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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

PSV Eindhoven 1 to 3 Union St.-Gilloise

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.0 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • 11 shots on target, a high count: 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches (12.4 points).
  • One side was two or more goals clear for 57% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
  • 1 penalty awarded during play added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

47.5 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.76 of 1.00
Points added30.4 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
  • Shots on target11 in the match; 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.78 × 40%12.4 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.42 of 1.00
Points added14.6 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 43% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.43 × 50%7.6 pts

Drama

25% weight

Late result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.

Component score0.10 of 1.00
Points added2.5 of 25
  • 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. 9′Penalty · Union St.-Gilloise0–1
  2. 39′Goal · Union St.-Gilloise0–2
  3. Half-time · 0–2
  4. 81′Goal · Union St.-Gilloise0–3
  5. 90′Goal · PSV Eindhoven1–3
  6. Full time · 1–3

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

StatisticPSV EindhovenUnion St.-Gilloise
Goals13
Shots on target38
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

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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:757654
Source record
espn · 757654
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
be4390ea11fa4256a117c2b07b0805b235a3f90b9ae4efaf3c4edbbf66bcd762
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14