La Liga · 2025/26 · 3 January 2026

Celta Vigo 4 to 1 Valencia

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.5 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
11 shots on target, a high count: 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches (12.4 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 80% of the match (14.0 points).
2 penalties awarded during play added 5.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

55.6 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.85 of 1.00

Points added34.0 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target11 in the match; 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.78 × 40%12.4 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.47 of 1.00

Points added16.6 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 80% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.80 × 50%14.0 pts

Drama

25% weight

Late 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

33′Penalty · Celta Vigo1–0
Half-time · 1–0
59′Goal · Celta Vigo2–0
70′Goal · Valencia2–1
83′Goal · Celta Vigo3–1
90+4′Goal · Celta Vigo4–1
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	Celta Vigo	Valencia
Goals	4	1
Shots on target	6	5
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	2.59	1.79
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.

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:29329
Source record: understat+football-data · 29329
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 6ca6087267295b89a4616df40c3984586d89d96a5a982410f280a15eb21d658f
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14