Ligue 1 · 2025/26 ·
Lorient
3 to 1
Monaco
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.5 stars
- 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
- 10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 84% of the match (14.8 points).
- 1 red card added 2.5 drama points.
How the rating adds up
55.6 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.72 of 1.00
Points added28.8 of 40
- Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
- Shots on target10 in the match; 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.67 × 40%10.8 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.62 of 1.00
Points added21.8 of 35
- Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 84% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.84 × 50%14.8 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.20 of 1.00
Points added5.0 of 25
- Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts
- 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
- 40′Goal · Lorient1–0
- Half-time · 1–0
- 76′Goal · Lorient2–0
- 82′Goal · Lorient3–0
- 90+8′Penalty · Monaco3–1
- Full time · 3–1
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 | Lorient | Monaco |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 8 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 2.09 | 0.89 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 1 | |
Labels
- Upset
- Domestic only: winner's de-vigged closing probability of 25% or less. Here: the winner's pre-match chance was 25% (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
- Ligue_1-2025-us:29585
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29585
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 40ee1e964af152046e6996aa7e56da4876a4145eec5ee6899d511a7a41abe2bf
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14