Football/ Ayush Pawar

Ligue 1 · 2025/26 ·

Auxerre 3 to 1 Metz

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 93% of the match (16.3 points).
  • 1 penalty awarded during play added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

54.6 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals 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% weight

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

Component score0.67 of 1.00
Points added23.3 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 93% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.93 × 50%16.3 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

  1. 36′Penalty · Auxerre1–0
  2. 40′Goal · Auxerre2–0
  3. 45+1′Goal · Metz2–1
  4. Half-time · 2–1
  5. 89′Goal · Auxerre3–1
  6. 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

StatisticAuxerreMetz
Goals31
Shots on target73
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.220.35
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

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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:29664
Source record
understat+football-data · 29664
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
c471d5b4bedda5180e2a76486d46d69d52c8828c585a1711c8ba70ccfdba6b9b
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14