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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

AS Monaco 2 to 2 Manchester City

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • A result-changing goal at 90′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

84.3 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.67 of 1.00
Points added26.8 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 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 score1.00 of 1.00
Points added35.0 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 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 score0.90 of 1.00
Points added22.5 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 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. 15′Goal · Manchester City0–1
  2. 18′Goal · AS Monaco1–1
  3. 44′Goal · Manchester City1–2
  4. Half-time · 1–2
  5. 90′Penalty · AS Monaco Late Drama2–2
  6. Full time · 2–2

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

StatisticAS MonacoManchester City
Goals22
Shots on target36
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 0, 4 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′.

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:757686
Source record
espn · 757686
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
7010cf8e048bb6f6d6749aee9b38f386a6912e168412dedbfedc46403ec12d1a
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14