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Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

Augsburg 2 to 2 Hoffenheim

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Thriller
  • Comeback
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • 12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

78.8 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.79 of 1.00
Points added31.6 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 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 score0.88 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 score0.65 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 25
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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. 11′Goal · Augsburg1–0
  2. 14′Goal · Augsburg2–0
  3. 35′Goal · Hoffenheim2–1
  4. 42′Goal · Hoffenheim2–2
  5. Half-time · 2–2
  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

StatisticAugsburgHoffenheim
Goals22
Shots on target84
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.671.43
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 0, 4 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:30476
Source record
understat+football-data · 30476
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
17d3772ea3998e080f1f83d93b344ba244f799c7b7c412207df59b695c27363c
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14