Champions League · 2025/26 · 17 March 2026

Chelsea 0 to 3 Paris Saint-Germain

Second leg · first leg Chelsea 2–5 Paris Saint-Germain · aggregate 2–8

Match Entertainment Rating

One-Sided

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Why 1.5 stars

14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 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

34.8 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.74 of 1.00

Points added29.4 of 40

Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 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 score0.15 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 · Paris Saint-Germain0–1agg 2–6
14′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain0–2agg 2–7
Half-time · 0–2
62′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain0–3agg 2–8
Full time · 0–3

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	Chelsea	Paris Saint-Germain
Goals	0	3
Shots on target	9	5
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

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:401862648
Source record: espn · 401862648
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: b3aa9ae7ca615617f8d9655c55bb580490c4edacda95533c05284d7b478e2da2
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14