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Ligue 1 · 2025/26 ·

Brest 3 to 4 Rennes

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Chaos
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
  • 11 shots on target, a high count: 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches (12.4 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • 3 equalisers added 11.2 drama points.

How the rating adds up

84.2 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.91 of 1.00
Points added36.4 of 40
  • Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
  • Shots on target11 in the match; 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.78 × 40%12.4 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.90 of 1.00
Points added31.5 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 100% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)1.00 × 50%17.5 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.65 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 25
  • Equalisers3 equalisers+0.4511.2 pts
  • Penalties awarded2 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. 4′Goal · Brest1–0
  2. 20′Goal · Rennes1–1
  3. 35′Penalty · Rennes1–2
  4. Half-time · 1–2
  5. 57′Goal · Brest2–2
  6. 63′Goal · Rennes2–3
  7. 70′Goal · Brest3–3
  8. 74′Penalty · Rennes3–4
  9. Full time · 3–4

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

StatisticBrestRennes
Goals34
Shots on target47
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.892.80
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play2

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 7 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 7 goals.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 0 red cards, 2 penalties, 3 equalisers, 1 lead change.

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:29782
Source record
understat+football-data · 29782
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
2a097c42f2038bcb341e6ba8dbe8fae6184bad11515aebc46a83c09cebe429eb
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14