Football/ Ayush Pawar

Bundesliga · 2026/27 ·

Hoffenheim 2 to 3 Hamburger SV

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
  • Comeback
  • Chaos
  • Upset
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+4′ added 12.5 drama points.
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.
  • Drama reached its maximum of 25 points: its events add up to more than the cap.

How the rating adds up

84.8 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.71 of 1.00
Points added28.3 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target8 in the match; 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches0.42 × 40%6.7 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.90 of 1.00
Points added31.5 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 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 score1.00 of 1.00
Points added25.0 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+4′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 pts
  • Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts

These events add up to 1.30. 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. 12′Goal · Hamburger SV0–1
  2. 45+6′Own goal · credited to Hoffenheim1–1
  3. Half-time · 1–1
  4. 53′Goal · Hoffenheim2–1
  5. 83′Goal · Hamburger SV2–2
  6. 90+4′Goal · Hamburger SV Late Drama2–3
  7. Full time · 2–3

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

StatisticHoffenheimHamburger SV
Goals23
Shots on target44
Red cards10
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating0.931.51
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 5 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+4′.
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.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 1 red card, 0 penalties, 2 equalisers, 2 lead changes.
Upset
Domestic only: winner's de-vigged closing probability of 25% or less. Here: the winner's pre-match chance was 14% (average closing odds).

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-2026-us:32286
Source record
understat+football-data · 32286
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
e77a447f5e260a07947ba392e0bb866c2f745ce0b2e7501c93a4c5f07570b4e4
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14