Barcelona v Racing Santander La Liga preview

Barcelona will look to maintain their excellent start to the season when they welcome Racing de Santander to Camp Nou on Wednesday.

Hansi Flick’s side sit top of La Liga with 15 points from five matches, while Racing have made a positive return to the division and currently occupy 10th with seven points.

Barcelona have won all five of their La Liga matches this season, scoring 21 goals.

The two teams have met 101 times in all competitions, with Barcelona winning 63 of those fixtures compared to Racing’s 17.

Racing have not beaten Barcelona since January 2004, while the Catalan side have won each of the last eight meetings between the clubs.

The visitors have enjoyed an encouraging return to the top flight after winning the Segunda Division last season.

Jose Alberto Lopez’s team defeated Alaves 2-1 last time out, taking their record to two wins, one draw and two defeats from five matches.

Barcelona v Santander confirmed La Liga team news

Barcelona remain without Frenkie de Jong and Roony Bardghji, who are both recovering from knee injuries.

Gerard Martin was substituted at half-time against Levante after suffering a cut to his face. He is expected to be available, although Flick could choose to rest him, with Andreas Christensen potentially moving into the starting XI.

Racing will be without Simon Eriksson, Andres Martin and suspended midfielder Andre Almeida.

Lopez could name an unchanged team following the win over Alaves, with experienced midfielder Sergio Canales again expected to feature.

Barcelona v Racing predicted line ups

Barcelona: J Garcia; E Garcia, Cubarsi, Christensen, Espart; Pedri, Rodri, Fermin; Gordon, Raphinha, Yamal

Racing de Santander: Agirrezabala; Mantilla, Ramon, Belocian, Salinas; Martin, Prati; Garcia, Canales, Vicente; Zabiri

Barcelona v Racing Santander stats, La Liga form

• Barcelona are unbeaten in 18 meetings with Racing (W15 D3) since a 3-0 away defeat in La Liga in January 2004
• They have scored at least two goals and been victorious in each of the last eight editions of the fixture, amassing an aggregate scoreline of 23-2 and keeping clean sheets in the last six
• At home to Racing, Barca’s record is W43 D5 L2, winning 14 of their 15 visits from Santander since December 1995
• Angel Arocha, who played for Barca between 1927 and 1933, is the 12-goal top scorer in the fixture alongside the club’s all-time top scorer, Lionel Messi, who featured for them between 2004 and 2021
• Barca forward Anthony Gordon has the most assists (5) in this season’s Liga, immediately ahead of six players on three assists including teammate Raphinha
• Racing last avoided defeat at Barcelona with a 1-1 draw in La Liga in September 2008, equalising through Jonathan Pereira after Messi’s penalty had put the hosts ahead
• Their most recent Liga away win was in their previous season in the top flight, beating Osasuna 2-0 in January 2012 for their only victory on the road of that campaign
• Since then, Racing are winless in 12 Liga away matches (L8 D4), although no team bettered their total of nine victories on their travels in last season’s second tier and only Levante (33) eclipsed the 32 points they collected in such matches
• Only Vallecano’s Sergio Camello, Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona’s Raphinha and Lamine Yamal (6 each) have scored more Liga goals this season than Racing’s Yassir Zabiri (5)
• No goalkeeper has made more saves (23) than Racing newcomer Julen Agirrezabala in the 2026/27 division

Where to watch Barca v Racing: TV channel, live online streams

Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:30 BST (15:30 ET / 12:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Premier Sports 1 and streaming available on a vast range of devices via the Premier Sports app.

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Here’s the full list of La Liga international broadcasters.

Barcelona v Racing Santander prediction

Barcelona's attacking strength should prove too much for Racing, although the visitors have shown enough in front of goal to cause problems at the other end

Full La Liga table

# Team Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Pts Last 5

1	Barcelona	5	5	0	0	21	4	17	15	W W W W W
2	Real Madrid	5	4	0	1	14	4	10	12	W L W W W
3	Real Betis	5	4	0	1	7	6	1	12	W W L W W
4	Alaves	5	3	1	1	11	5	6	10	L W W D W
5	Atletico Madrid	5	3	1	1	10	6	4	10	W L W D W
6	Sevilla	5	3	1	1	8	6	2	10	W D L W W
7	Deportivo La Coruna	5	2	3	0	9	6	3	9	D W W D D
8	Espanyol	5	2	1	2	8	5	3	7	W D L L W
9	Athletic Club	5	2	1	2	7	6	1	7	D W W L L
10	Racing Santander	5	2	1	2	9	9	0	7	W L W L D
11	Osasuna	5	2	1	2	5	8	-3	7	L L W W D
12	Real Sociedad	6	2	1	3	6	11	-5	7	L W D W L
13	Levante	5	1	2	2	7	9	-2	5	L D W D L
14	Getafe	5	1	2	2	3	6	-3	5	D D L W L
15	Celta Vigo	6	0	4	2	3	6	-3	4	D D D L L
16	Rayo Vallecano	5	1	1	3	8	14	-6	4	L W L D L
17	Malaga	5	0	3	2	2	8	-6	3	D D L D L
18	Villarreal	5	0	2	3	7	10	-3	2	L L L D D
19	Elche	5	0	2	3	6	13	-7	2	D L L L D
20	Valencia	5	0	1	4	1	10	-9	1	L L L L D

• Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Champions League league stage
• Position 5 : Europa League league stage
• Position 6 : ECL Playoffs
• Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation