La Liga · 2025/26 · 15 March 2026

Barcelona 5 to 2 Sevilla

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.0 stars

7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 77% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
2 penalties awarded during play added 5.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

49.3 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.94 of 1.00

Points added37.6 of 40

Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target12 in the match; 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.85 × 40%13.6 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.19 of 1.00

Points added6.7 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 23% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.23 × 50%4.1 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

9′Penalty · Barcelona1–0
21′Penalty · Barcelona2–0
38′Goal · Barcelona3–0
45+3′Goal · Sevilla3–1
Half-time · 3–1
51′Goal · Barcelona4–1
60′Goal · Barcelona5–1
90+2′Goal · Sevilla5–2
Full time · 5–2

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

Statistic	Barcelona	Sevilla
Goals	5	2
Shots on target	8	4
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	3.86	1.04
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	2

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 7 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:29430
Source record: understat+football-data · 29430
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 68c61316f78f1792b518f7e7290db781d3ca7266a722bca0a3aaa01b62e289fc
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14