Football/ Ayush Pawar

Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Atalanta 2 to 1 Club Brugge

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Comeback
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Why 3.5 stars

  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.
  • 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

63.9 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.40 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 pts
  • Shots on target5 in the match; 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.11 × 40%1.8 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 score0.65 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 25
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • 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. 38′Goal · Club Brugge0–1
  2. Half-time · 0–1
  3. 74′Penalty · Atalanta1–1
  4. 87′Goal · Atalanta2–1
  5. Full time · 2–1

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

StatisticAtalantaClub Brugge
Goals21
Shots on target32
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Comeback
Winner trailed at or after 60', or a team came back from 2 down to avoid defeat; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: within this match.

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:757672
Source record
espn · 757672
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
0bf3f4d3395d4b3fa191c5a98a3a8c0eeac16c9050e52550e653dc9e1bdcc420
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14