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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Juventus 3 to 2 Galatasaray

After extra time

Second leg · first leg Juventus 2–5 Galatasaray · aggregate 5–7

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 17 shots on target, a high count: 89th percentile of 2025/26 matches (14.2 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 59% of the match (10.3 points).
  • A result-changing goal on aggregate at 105+1′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

81.4 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.90 of 1.00
Points added35.8 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target17 in the match (scaled to 90 minutes); 89th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.89 × 40%14.2 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.70 of 1.00
Points added24.4 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 59% of the 120 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.59 × 50%10.3 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.85 of 1.00
Points added21.2 of 25
  • Late result-changing goal (aggregate)at 105+1′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers (aggregate)1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts
  • Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts

Second leg: drama was scored on the aggregate score, because that was higher than this match on its own.

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. 37′Penalty · Juventus1–0agg 3–5
  2. Half-time · 1–0
  3. 70′Goal · Juventus2–0agg 4–5
  4. 82′Goal · Juventus3–0agg 5–5
  5. End of normal time · 3–0
  6. 105+1′Goal · Galatasaray Late Drama · aggregate3–1agg 5–6
  7. Extra time, half-time · 3–1
  8. 119′Goal · Galatasaray3–2agg 5–7
  9. End of extra time · 3–2

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

StatisticJuventusGalatasaray
Goals32
Shots on target98
Red cards10
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 5 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 105+1′ on aggregate.

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:401858765
Source record
espn · 401858765
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
88663b9c005bb8420849c51770f51970d502efed8852c527492b550c2749e9cb
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14