Football/ Ayush Pawar

Ligue 1 · 2025/26 ·

Monaco 2 to 2 Nice

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Thriller
  • Comeback
  • Chaos
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 97% of the match (16.9 points).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

80.3 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.62 of 1.00
Points added24.7 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
  • Shots on target8 in the match; 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches0.42 × 40%6.7 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.98 of 1.00
Points added34.4 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
  • Within one goalfor 97% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.97 × 50%16.9 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.85 of 1.00
Points added21.2 of 25
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts
  • Penalties awarded3 penalties awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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

  1. 29′Goal · Nice0–1
  2. 42′Penalty · Nice0–2
  3. 45+5′Penalty · Monaco1–2
  4. Half-time · 1–2
  5. 56′Penalty · Monaco2–2
  6. Full time · 2–2

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

StatisticMonacoNice
Goals22
Shots on target62
Red cards01
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.461.13
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play3

Labels

Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 0, 4 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.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 1 red card, 3 penalties, 1 equaliser, 0 lead changes.

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:29598
Source record
understat+football-data · 29598
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
f26816029b20935973036c47d761bb6ed38485e2ab09d8d79a8a987fe1e979c1
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14