Football/ Ayush Pawar

Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

Eintracht Frankfurt 2 to 2 VfB Stuttgart

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
  • Comeback
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Why 5.0 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • 14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+2′ added 12.5 drama points.
  • Drama reached its maximum of 25 points: its events add up to more than the cap.

How the rating adds up

87.8 / 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 score0.85 of 1.00
Points added29.8 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
  • Within one goalfor 70% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.70 × 50%12.2 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added25.0 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+2′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Penalties awarded2 penalties awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.205.0 pts

These events add up to 1.25. Drama is capped at 1.00, so it adds its maximum 25 points.

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. 10′Goal · VfB Stuttgart0–1
  2. 45+4′Goal · VfB Stuttgart0–2
  3. Half-time · 0–2
  4. 72′Penalty · Eintracht Frankfurt1–2
  5. 90+2′Penalty · Eintracht Frankfurt Late Drama2–2
  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

StatisticEintracht FrankfurtVfB Stuttgart
Goals22
Shots on target77
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.991.81
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play2

Labels

Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 5.0 stars, margin of 0, 4 goals.
Late Drama
Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 90+2′.
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:30524
Source record
understat+football-data · 30524
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
c65b89da1d9012246356b4dc3045f97c918b2bb1188d2b7f447882fbb33c6295
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14