Football/ Ayush Pawar

Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Sporting CP 0 to 1 Arsenal

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Late Drama
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Why 3.5 stars

  • 9 shots on target, a typical count: 55th percentile of 2025/26 matches (8.8 points).
  • 1 goal added a little to the entertainment score (4.8 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+1′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

57.6 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.34 of 1.00
Points added13.6 of 40
  • Goals1 goal0.20 × 60%4.8 pts
  • Shots on target9 in the match; 55th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.55 × 40%8.8 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 score0.50 of 1.00
Points added12.5 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+1′+0.5012.5 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. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 90+1′Goal · Arsenal Late Drama0–1
  3. Full time · 0–1

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

StatisticSporting CPArsenal
Goals01
Shots on target54
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

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+1′.

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:401862888
Source record
espn · 401862888
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
b1756381d78a46890c99c8a9b23c1470ed172a75a807b64ae8e8faf2b3e2e6ea
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14