Football/ Ayush Pawar

Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Sporting CP 2 to 1 Marseille

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Comeback
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • 10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

72.9 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.63 of 1.00
Points added25.2 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 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 score0.90 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
  • Red cards1 red card; 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. 14′Goal · Marseille0–1
  2. Half-time · 0–1
  3. 69′Goal · Sporting CP1–1
  4. 86′Goal · Sporting CP2–1
  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

StatisticSporting CPMarseille
Goals21
Shots on target73
Red cards01
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

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:757706
Source record
espn · 757706
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
559d5a9f4531e047de6fa9a6a096d42a9ea800b6b844fe541b107961ed5a559f
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14