Football/ Ayush Pawar

Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

Borussia M.Gladbach 2 to 2 FC Heidenheim

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • 2 equalisers added 7.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

75.5 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.83 of 1.00
Points added33.0 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
  • Shots on target14 in the match; 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.94 × 40%15.1 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added35.0 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 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. 16′Goal · Borussia M.Gladbach1–0
  2. 26′Goal · FC Heidenheim1–1
  3. Half-time · 1–1
  4. 64′Goal · FC Heidenheim1–2
  5. 74′Goal · Borussia M.Gladbach2–2
  6. Full time · 2–2

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

StatisticBorussia M.GladbachFC Heidenheim
Goals22
Shots on target77
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.090.88
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

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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:30468
Source record
understat+football-data · 30468
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
25ff5ff87a85267de74cf20fec2e373512749fe066f2240c0488a4a0835afd3f
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14