Serie A · 2025/26 ·
Cagliari
3 to 2
Atalanta
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.5 stars
- 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
- 10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 64% of the match (11.3 points).
- 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.
How the rating adds up
61.4 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.81 of 1.00
Points added32.4 of 40
- Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 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 score0.72 of 1.00
Points added25.3 of 35
- Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 64% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.64 × 50%11.3 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.15 of 1.00
Points added3.8 of 25
- 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′Goal · Cagliari1–0
- 8′Goal · Cagliari2–0
- 40′Goal · Atalanta2–1
- 45′Goal · Atalanta2–2
- Half-time · 2–2
- 47′Goal · Cagliari3–2
- Full time · 3–2
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 | Atalanta |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2 |
| Shots on target | 4 | 6 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 2.01 | 1.76 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
- Upset
- Domestic only: winner's de-vigged closing probability of 25% or less. Here: the winner's pre-match chance was 20% (average closing odds).
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:30175
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 30175
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 7bc269a9f688e18275e7328525d0350e53fe97643af701d413b96aa5e62baf9b
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14