La Liga · 2025/26 ·
Real Madrid
4 to 1
Real Sociedad
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 2.5 stars
- 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
- 8 shots on target, a typical count: 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches (6.7 points).
- One side was two or more goals clear for 66% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
- 3 penalties awarded during play added 5.0 drama points.
How the rating adds up
45.7 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.71 of 1.00
Points added28.3 of 40
- Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
- Shots on target8 in the match; 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches0.42 × 40%6.7 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.25 of 1.00
Points added8.7 of 35
- Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
- Within one goalfor 34% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.34 × 50%6.0 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.35 of 1.00
Points added8.8 of 25
- Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
- Penalties awarded3 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
- 5′Goal · Real Madrid1–0
- 21′Penalty · Real Sociedad1–1
- 25′Penalty · Real Madrid2–1
- 31′Goal · Real Madrid3–1
- Half-time · 3–1
- 48′Penalty · Real Madrid4–1
- 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 | Real Madrid | Real Sociedad |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 3 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 3.06 | 1.66 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 3 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
- One-Sided
- Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 3.
- Chaos
- 4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 0 red cards, 3 penalties, 1 equaliser, 0 lead changes.
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:29391
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29391
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- dbf2adc95c4b025ed0b8fc698a54515dd768e819a68aa2d5060a8114afc05944
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14