, and earned six corners to the visitors’ three.

The disciplinary turning point came when Adam Aznou was sent off in the 64th minute after receiving a yellow card in the 38th minute. Malaga finished with four yellow cards and one red card, while Racing Santander had two yellow cards.

What the result means in context

M. Zabiri was the standout performer, earning an 8.2 rating across 90 minutes, scoring once and recording two shots on target. Going into the match, Malaga were ranked #20 with 5 points from 11 games, while Racing Santander were ranked #16 with 11 points from 11 games. The result followed Malaga’s listed pre-match run of Loss, Draw, Loss, Draw, Draw, Loss, Loss, Draw, Loss, Draw, Loss, while Racing’s listed sequence ended with a win.