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Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

FC Heidenheim 3 to 3 Bayer Leverkusen

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Comeback
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 77% of the match (13.4 points).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

85.7 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.87 of 1.00
Points added34.8 of 40
  • Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 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 score0.88 of 1.00
Points added30.9 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
  • Within one goalfor 77% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.77 × 50%13.4 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.80 of 1.00
Points added20.0 of 25
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 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. 22′Goal · Bayer Leverkusen0–1
  2. 35′Goal · Bayer Leverkusen0–2
  3. Half-time · 0–2
  4. 56′Goal · FC Heidenheim1–2
  5. 72′Penalty · FC Heidenheim2–2
  6. 79′Goal · Bayer Leverkusen2–3
  7. 85′Goal · FC Heidenheim3–3
  8. Full time · 3–3

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

StatisticFC HeidenheimBayer Leverkusen
Goals33
Shots on target55
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.741.96
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 6 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 0, 6 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.

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:30462
Source record
understat+football-data · 30462
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
b5295d60282c2c89839deac7b90f4f5b54bb687a563848ca130c7135ab2e60b0
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14