Conference League · 2025/26 · 19 March 2026

Sparta Prague 0 to 4 AZ Alkmaar

Second leg · first leg Sparta Prague 1–2 AZ Alkmaar · aggregate 1–6

Match Entertainment Rating

One-Sided

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Why 1.0 stars

4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
6 shots on target, a low count: 20th percentile of 2025/26 matches (3.2 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 64% of the match (11.3 points).
The 4-goal winning margin earned 0.0 of a possible 17.5 points for a close finish.
Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

32.5 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.53 of 1.00

Points added21.2 of 40

Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
Shots on target6 in the match; 20th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.20 × 40%3.2 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.32 of 1.00

Points added11.3 of 35

Final margindecided by 4 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 64% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.64 × 50%11.3 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

8′Goal · AZ Alkmaar0–1agg 1–3
Half-time · 0–1
58′Goal · AZ Alkmaar0–2agg 1–4
62′Goal · AZ Alkmaar0–3agg 1–5
73′Goal · AZ Alkmaar0–4agg 1–6
Full time · 0–4

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

Statistic	Sparta Prague	AZ Alkmaar
Goals	0	4
Shots on target	1	5
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 4.

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: UECL-2025-espn:401862857
Source record: espn · 401862857
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: e21e2348f5f035aa0105d98089814c406fdfb4ad0dde7b898a0f6ae58403ddc3
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14