Football/ Ayush Pawar

Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

Freiburg 2 to 1 Hamburger SV

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Chaos
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • 12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

68.2 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.70 of 1.00
Points added28.0 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 pts
  • Shots on target12 in the match; 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.85 × 40%13.6 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 score0.35 of 1.00
Points added8.8 of 25
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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

  1. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 48′Goal · Hamburger SV0–1
  3. 53′Penalty · Freiburg1–1
  4. 83′Goal · Freiburg2–1
  5. Full time · 2–1

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

StatisticFreiburgHamburger SV
Goals21
Shots on target75
Red cards01
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.940.85
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 1 red card, 1 penalty, 1 equaliser, 1 lead change.

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:30363
Source record
understat+football-data · 30363
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
f2e5ac5a251e0873c15c9581b0c23edab495ca0813af2ccfe4b291d6db2e7b57
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14