Football/ Ayush Pawar

Bundesliga · 2025/26 ·

FC Heidenheim 0 to 2 Mainz 05

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 2.0 stars

  • 14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
  • 2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
  • One side was two or more goals clear for 52% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
  • Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

40.0 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.62 of 1.00
Points added24.6 of 40
  • Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 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 score0.44 of 1.00
Points added15.4 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 48% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.48 × 50%8.4 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.00 of 1.00
Points added0.0 of 25
  • No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

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. 7′Goal · Mainz 050–1
  2. 43′Goal · Mainz 050–2
  3. Half-time · 0–2
  4. Full time · 0–2

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

StatisticFC HeidenheimMainz 05
Goals02
Shots on target59
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating3.043.91
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:30526
Source record
understat+football-data · 30526
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
718ecab534668fba5cc15ed7cdad93d33abc1be948c8a4e642fc6791260b33d9
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14