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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Bayer Leverkusen 2 to 7 Paris Saint-Germain

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • One-Sided
  • Chaos
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Why 3.5 stars

  • 9 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 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 51% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
  • 2 red cards added 5.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

58.7 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.91 of 1.00
Points added36.4 of 40
  • Goals9 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 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 score0.24 of 1.00
Points added8.6 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 5 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 49% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.49 × 50%8.6 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.55 of 1.00
Points added13.8 of 25
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Red cards2 red cards; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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. 7′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain0–1
  2. 38′Penalty · Bayer Leverkusen1–1
  3. 41′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain1–2
  4. 44′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain1–3
  5. 45+3′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain1–4
  6. Half-time · 1–4
  7. 50′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain1–5
  8. 54′Goal · Bayer Leverkusen2–5
  9. 66′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain2–6
  10. 90′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain2–7
  11. Full time · 2–7

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

StatisticBayer LeverkusenParis Saint-Germain
Goals27
Shots on target38
Red cards11
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.
One-Sided
Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 5.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 2 red cards, 2 penalties, 1 equaliser, 0 lead changes.

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:757693
Source record
espn · 757693
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
4b71464cd28c5041ccdde00ea3a8a6e5bbdd0d84cbbc45ff2c734edd53ae7fee
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14