Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·
Union Berlin
3 to 1
Borussia M.Gladbach
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 2.5 stars
- 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
- 7 shots on target, a typical count: 30th percentile of 2025/26 matches (4.8 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 82% of the match (14.4 points).
- Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.
How the rating adds up
44.2 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.57 of 1.00
Points added22.8 of 40
- Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
- Shots on target7 in the match; 30th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.30 × 40%4.8 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.61 of 1.00
Points added21.4 of 35
- Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 82% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.82 × 50%14.4 pts
Drama
25% weightLate 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
- 3′Goal · Union Berlin1–0
- 26′Goal · Union Berlin2–0
- 33′Goal · Borussia M.Gladbach2–1
- Half-time · 2–1
- 81′Goal · Union Berlin3–1
- Full time · 3–1
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
| Statistic | Union Berlin | Borussia M.Gladbach |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 1.53 | 0.63 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
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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:30285
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 30285
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 6c311f173f0123ec41073d8ca714cbceec610be06655c0c784d49d971d343c22
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14