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Europa League · 2025/26 ·

Celtic 1 to 4 VfB Stuttgart

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • One-Sided
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Why 2.5 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 7 shots on target, a typical count: 30th percentile of 2025/26 matches (4.8 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 63% of the match (11.1 points).
  • 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

43.9 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.66 of 1.00
Points added26.4 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target7 in the match; 30th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.30 × 40%4.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.39 of 1.00
Points added13.7 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
  • Within one goalfor 63% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.63 × 50%11.1 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.15 of 1.00
Points added3.8 of 25
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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. 15′Goal · VfB Stuttgart0–1
  2. 21′Goal · Celtic1–1
  3. 28′Goal · VfB Stuttgart1–2
  4. Half-time · 1–2
  5. 57′Goal · VfB Stuttgart1–3
  6. 90+3′Goal · VfB Stuttgart1–4
  7. Full time · 1–4

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

StatisticCelticVfB Stuttgart
Goals14
Shots on target25
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
One-Sided
Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 3.

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
UEL-2025-espn:401858771
Source record
espn · 401858771
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
ccd0a30f20f2bbad8667cab8160e1aa0bc83b266d2cf9d6c03e18e2ab4ee67f3
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14