Ligue 1 · 2025/26 · 26 October 2025

Lille 6 to 1 Metz

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 2.5 stars

7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
16 shots on target, a high count: 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.7 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 62% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
The 5-goal winning margin earned 0.0 of a possible 17.5 points for a close finish.
Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

46.3 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.99 of 1.00

Points added39.7 of 40

Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 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 score0.19 of 1.00

Points added6.6 of 35

Final margindecided by 5 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 38% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.38 × 50%6.6 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.00 of 1.00

Points added0.0 of 25

No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

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

24′Goal · Lille1–0
34′Goal · Lille2–0
Half-time · 2–0
53′Goal · Lille3–0
64′Goal · Lille4–0
82′Goal · Lille5–0
90+3′Goal · Lille6–0
90+5′Goal · Metz6–1
Full time · 6–1

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	Lille	Metz
Goals	6	1
Shots on target	12	4
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	3.85	1.01
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 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: Ligue_1-2025-us:29617
Source record: understat+football-data · 29617
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 950603b6a3fba22d4a450a175a1910e661dc8e52dd69f7aacfedc15cc1d9032d
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14