Champions League · 2025/26 · 18 February 2026

Club Brugge 3 to 3 Atlético Madrid

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
Thriller
Late Drama
Comeback

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Why 5.0 stars

6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
The score stayed within one goal for 93% of the match (16.3 points).
A result-changing goal at 89′ added 12.5 drama points.
Drama reached its maximum of 25 points: its events add up to more than the cap.

How the rating adds up

97.9 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.98 of 1.00

Points added39.0 of 40

Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target14 in the match; 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.94 × 40%15.1 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

How close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.

Component score0.97 of 1.00

Points added33.8 of 35

Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
Within one goalfor 93% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.93 × 50%16.3 pts

Drama

25% weight

Late result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.

Component score1.00 of 1.00

Points added25.0 of 25

Late result-changing goalat 89′+0.5012.5 pts
Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 pts
Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts

These events add up to 1.30. Drama is capped at 1.00, so it adds its maximum 25 points.

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

8′Penalty · Atlético Madrid0–1
45+4′Goal · Atlético Madrid0–2
Half-time · 0–2
51′Goal · Club Brugge1–2
60′Goal · Club Brugge2–2
79′Own goal · credited to Atlético Madrid2–3
89′Goal · Club Brugge Late Drama3–3
Full time · 3–3

Goals only, from ESPN. Minutes can differ by one from broadcast graphics. Red cards are counted in the statistics but not placed here, so timelines read the same across competitions (the domestic league data has no card times).

Match statistics

Statistic	Club Brugge	Atlético Madrid
Goals	3	3
Shots on target	10	4
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	1

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: 5.0 stars, margin of 0, 6 goals.
Late Drama: Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 89′.
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: ESPN public match data (scores, events, shots on target, cards); no xG available. Club crests are trademarks of their clubs; images via ESPN.

Technical details

Match ID: UCL-2025-espn:401858760
Source record: espn · 401858760
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 56551082fcab0e5bf55ae92e048cdcafdd2accca613edb94db57142db0531897
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14