Football/ Ayush Pawar

Champions League · 2026/27 ·

Real Madrid 2 to 1 Internazionale

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.0 stars

  • 15 shots on target, a high count: 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.5 points).
  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • One side was two or more goals clear for 60% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
  • Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

50.9 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.75 of 1.00
Points added29.9 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 pts
  • Shots on target15 in the match; 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.97 × 40%15.5 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

How close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.

Component score0.60 of 1.00
Points added21.0 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 40% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.40 × 50%7.0 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.00 of 1.00
Points added0.0 of 25
  • No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

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 · Real Madrid1–0
  2. 23′Goal · Real Madrid2–0
  3. Half-time · 2–0
  4. 77′Goal · Internazionale2–1
  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

StatisticReal MadridInternazionale
Goals21
Shots on target87
Red cards00
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-2026-espn:401915451
Source record
espn · 401915451
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
aeae25c836ce23bb71870f5717da5b7b70043721c7085932d1afe40a23ea254b
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14