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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Galatasaray 0 to 1 Union St.-Gilloise

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 2.5 stars

  • 8 shots on target, a typical count: 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches (6.7 points).
  • 1 goal added a little to the entertainment score (4.8 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • 1 red card added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

45.5 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.29 of 1.00
Points added11.5 of 40
  • Goals1 goal0.20 × 60%4.8 pts
  • Shots on target8 in the match; 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches0.42 × 40%6.7 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 score0.10 of 1.00
Points added2.5 of 25
  • 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. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 57′Goal · Union St.-Gilloise0–1
  3. Full time · 0–1

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

StatisticGalatasarayUnion St.-Gilloise
Goals01
Shots on target35
Red cards10
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

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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:757726
Source record
espn · 757726
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
e8abdf305373d9df0de86502ef5a0301f83bfebc4618af0dda4c87043499f79c
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14