Football/ Ayush Pawar

La Liga · 2025/26 ·

Valencia 0 to 2 Villarreal

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 1.5 stars

  • 2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
  • 8 shots on target, a typical count: 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches (6.7 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 63% of the match (11.1 points).
  • 1 penalty awarded during play added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

36.9 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.41 of 1.00
Points added16.3 of 40
  • Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 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 score0.52 of 1.00
Points added18.1 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 63% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.63 × 50%11.1 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.10 of 1.00
Points added2.5 of 25
  • 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. 45′Penalty · Villarreal0–1
  2. Half-time · 0–1
  3. 57′Goal · Villarreal0–2
  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

StatisticValenciaVillarreal
Goals02
Shots on target35
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating0.642.62
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

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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
La_Liga-2025-us:29251
Source record
understat+football-data · 29251
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
263c6a0d65864926416656599bcea96274acf3526754646f29a7b11d1a5eeb1a
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14