Football/ Ayush Pawar

Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

FC Cologne 4 to 1 Freiburg

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • One-Sided
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Why 2.0 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 8 shots on target, a typical count: 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches (6.7 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 52% of the match (9.1 points).
  • The 3-goal winning margin earned 2.6 of a possible 17.5 points for a close finish.
  • Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

40.0 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.71 of 1.00
Points added28.3 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target8 in the match; 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches0.42 × 40%6.7 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

How close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.

Component score0.34 of 1.00
Points added11.8 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
  • Within one goalfor 52% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.52 × 50%9.1 pts

Drama

25% weight

Late result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.

Component score0.00 of 1.00
Points added0.0 of 25
  • No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

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

  1. 35′Goal · FC Cologne1–0
  2. Half-time · 1–0
  3. 47′Goal · FC Cologne2–0
  4. 57′Goal · FC Cologne3–0
  5. 81′Goal · FC Cologne4–0
  6. 84′Goal · Freiburg4–1
  7. Full time · 4–1

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

StatisticFC CologneFreiburg
Goals41
Shots on target62
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.840.93
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
One-Sided
Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 3.

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:30241
Source record
understat+football-data · 30241
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
9bee297a1422b548599fe53fd3e51b9f161a2cdae530bda3b45b98f02b57e8df
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14