Champions League · 2025/26 · 17 March 2026

Arsenal 2 to 0 Bayer Leverkusen

Second leg · first leg Arsenal 1–1 Bayer Leverkusen · aggregate 3–1

Match Entertainment Rating

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Why 2.5 stars

14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 70% of the match (12.2 points).
Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

43.9 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.62 of 1.00

Points added24.6 of 40

Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 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 score0.55 of 1.00

Points added19.2 of 35

Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
Within one goalfor 70% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.70 × 50%12.2 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

36′Goal · Arsenal1–0agg 2–1
Half-time · 1–0
63′Goal · Arsenal2–0agg 3–1
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

Statistic	Arsenal	Bayer Leverkusen
Goals	2	0
Shots on target	12	2
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

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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:401862581
Source record: espn · 401862581
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: b0a53406a76dccc20296c24f9c58875d65bb04d05dd0026aa3d3c93f7583c01e
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14