Football/ Ayush Pawar

Conference League · 2025/26 ·

Hamrun Spartans 3 to 1 Lincoln Red Imps

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Comeback
  • Chaos
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • 15 shots on target, a high count: 97th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.5 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

76.7 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.84 of 1.00
Points added33.5 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 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 score0.70 of 1.00
Points added24.5 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 100% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)1.00 × 50%17.5 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.75 of 1.00
Points added18.8 of 25
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Red cards2 red cards; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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. 57′Goal · Lincoln Red Imps0–1
  3. 65′Goal · Hamrun Spartans1–1
  4. 74′Goal · Hamrun Spartans2–1
  5. 90+2′Goal · Hamrun Spartans3–1
  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

StatisticHamrun SpartansLincoln Red Imps
Goals31
Shots on target114
Red cards11
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.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 2 red cards, 0 penalties, 1 equaliser, 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
UECL-2025-espn:758020
Source record
espn · 758020
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
dc1760050f10eb4bb17d5dff4cd62da31b764889046ecb781fd44a3919ccdd37
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14