Ligue 1 · 2025/26 ·
Marseille
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).
- 11 shots on target, a high count: 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches (12.4 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 99% of the match (17.3 points).
- Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.
How the rating adds up
54.7 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.76 of 1.00
Points added30.4 of 40
- Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
- Shots on target11 in the match; 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.78 × 40%12.4 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.69 of 1.00
Points added24.3 of 35
- Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 99% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.99 × 50%17.3 pts
Drama
25% weightLate 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 · Marseille1–0
- Half-time · 1–0
- 48′Goal · Marseille2–0
- 49′Goal · Metz2–1
- 90+3′Goal · Marseille3–1
- 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
| Statistic | Marseille | Metz |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 3.32 | 0.54 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
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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:29794
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29794
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- c1283ccefa7da5c59a920fcc391d386063c1aa42833006de1d555662966401ab
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14