La Liga · 2025/26 ·
Celta Vigo
3 to 4
Alaves
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 4.5 stars
- 7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- 11 shots on target, a high count: 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches (12.4 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 74% of the match (13.0 points).
- A comeback added 15.0 drama points.
How the rating adds up
82.2 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.91 of 1.00
Points added36.4 of 40
- Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target11 in the match; 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.78 × 40%12.4 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.77 of 1.00
Points added27.0 of 35
- Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 74% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.74 × 50%13.0 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.75 of 1.00
Points added18.8 of 25
- Comebackwon after trailing late, and recovered from two down+0.6015.0 pts
- Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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
- 19′Goal · Celta Vigo1–0
- 27′Goal · Celta Vigo2–0
- 37′Goal · Celta Vigo3–0
- 45+3′Goal · Alaves3–1
- Half-time · 3–1
- 50′Goal · Alaves3–2
- 74′Goal · Alaves3–3
- 78′Goal · Alaves3–4
- Full time · 3–4
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 | Alaves |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 6 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 1.71 | 1.67 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 7 goals.
- Thriller
- 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 7 goals.
- Comeback
- Winner trailed at or after 60', or a team came back from 2 down to avoid defeat; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: within this match.
- Upset
- Domestic only: winner's de-vigged closing probability of 25% or less. Here: the winner's pre-match chance was 23% (average closing odds).
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:29445
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29445
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- f5d19df6112bfd8ec879786d40795813017aabd8bce53173ccba42deefca42a8
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14