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Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

Bayer Leverkusen 1 to 1 Borussia M.Gladbach

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Late Drama
  • Hidden Gem
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 16 shots on target, a high count: 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.7 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+2′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

76.5 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.63 of 1.00
Points added25.3 of 40
  • Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 pts
  • Shots on target16 in the match; 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.98 × 40%15.7 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added35.0 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
  • Within one goalfor 100% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)1.00 × 50%17.5 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.65 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+2′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts

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. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 70′Goal · Bayer Leverkusen1–0
  3. 90+2′Goal · Borussia M.Gladbach Late Drama1–1
  4. Full time · 1–1

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

StatisticBayer LeverkusenBorussia M.Gladbach
Goals11
Shots on target97
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.951.30
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

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+2′.
Hidden Gem
4 stars or more with 2 goals or fewer. Here: 4.5 stars with 2 goals.

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:30258
Source record
understat+football-data · 30258
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
9e037abc70093751ed656f81727eb412f3c0b56967231d39e21d03f3742fb1e0
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14