La Liga · 2026/27 · 19 September 2026

Celta Vigo 5 to 0 Racing Santander

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.0 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 52% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
1 penalty awarded during play added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

47.5 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.92 of 1.00

Points added36.6 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target14 in the match; 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.94 × 40%15.1 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.24 of 1.00

Points added8.4 of 35

Final margindecided by 5 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 48% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.48 × 50%8.4 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.10 of 1.00

Points added2.5 of 25

Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; 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

32′Penalty · Celta Vigo1–0
43′Goal · Celta Vigo2–0
Half-time · 2–0
69′Goal · Celta Vigo3–0
78′Goal · Celta Vigo4–0
90+2′Goal · Celta Vigo5–0
Full time · 5–0

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	Racing Santander
Goals	5	0
Shots on target	9	5
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	2.23	0.72
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	1

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 5.

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:30832
Source record: understat+football-data · 30832
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 7bb4ece9e8b89227e95a20b75bcdb482b000f95681a6c3cf54981e26ce809b96
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14