La Liga · 2025/26 ·
Sevilla
4 to 1
Barcelona
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.5 stars
- 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
- 13 shots on target, a high count: 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches (14.4 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 91% of the match (15.9 points).
- 2 penalties awarded during play added 5.0 drama points.
How the rating adds up
59.6 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.90 of 1.00
Points added36.0 of 40
- Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
- Shots on target13 in the match; 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.90 × 40%14.4 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.53 of 1.00
Points added18.6 of 35
- Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
- Within one goalfor 91% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.91 × 50%15.9 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.20 of 1.00
Points added5.0 of 25
- Penalties awarded2 penalties awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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
- 13′Penalty · Sevilla1–0
- 37′Goal · Sevilla2–0
- 45+7′Goal · Barcelona2–1
- Half-time · 2–1
- 90′Goal · Sevilla3–1
- 90+6′Goal · Sevilla4–1
- Full time · 4–1
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
| Statistic | Sevilla | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 8 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 2.89 | 2.48 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 2 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
- One-Sided
- Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 3.
- Upset
- Domestic only: winner's de-vigged closing probability of 25% or less. Here: the winner's pre-match chance was 16% (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
- La_Liga-2025-us:29233
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29233
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- d59d5bf35582abd23d12a5c6b2c5b058b18f1908bb6ee8762b737536d9a2afe6
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14