Ligue 1 · 2025/26 ·
Le Havre
4 to 4
Metz
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 5.0 stars
- 8 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
- It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
- 4 equalisers added 15.0 drama points.
How the rating adds up
89.8 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.87 of 1.00
Points added34.8 of 40
- Goals8 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target10 in the match; 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.67 × 40%10.8 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added35.0 of 35
- Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
- Within one goalfor 100% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.80 of 1.00
Points added20.0 of 25
- Equalisers4 equalisers+0.6015.0 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
- 5′Goal · Le Havre1–0
- 9′Goal · Metz1–1
- 13′Goal · Le Havre2–1
- 45+5′Penalty · Metz2–2
- Half-time · 2–2
- 52′Penalty · Le Havre3–2
- 54′Goal · Metz3–3
- 61′Goal · Le Havre4–3
- 85′Goal · Metz4–4
- Full time · 4–4
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
| Statistic | Le Havre | Metz |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 5 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 2.65 | 1.89 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 2 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 8 goals.
- Thriller
- 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 5.0 stars, margin of 0, 8 goals.
- Chaos
- 4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 0 red cards, 2 penalties, 4 equalisers, 0 lead changes.
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:29810
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29810
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 462475e5591bad1cadac43ae43773ffbc5928b49fd670ce2803960a0b4af0439
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14