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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Liverpool 3 to 2 Atlético Madrid

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Late Drama
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 57% of the match (9.9 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+2′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

72.5 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.81 of 1.00
Points added32.4 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target10 in the match; 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.67 × 40%10.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.68 of 1.00
Points added23.9 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 57% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.57 × 50%9.9 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.65 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+2′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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. 4′Goal · Liverpool1–0
  2. 6′Goal · Liverpool2–0
  3. 45+3′Goal · Atlético Madrid2–1
  4. Half-time · 2–1
  5. 81′Goal · Atlético Madrid2–2
  6. 90+2′Goal · Liverpool Late Drama3–2
  7. Full time · 3–2

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

StatisticLiverpoolAtlético Madrid
Goals32
Shots on target64
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
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+2′.

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:757662
Source record
espn · 757662
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
94d6fa215c6bd8b911f9aeae3c09ca2476f3fd82ed528b20f2cb68c41a2abe68
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14