Football/ Ayush Pawar

La Liga · 2025/26 ·

Villarreal 0 to 2 Real Madrid

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 2.0 stars

  • 2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
  • 5 shots on target, a low count: 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches (1.8 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • 1 penalty awarded during play added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

38.4 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.28 of 1.00
Points added11.4 of 40
  • Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 pts
  • Shots on target5 in the match; 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.11 × 40%1.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.70 of 1.00
Points added24.5 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 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 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. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 47′Goal · Real Madrid0–1
  3. 90+4′Penalty · Real Madrid0–2
  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

StatisticVillarrealReal Madrid
Goals02
Shots on target14
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating0.951.62
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:29367
Source record
understat+football-data · 29367
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
5a7b0df77f99f845ae80a5794f915d3b0a18058ea0ccee6ecbd0b495b38786b2
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14