Conference League · 2025/26 ·
Crystal Palace
3 to 1
AZ Alkmaar
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.0 stars
- 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
- 11 shots on target, a high count: 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches (12.4 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 53% of the match (9.3 points).
- 1 penalty awarded during play added 2.5 drama points.
How the rating adds up
49.2 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.76 of 1.00
Points added30.4 of 40
- Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
- Shots on target11 in the match; 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.78 × 40%12.4 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.47 of 1.00
Points added16.3 of 35
- Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 53% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.53 × 50%9.3 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.10 of 1.00
Points added2.5 of 25
- 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
- 22′Goal · Crystal Palace1–0
- 45+4′Goal · Crystal Palace2–0
- Half-time · 2–0
- 54′Goal · AZ Alkmaar2–1
- 57′Goal · Crystal Palace3–1
- 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
| Statistic | Crystal Palace | AZ Alkmaar |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGcontext only, never in the rating | Not available for this competition | |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 1 | |
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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
- UECL-2025-espn:758018
- Source record
- espn · 758018
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 0ec37c6d8a316bc8594cdb7624b7c2e39add961ce6b0663644079e03ba408dbf
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14