La Liga · 2025/26 · 9 February 2026

Villarreal 4 to 1 Espanyol

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 1.5 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
5 shots on target, a low count: 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches (1.8 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 54% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
The 3-goal winning margin earned 2.6 of a possible 17.5 points for a close finish.
Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

34.0 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.58 of 1.00

Points added23.4 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 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 score0.30 of 1.00

Points added10.6 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 46% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.46 × 50%8.0 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.00 of 1.00

Points added0.0 of 25

No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

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

35′Goal · Villarreal1–0
41′Own goal · credited to Villarreal2–0
Half-time · 2–0
50′Goal · Villarreal3–0
55′Goal · Villarreal4–0
88′Goal · Espanyol4–1
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	Villarreal	Espanyol
Goals	4	1
Shots on target	3	2
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	1.54	0.74
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

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:29384
Source record: understat+football-data · 29384
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: ee07ac39b1adcb2eeabe6280df5365b9b0793d9d64509f15a701adaba4daf748
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14