🎯 A tense playoff tie between two form-shifting sides

🔢 Recent Form Overview

🟩 Racing Santander

• ✅ 2–1 vs Granada (W)

• 🤝 3–3 vs Eldense (D)

• ❌ 0–2 vs Almería (L)

• 🤝 1–1 vs Oviedo (D)

• ❌ 0–1 vs Cartagena (L)

📉 Inconsistent – 1 win in last 5
⚽ 6 goals scored, 8 conceded
📍 Finished 5th – strong at home, shaky on the road

🟥 Mirandés

• ✅ 3–1 vs Cartagena (W)

• 🤝 0–0 vs Almería (D)

• ✅ 2–1 vs Córdoba (W)

• ✅ 3–2 vs Castellón (W)

• ✅ 1–0 vs Eibar (W)

🔥 Unbeaten in last 7, with 5 wins in last 6
⚽ 12 goals scored, 5 conceded
📍 Finished 4th – just 2 pts from automatic promotion

🆚 Head-to-Head This Season

• 🏟️ Mirandés 2–1 Racing (March 2025)

• 🏟️ Racing 0–1 Mirandés (November 2024)
  ➡️ Mirandés won both league meetings

🔍 Tactical Snapshot

Racing Santander (Home):

• Stronger at home – unbeaten in 7 of last 10 at El Sardinero

• Often rely on late pressure & set pieces

• Struggles defensively vs counter-attacks – exposed by pace

Mirandés (Away):

• Compact mid-block, spring into transitions

• Mentally tough: unbeaten in last 3 away from home

📊 Match Dynamics

• Racing will try to impose intensity early, but may hesitate due to Mirandés’ away record

• Mirandés likely to play cautiously, waiting to exploit gaps

• With second leg at home, they may settle for a draw here