Bitesize Prediction: Racing Santander vs Mirandes – 12/11/22

Competition: Spanish Segunda

Market: Mirandes to score over 0.5 goals

Rating: 4/6 @

In what is a true six relegation points on Sunday night, Racing Santander will host Mirandes in Cantabria for what could prove to be a crucial encounter.

Starting with the hosts, while Racing Santander may have made their Segunda comeback over the summer, they are enduring what has been a prolonged rut. Putting in another disappointing performance earlier in the week as they eventually fell to a 1-0 defeat at Ibiza, there is huge pressure on Guillermo Fernández Romo's shoulders. Opening this weekend's matches with just their goal difference keeping them outside the drop zone, the Cantabria-based side have now lost each of their previous four second-tier contests. Likewise, with just one victory to their name from any of their previous nine attempts - a run dating back to October 12 - Los Racinguistas continued to show rather glaring struggles in the final third. In fact, Sunday's hosts have scored just one goal in their four-game losing streak.

As for the visitors, while Mirandes may have been heartbroken at Leganes earlier in the week, Joseba Etxeberria's men are enjoying a much-deserved boost. Although they ultimately had to settle for a 2-2 draw on the road, Los Rojillos have remarkably lost just one of their last nine consecutive clashes across all formats. Soaring up the Segunda table and with the mood in their camp likely to be at a high level, the ex-Tenerife boss saw his side find clinical advantage in the final third. With their eye-catching run highlighted by an action-packed 4-2 win at home to Albacete on December 3, Mirandes could sense an opportunity to lay down a real scorer on Sunday night. It is also worth pointing out that the Etxeberria side have only suffered one defeat outside of Burgos since mid-October.

Bet: Mirandes will score over 0.5 against Racing Santander 4/6 for Sunday's Segunda showdown @