Conference League · 2025/26 · 18 December 2025

AEK Athens 3 to 2 CSU Craiova

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
Thriller
Late Drama
Comeback
Chaos

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Why 5.0 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 93% of the match (16.3 points).
A comeback added 15.0 drama points.
A result-changing goal at 90+15′ added 12.5 drama points.
Drama reached its maximum of 25 points: its events add up to more than the cap.

How the rating adds up

87.7 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.81 of 1.00

Points added32.4 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target10 in the match; 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.67 × 40%10.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.87 of 1.00

Points added30.3 of 35

Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
Within one goalfor 93% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.93 × 50%16.3 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score1.00 of 1.00

Points added25.0 of 25

Late result-changing goalat 90+15′+0.5012.5 pts
Comebackwon after trailing late, and recovered from two down+0.6015.0 pts
Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts
Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts

These events add up to 1.45. Drama is capped at 1.00, so it adds its maximum 25 points.

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

30′Goal · CSU Craiova0–1
Half-time · 0–1
59′Goal · CSU Craiova0–2
65′Goal · AEK Athens1–2
90+8′Goal · AEK Athens2–2
90+15′Penalty · AEK Athens Late Drama3–2
Full time · 3–2

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	AEK Athens	CSU Craiova
Goals	3	2
Shots on target	5	5
Red cards	0	1
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	1

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
Thriller: 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 5.0 stars, margin of 1, 5 goals.
Late Drama: Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 90+15′.
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: 1 red card, 1 penalty, 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:758056
Source record: espn · 758056
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 34bcc3b5a28b3ec20e6a98bde2be9bd09b07f6095212dd2ffdfacbc2128f2136
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14