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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Paris Saint-Germain 5 to 4 Bayern Munich

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Chaos
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 9 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
  • 13 shots on target, a high count: 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches (14.4 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 87% of the match (15.2 points).
  • 2 equalisers added 7.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

80.1 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.96 of 1.00
Points added38.4 of 40
  • Goals9 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
  • Shots on target13 in the match; 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.90 × 40%14.4 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.83 of 1.00
Points added29.2 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 87% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.87 × 50%15.2 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
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 pts
  • Penalties awarded2 penalties awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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. 17′Penalty · Bayern Munich0–1
  2. 24′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain1–1
  3. 33′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain2–1
  4. 41′Goal · Bayern Munich2–2
  5. 45+5′Penalty · Paris Saint-Germain3–2
  6. Half-time · 3–2
  7. 56′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain4–2
  8. 58′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain5–2
  9. 65′Goal · Bayern Munich5–3
  10. 68′Goal · Bayern Munich5–4
  11. Full time · 5–4

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

StatisticParis Saint-GermainBayern Munich
Goals54
Shots on target58
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play2

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 9 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 9 goals.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 0 red cards, 2 penalties, 2 equalisers, 1 lead change.

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:401862893
Source record
espn · 401862893
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
df2446cd4273f947e0e942844ff1b34fa341fdd76fe79711cf5cb1b1923c301d
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14