# Racing Santander v Real Madrid: Mourinho's side chase a sixth straight win after a perfect October *El Sardinero, Sunday 1 November, 16:15 CET. Real Madrid won all five games in October, including the game at Barcelona, and sit third, three points behind Barcelona. Racing are 13th with a goal difference of minus 11.* Matches · Published 07:15 CET, 31 Oct 2026 · Updated 14:55 CET, 31 Oct 2026 · Match News (https://matchnews.news/matches/racing-santander-v-real-madrid-mourinho-chases-a-sixth-straight-win/) By Matches desk · Reviewed by Fredrik Jurek Racing Santander v Real Madrid, 16:15 CET, 1 Nov 2026 (2026-11-01T15:15:00.000Z). Live odds → https://bettingbeast.com/odds/?match=2026-11-02%2C183%2C178 Odds at BettingBeast, correct at 13:54 CET, 30 Oct 2026. Prices move. Percentages are the chance the price implies, before the bookmaker's margin. 18+ Home 12.45, Draw 8.42, Away 1.23. Real Madrid travel north to play Racing Santander at El Sardinero at 16:15 CET on Sunday 1 November, in La Liga's eleventh round. It is the first game after the Clásico, the name for any game between Barcelona and Real Madrid, for the team that won it, and the first chance to find out whether a perfect October carries into November. ## Why it matters Real Madrid are third on 24 points from ten games, eight wins and two defeats, according to the licensed table used across this site. Barcelona lead on 27 and Atlético Madrid are second on 25. Barcelona play Alavés at home on Saturday night and Atlético are away at Levante on Saturday afternoon, so by the time Madrid kick off on Sunday they will know exactly what a win is worth. If both rivals have won, Madrid need to win just to keep the gap at three points. If either slips, Sunday is a chance to close in. October could hardly have gone better for José Mourinho's side. The club's own review lists five wins from five: 1-0 at home to Villarreal, 4-3 at Roma in the Champions League, 4-1 at home to Sevilla, 4-1 against Leipzig in the Champions League, and 2-1 at Barcelona. That is 15 goals in five games. In the Clásico, Kylian Mbappé scored in the 41st minute, Raphinha equalised just after the hour, and the winner came in the 87th minute, according to ESPN's report. Real Madrid's own account credits Mbappé with both goals, which took him to 100 for the club. Racing Santander are 13th on 11 points, with three wins, two draws and five defeats. Their goal difference, goals scored minus goals conceded, is minus 11, and only Málaga's minus 12 is worse in the division. They have won three games, which is more than Valencia or Málaga have managed, but they have also been beaten heavily, and Sunday brings one of the most dangerous attacks in Spain to their ground. ## Team news No confirmed team news as of 08:45 CET; the official teams are normally published about an hour before kick-off, so expect them around 15:15 CET on Sunday. Real Madrid had not published a pre-match press conference when we checked on Saturday morning; the club's most recent first-team news item was dated Wednesday 28 October. The one open question from the Clásico is in goal. Thibaut Courtois missed that game as "a last-minute absence due to a flu-like illness," the club said on the day, and the young goalkeeper Illia Voloshyn was called into the squad in his place. Andriy Lunin played. Whether Courtois is back for Sunday has not been announced. Racing's team news was not available from an allowed source when we checked. ## The week around the game | Date | Fixture | Competition | Kick-off (CET) | |---|---|---|---| | Sun 1 Nov | Racing Santander v Real Madrid | La Liga, round 11 | 16:15 | | Wed 4 Nov | AEK Athens v Real Madrid | Champions League, matchday 4 | 18:45 | | Sat 7 Nov | Málaga v Racing Santander | La Liga, round 12 | 14:00 | | Sat 7 Nov | Valencia v Real Madrid | La Liga, round 12 | 21:00 | Times come from the club's announcement and the fixture feed used across this site, and can still change. Madrid have nine points from three Champions League games, one of five teams with a perfect record so far. ## How to read the market BettingBeast's prices, captured at 13:54 CET on Friday, had Racing at 12.45 to win, the draw at 8.42 and Real Madrid at 1.23. Decimal odds show how much you get back for every unit staked, including the stake, so 1.23 means a return of 0.23 on top of each 1 risked. As rough probabilities, that is about 8% for a Racing win, 12% for a draw and 81% for Real Madrid. The three add up to slightly more than a whole because the platform's margin, its built-in fee, is included. The handicap, which gives the weaker team a head start on paper, is set at 2.5 goals: Racing plus 2.5 at 1.67, Real Madrid minus 2.5 at 2.23. In plain words, the market thinks a Madrid win by three or more is less likely than not, but not by much. The goals line, the number of goals the market splits the game at, is 3.5, with over at 1.57 and under at 2.61. Over being the shorter price means the market expects four goals or more, which is what 15 goals in five October games and a home side with a goal difference of minus 11 would suggest. ## What to watch Mbappé is the obvious one: 100 goals for the club, two of them in the Clásico, against a side with the second-worst goal difference in the league. The second thing is Madrid's energy. They play in Athens on Wednesday, and Mourinho's teams have a long record of managing games rather than chasing them once ahead. A quick goal and a slow afternoon is a very Mourinho way to spend a Sunday in Santander. Our lean, phrased as a possibility and not a forecast: the market's leaning towards a high-scoring game looks right given the two goal differences, but an early Madrid lead followed by a quieter second half seems at least as likely as a rout. That is a lean about the shape of the afternoon, not about the result. ## Sources 1. The Racing de Santander-Real Madrid match will be played on Sunday, November 1, at 4:15 pm (Real Madrid) https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/football/first-team/latest-news/el-racing-santander-real-madrid-se-jugara-el-domingo-1-de-noviembre-a-las-16-15-h-03-10-2026 - Read 07:35 CET, 31 Oct 2026 2. Five consecutive victories (Real Madrid) https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/football/first-team/latest-news/las-cinco-victorias-del-real-madrid-en-octubre-27-10-2026 - Read 07:40 CET, 31 Oct 2026 3. Courtois, last-minute absence (Real Madrid) https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/football/first-team/latest-news/courtois-baja-de-ultima-hora-25-10-2026 - Read 07:42 CET, 31 Oct 2026 4. Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid (Oct 25, 2026) Game Analysis (ESPN) https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/401882832 - Read 07:28 CET, 31 Oct 2026 --- 18+. Gambling involves risk and can be addictive. Please gamble responsibly. Odds links go to BettingBeast. Match News is a football news site published by Checkraise Ltd. Every odds link on this site goes to BettingBeast. Articles are written with the help of an AI system and checked against the sources they cite; the responsible editor is named on every article.