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Champions League · 2025/26 ·

Bayern Munich 3 to 1 Sporting CP

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Comeback
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Why 3.5 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • 9 shots on target, a typical count: 55th percentile of 2025/26 matches (8.8 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 86% of the match (15.0 points).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

62.5 / 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 score0.63 of 1.00
Points added22.0 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 86% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.86 × 50%15.0 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
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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. 54′Own goal · credited to Sporting CP0–1
  3. 65′Goal · Bayern Munich1–1
  4. 69′Goal · Bayern Munich2–1
  5. 77′Goal · Bayern Munich3–1
  6. Full time · 3–1

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

StatisticBayern MunichSporting CP
Goals31
Shots on target90
Red cards00
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:757744
Source record
espn · 757744
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
daed78e809ea700c2a07db82696e4d8cba9c04c292a4dc404b6fcafa22dc5398
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14