Ligue 1 · 2025/26 · 20 March 2026

Lens 5 to 1 Angers

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 2.5 stars

6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 72% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
The 4-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

43.9 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.98 of 1.00

Points added39.0 of 40

Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target14 in the match; 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.94 × 40%15.1 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.14 of 1.00

Points added4.9 of 35

Final margindecided by 4 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 28% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.28 × 50%4.9 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

13′Goal · Lens1–0
25′Goal · Lens2–0
39′Goal · Lens3–0
Half-time · 3–0
48′Goal · Lens4–0
62′Goal · Angers4–1
72′Goal · Lens5–1
Full time · 5–1

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	Lens	Angers
Goals	5	1
Shots on target	9	5
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	4.34	1.15
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 6 goals.
One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 4.

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:29773
Source record: understat+football-data · 29773
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: a79b4b8c3e59afdfe42b1e70ef622d2b2e5ea2312d3c0806591163fdc5b6831d
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14