Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·
Wolfsburg
3 to 4
Freiburg
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 5.0 stars
- 7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- 14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
- The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
- 3 equalisers added 11.2 drama points.
How the rating adds up
94.3 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.98 of 1.00
Points added39.0 of 40
- Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target14 in the match; 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.94 × 40%15.1 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow 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% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.95 of 1.00
Points added23.8 of 25
- Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
- Equalisers3 equalisers+0.4511.2 pts
- Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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
- 5′Goal · Freiburg0–1
- 13′Goal · Wolfsburg1–1
- Half-time · 1–1
- 49′Goal · Wolfsburg2–1
- 56′Penalty · Freiburg2–2
- 69′Goal · Wolfsburg3–2
- 71′Own goal · credited to Freiburg3–3
- 78′Goal · Freiburg3–4
- Full time · 3–4
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 | Wolfsburg | Freiburg |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 8 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 1.31 | 2.66 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 1 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 7 goals.
- Thriller
- 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 5.0 stars, margin of 1, 7 goals.
- Comeback
- Winner trailed at or after 60', or a team came back from 2 down to avoid defeat; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: within this match.
- Chaos
- 4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 0 red cards, 1 penalty, 3 equalisers, 2 lead changes.
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:30358
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 30358
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 8fee2e3e32f5ed0586bdf3eefcf264e59e5b934fd0bb3ef2acf659e485f46fd1
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14