Europa League · 2025/26 · 19 March 2026

Aston Villa 2 to 0 Lille

Second leg · first leg Aston Villa 1–0 Lille · aggregate 3–0

Match Entertainment Rating

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Why 1.5 stars

2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
6 shots on target, a low count: 20th percentile of 2025/26 matches (3.2 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 96% of the match (16.7 points).
Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

36.5 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.32 of 1.00

Points added12.8 of 40

Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 pts
Shots on target6 in the match; 20th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.20 × 40%3.2 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.68 of 1.00

Points added23.7 of 35

Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
Within one goalfor 96% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.96 × 50%16.7 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.00 of 1.00

Points added0.0 of 25

No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

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

Half-time · 0–0
54′Goal · Aston Villa1–0agg 2–0
86′Goal · Aston Villa2–0agg 3–0
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	Aston Villa	Lille
Goals	2	0
Shots on target	3	3
Red cards	0	0
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:401862759
Source record: espn · 401862759
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 8de7756948930de8c7c235dece16c639c8008b17a5436817071092cfdb7a025b
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14