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Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

Wolfsburg 2 to 3 Hoffenheim

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • 2 equalisers added 7.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

71.4 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.81 of 1.00
Points added32.4 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target10 in the match; 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.67 × 40%10.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.90 of 1.00
Points added31.5 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 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 score0.30 of 1.00
Points added7.5 of 25
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 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. 14′Goal · Wolfsburg1–0
  2. 31′Goal · Hoffenheim1–1
  3. Half-time · 1–1
  4. 50′Goal · Hoffenheim1–2
  5. 56′Goal · Wolfsburg2–2
  6. 62′Goal · Hoffenheim2–3
  7. Full time · 2–3

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

StatisticWolfsburgHoffenheim
Goals23
Shots on target64
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.401.74
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 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:30304
Source record
understat+football-data · 30304
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
0e64263a626c25612624263a630335f80cfec897b0114db435a9e78ea51db769
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14