Europa League · 2025/26 · 19 March 2026

FC Porto 2 to 0 VfB Stuttgart

Second leg · first leg FC Porto 2–1 VfB Stuttgart · aggregate 4–1

Match Entertainment Rating

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Why 2.5 stars

10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 80% of the match (14.0 points).
1 red card added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

43.9 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.51 of 1.00

Points added20.4 of 40

Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 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 score0.60 of 1.00

Points added21.0 of 35

Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
Within one goalfor 80% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.80 × 50%14.0 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.10 of 1.00

Points added2.5 of 25

Red cards1 red card; 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

21′Goal · FC Porto1–0agg 3–1
Half-time · 1–0
72′Goal · FC Porto2–0agg 4–1
Full time · 2–0

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	FC Porto	VfB Stuttgart
Goals	2	0
Shots on target	4	6
Red cards	0	1
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

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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: UEL-2025-espn:401862756
Source record: espn · 401862756
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: a57c75c813b65f03b4876666cdaad96735fcd10f8ea9d07fcc4ab5a2782c0ba0
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14