Serie A · 2025/26 ·
Cagliari
3 to 3
Genoa
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 4.5 stars
- 6 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).
- 3 equalisers added 11.2 drama points.
How the rating adds up
87.2 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.96 of 1.00
Points added38.4 of 40
- Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target13 in the match; 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.90 × 40%14.4 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 score0.55 of 1.00
Points added13.8 of 25
- Equalisers3 equalisers+0.4511.2 pts
- Red cards1 red card; 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
- 18′Goal · Genoa0–1
- 33′Goal · Cagliari1–1
- 41′Goal · Genoa1–2
- 43′Goal · Cagliari2–2
- Half-time · 2–2
- 60′Goal · Cagliari3–2
- 83′Goal · Genoa3–3
- Full time · 3–3
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 | Cagliari | Genoa |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 3 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 8 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 1.37 | 1.62 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 6 goals.
- Thriller
- 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 0, 6 goals.
- Chaos
- 4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 1 red card, 0 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
- Serie_A-2025-us:29955
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 29955
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 86afa1a88901556d98f5600b621f15da59d457974b973e2bfbd35599bc60d544
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14