Racing vs Elche: six-point duel at El Sardinero

According to Sports Mole and El Desmarque, newly promoted Racing de Santander host Elche CF at the El Sardinero stadium in Santander this Friday, 28 August 2026, for the third round (jornada 3) of the 2026-27 LaLiga EA Sports season. If you are trying to plan your evening around it, note the one point where these outlets do not agree: Sports Mole lists a 1pm kick-off, while El Desmarque and Yahoo Noticias point to 7pm, so treat the timing as unconfirmed for now. The reason this fixture has climbed the Spanish trends today is simple: both teams are stuck at the bottom.

Sportsmole reports that Racing sit 14th with a single point after two matchdays, following a 2-2 home draw with Villarreal and a 1-0 away defeat at Getafe. Yahoo Noticias adds the other half of the picture, placing Elche 18th, also on one point, and coming off a heavy 0-5 loss to FC Barcelona. That symmetry is exactly why Yahoo Noticias frames the game as a "partido de seis puntos," a six-point match between two sides seen as direct rivals in the fight to stay in the Primera División.

On the history, Squawka provides the numbers the previews lean on: 38 meetings in total, with 14 wins for Elche, 11 for Racing and 13 draws, but a very different story at El Sardinero, where Racing have won 9 of 19 encounters against just 3 for the visitors. Yahoo Noticias sharpens that angle further, describing the ground as an "escenario maldito," a cursed venue for Elche, who it says have never won there in the top flight.

As for the teams, Yahoo Noticias flags that Racing defender Pedro Felipe, formerly of Juventus, is a doubt with a hamstring injury picked up against Villarreal, while midfielder Matteo Prati is presented as a new signing; on the Elche side, Yago de Santiago and Adam Boayar have been unavailable since pre-season. El Desmarque and Comuniate relay the likely, and explicitly unofficial, line-ups: Agirrezabala in goal and Villalibre up front for Racing, Dituro and Fer Niño for Elche. The result was not yet known when this review was put together, so we have gathered what each outlet is reporting rather than calling the outcome ourselves.

Sources : Sports Mole, Sportsmole, Yahoo Noticias, Squawka, El Desmarque, Google Trends.