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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Borussia Dortmund 2 to 0 Atalanta

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 1.0 stars

  • 2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
  • 5 shots on target, a low count: 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches (1.8 points).
  • One side was two or more goals clear for 53% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
  • Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

26.6 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.28 of 1.00
Points added11.4 of 40
  • Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 pts
  • Shots on target5 in the match; 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.11 × 40%1.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.43 of 1.00
Points added15.2 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 47% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.47 × 50%8.2 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.00 of 1.00
Points added0.0 of 25
  • No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

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. 3′Goal · Borussia Dortmund1–0
  2. 42′Goal · Borussia Dortmund2–0
  3. Half-time · 2–0
  4. Full time · 2–0

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

StatisticBorussia DortmundAtalanta
Goals20
Shots on target23
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
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: 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:401858761
Source record
espn · 401858761
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
333342696a4f5994e6206dc60b70a6e43ad8ca1472cd9a96cff74e206dc88e31
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14