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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Tottenham Hotspur 3 to 2 Atlético Madrid

Second leg · first leg Tottenham Hotspur 2–5 Atlético Madrid · aggregate 5–7

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
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Why 5.0 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 17 shots on target, a high count: 99th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.8 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

91.4 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.94 of 1.00
Points added37.4 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target17 in the match; 99th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.99 × 40%15.8 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 score0.90 of 1.00
Points added22.5 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 pts
  • Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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. 30′Goal · Tottenham Hotspur1–0agg 3–5
  2. Half-time · 1–0
  3. 47′Goal · Atlético Madrid1–1agg 3–6
  4. 52′Goal · Tottenham Hotspur2–1agg 4–6
  5. 75′Goal · Atlético Madrid2–2agg 4–7
  6. 90′Penalty · Tottenham Hotspur Late Drama3–2agg 5–7
  7. Full 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

StatisticTottenham HotspurAtlético Madrid
Goals32
Shots on target116
Red cards00
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: 5.0 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 90′.

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:401862580
Source record
espn · 401862580
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
61ba722817c697bf29764081f438d9fefac5655a00c1c11abf3b26b835b1bd8a
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14