La Liga · 2025/26 ·
Alaves
2 to 4
Athletic Club
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 4.0 stars
- 6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 97% of the match (16.9 points).
- A comeback added 10.0 drama points.
- 2 equalisers added 7.5 drama points.
How the rating adds up
72.1 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.77 of 1.00
Points added30.7 of 40
- Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 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 score0.68 of 1.00
Points added23.9 of 35
- Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 97% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.97 × 50%16.9 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.70 of 1.00
Points added17.5 of 25
- Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
- Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 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
- 8′Goal · Alaves1–0
- Half-time · 1–0
- 46′Goal · Athletic Club1–1
- 68′Goal · Alaves2–1
- 74′Goal · Athletic Club2–2
- 83′Goal · Athletic Club2–3
- 87′Goal · Athletic Club2–4
- Full time · 2–4
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 | Alaves | Athletic Club |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 0.61 | 0.90 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 6 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.
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:29491
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29491
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 9669c2835388cefbc8e65d82df9b7a0bd399fccf1fd47f3f186aa473925f38eb
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14