Europa League · 2025/26 · 26 February 2026

Red Star Belgrade 0 to 2 Lille

After extra time

Second leg · first leg Red Star Belgrade 1–0 Lille · aggregate 1–2

Match Entertainment Rating

Late Drama

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Why 3.5 stars

2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
11 shots on target, a typical count: 45th percentile of 2025/26 matches (7.2 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 82% of the match (14.4 points).
A result-changing goal on aggregate at 99′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

54.5 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.42 of 1.00

Points added16.8 of 40

Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 pts
Shots on target11 in the match (scaled to 90 minutes); 45th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.45 × 40%7.2 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.61 of 1.00

Points added21.4 of 35

Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
Within one goalfor 82% of the 120 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.82 × 50%14.4 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.65 of 1.00

Points added16.2 of 25

Late result-changing goal (aggregate)at 99′+0.5012.5 pts
Equalisers (aggregate)1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts

Second leg: drama was scored on the aggregate score, because that was higher than this match on its own.

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

4′Goal · Lille0–1agg 1–1
Half-time · 0–1
End of normal time · 0–1
99′Goal · Lille Late Drama · aggregate0–2agg 1–2
Extra time, half-time · 0–2
End of extra time · 0–2

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	Red Star Belgrade	Lille
Goals	0	2
Shots on target	3	8
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

Late Drama: Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 99′ on aggregate.

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:401858783
Source record: espn · 401858783
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 057d26fc03f790a371edff98a099a06c3be961cdf325841ecea0ed2aacb65401
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14