Football/ Ayush Pawar

Serie A · 2026/27 ·

Atalanta 2 to 1 Sassuolo

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 15 shots on target, a high count: 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.5 points).
  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

65.1 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.75 of 1.00
Points added29.9 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 pts
  • Shots on target15 in the match; 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.97 × 40%15.5 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 score0.15 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. 6′Goal · Atalanta1–0
  2. Half-time · 1–0
  3. 55′Goal · Sassuolo1–1
  4. 65′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

StatisticAtalantaSassuolo
Goals21
Shots on target78
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating0.922.70
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

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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
Serie_A-2026-us:31567
Source record
understat+football-data · 31567
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
867d5826797981a6a0504d4724abd14dc888f99c3af4db6dda854f3d114db43e
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14