Champions League · 2025/26 · 10 March 2026

Atlético Madrid 5 to 2 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 2.5 stars

7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 84% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
The 3-goal winning margin earned 2.6 of a possible 17.5 points for a close finish.
Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

43.0 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.94 of 1.00

Points added37.6 of 40

Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target12 in the match; 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.85 × 40%13.6 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.15 of 1.00

Points added5.3 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 16% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.16 × 50%2.7 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

6′Goal · Atlético Madrid1–0
14′Goal · Atlético Madrid2–0
15′Goal · Atlético Madrid3–0
22′Goal · Atlético Madrid4–0
26′Goal · Tottenham Hotspur4–1
Half-time · 4–1
55′Goal · Atlético Madrid5–1
76′Goal · Tottenham Hotspur5–2
Full time · 5–2

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

Statistic	Atlético Madrid	Tottenham Hotspur
Goals	5	2
Shots on target	7	5
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 7 goals.
One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 3.

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:401862579
Source record: espn · 401862579
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 96360c717c57bde9da209e93100e778f945a24ca2492e7fe0c90e99433b35ce3
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14