Bundesliga · 2025/26 · 2 November 2025

FC Cologne 4 to 1 Hamburger SV

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.5 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
15 shots on target, a high count: 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.5 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 86% of the match (15.0 points).
2 red cards added 5.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

59.7 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.93 of 1.00

Points added37.1 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target15 in the match; 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.97 × 40%15.5 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.50 of 1.00

Points added17.6 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 86% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.86 × 50%15.0 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.20 of 1.00

Points added5.0 of 25

Red cards2 red cards; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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

25′Goal · FC Cologne1–0
Half-time · 1–0
48′Goal · FC Cologne2–0
61′Goal · Hamburger SV2–1
90+4′Goal · FC Cologne3–1
90+8′Goal · FC Cologne4–1
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

Statistic	FC Cologne	Hamburger SV
Goals	4	1
Shots on target	10	5
Red cards	0	2
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	3.87	1.19
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

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:30298
Source record: understat+football-data · 30298
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: b1a933139b9fbdda124b127aaf1cf44283805dad412ce4023f5a5423e674249a
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14