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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Paris Saint-Germain 5 to 3 Tottenham Hotspur

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Chaos
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 8 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).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 77% of the match (13.4 points).
  • 2 equalisers added 7.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

69.3 / 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
  • Goals8 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 score0.58 of 1.00
Points added20.4 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 77% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.77 × 50%13.4 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.50 of 1.00
Points added12.5 of 25
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 pts
  • Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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. 35′Goal · Tottenham Hotspur0–1
  2. 45′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain1–1
  3. Half-time · 1–1
  4. 50′Goal · Tottenham Hotspur1–2
  5. 53′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain2–2
  6. 59′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain3–2
  7. 65′Goal · Paris Saint-Germain4–2
  8. 72′Goal · Tottenham Hotspur4–3
  9. 76′Penalty · Paris Saint-Germain5–3
  10. Full time · 5–3

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

StatisticParis Saint-GermainTottenham Hotspur
Goals53
Shots on target65
Red cards10
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 8 goals.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 1 red card, 1 penalty, 2 equalisers, 1 lead change.

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:757736
Source record
espn · 757736
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
24088b2bff2a8283534f4fa565b1c221e3babe2213c0ec13555477cf05f458c0
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14