La Liga · 2026/27 · 17 October 2026

Real Betis 2 to 5 Barcelona

Who led, minute by minute10′ · 27′ · 41′ · 52′ · 53′ · 62′ · 81′

Barcelona won by three goals.

Match Entertainment Rating · score 60.2 of 100

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.5 stars

7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
15 shots on target, a high count: 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.5 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 68% of the match (11.9 points).
1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

60.2 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.99 of 1.00

Points added39.5 of 40

Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target15 in the match; 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.97 × 40%15.5 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.41 of 1.00

Points added14.5 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 68% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.68 × 50%11.9 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.25 of 1.00

Points added6.2 of 25

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

10′Goal · Barcelona0–1
27′Goal · Real Betis1–1
41′Goal · Barcelona1–2
Half-time · 1–2
52′Goal · Barcelona1–3
53′Goal · Real Betis2–3
62′Goal · Barcelona2–4
81′Goal · Barcelona2–5
Full time · 2–5

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	Real Betis	Barcelona
Goals	2	5
Shots on target	5	10
Red cards	1	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	1.35	3.19
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

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-2026-us:30850
Source record: understat+football-data · 30850
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 7394992c828358e80d4c042b62fe8b629a76ca5ee8f5da59bb89c1e805b48fbb
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-20