La Liga · 2026/27 · 7 September 2026

Elche 2 to 3 Real Sociedad

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
Thriller
Late Drama

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Why 4.5 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
16 shots on target, a high count: 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.7 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 61% of the match (10.7 points).
A result-changing goal at 90′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

80.7 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.93 of 1.00

Points added37.3 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target16 in the match; 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.98 × 40%15.7 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.71 of 1.00

Points added24.7 of 35

Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
Within one goalfor 61% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.61 × 50%10.7 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.75 of 1.00

Points added18.8 of 25

Late result-changing goalat 90′+0.5012.5 pts
Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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

11′Goal · Real Sociedad0–1
32′Goal · Real Sociedad0–2
Half-time · 0–2
67′Goal · Elche1–2
74′Goal · Elche2–2
90′Goal · Real Sociedad Late Drama2–3
Full time · 2–3

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	Elche	Real Sociedad
Goals	2	3
Shots on target	10	6
Red cards	0	1
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	2.87	0.88
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
Thriller: 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 5 goals.
Late Drama: Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 90′.

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-2026-us:30810
Source record: understat+football-data · 30810
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 7c4f161ca7b79bbd2c16ca34ffd66e09ff308d5146c6c463d0f4bb3820bedc62
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14