Football/ Ayush Pawar

Serie A · 2025/26 ·

Atalanta 2 to 1 Napoli

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Comeback
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 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).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

72.1 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.67 of 1.00
Points added26.8 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 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 score0.55 of 1.00
Points added13.8 of 25
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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. 18′Goal · Napoli0–1
  2. Half-time · 0–1
  3. 61′Goal · Atalanta1–1
  4. 81′Goal · Atalanta2–1
  5. Full time · 2–1

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

StatisticAtalantaNapoli
Goals21
Shots on target74
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating0.961.06
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Comeback
Winner trailed at or after 60', or a team came back from 2 down to avoid defeat; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: within this match.

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:30094
Source record
understat+football-data · 30094
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
d0e8def4a4a3c868a89ad04c4af7403326d3d58085db59ee76dfb7300689b7d0
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14