Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·
Werder Bremen
3 to 3
Bayer Leverkusen
Match Entertainment Rating
← Back to the gallery
Why 5.0 stars
- 6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
- The score stayed within one goal for 77% of the match (13.4 points).
- A result-changing goal at 90+4′ added 12.5 drama points.
- Drama reached its maximum of 25 points: its events add up to more than the cap.
How the rating adds up
88.7 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.82 of 1.00
Points added32.8 of 40
- Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target9 in the match; 55th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.55 × 40%8.8 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.88 of 1.00
Points added30.9 of 35
- Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
- Within one goalfor 77% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.77 × 50%13.4 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added25.0 of 25
- Late result-changing goalat 90+4′+0.5012.5 pts
- Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
- Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
- Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts
- Penalties awarded2 penalties awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.205.0 pts
These events add up to 1.35. Drama is capped at 1.00, so it adds its maximum 25 points.
A component score runs from 0 to 1. Points added are its share of the 100-point match score (score × weight). The stars come from the match score, using cutoffs fixed on the 2025/26 season.
Goals
- 5′Goal · Bayer Leverkusen0–1
- 35′Goal · Bayer Leverkusen0–2
- 44′Penalty · Werder Bremen1–2
- Half-time · 1–2
- 64′Penalty · Bayer Leverkusen1–3
- 76′Goal · Werder Bremen2–3
- 90+4′Goal · Werder Bremen Late Drama3–3
- Full time · 3–3
Goals only, from Understat. Minutes can differ by one from broadcast graphics. Red cards are counted in the statistics but not placed here: the league data has no card times.
Match statistics
| Statistic | Werder Bremen | Bayer Leverkusen |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 3 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 4 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 2.33 | 2.04 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 2 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 6 goals.
- Thriller
- 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 5.0 stars, margin of 0, 6 goals.
- Late Drama
- Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 90+4′.
- Comeback
- Winner trailed at or after 60', or a team came back from 2 down to avoid defeat; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: within this match.
- Chaos
- 4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 1 red card, 2 penalties, 1 equaliser, 0 lead changes.
Labels describe the match; they never change its score.
About this rating
- Complete rating. Every rating input was available for this match.
- The stars are a data-driven entertainment heuristic built from goals, shots on target, how close the score stayed and match events. They are not a judgement of football quality.
- xG is shown for context only and is not part of the rating.
- Data: Understat (goals, xG), football-data.co.uk (shots on target, cards, odds). Club crests are trademarks of their clubs; images via ESPN.
Technical details
- Match ID
- Bundesliga-2025-us:30236
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 30236
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- d4bbafb4ba4d1d67b2990af870afa1dfdc682aedac37c866f423f749b66b1762
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14