Europa League · 2025/26 · 19 March 2026

SC Freiburg 5 to 1 Racing Genk

Second leg · first leg SC Freiburg 0–1 Racing Genk · aggregate 5–2

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.0 stars

6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
9 shots on target, a typical count: 55th percentile of 2025/26 matches (8.8 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 57% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
2 equalisers on aggregate added 7.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

47.9 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.82 of 1.00

Points added32.8 of 40

Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target9 in the match; 55th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.55 × 40%8.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.22 of 1.00

Points added7.6 of 35

Final margindecided by 4 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 43% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.43 × 50%7.6 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.30 of 1.00

Points added7.5 of 25

Equalisers (aggregate)2 equalisers+0.307.5 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

19′Goal · SC Freiburg1–0agg 1–1
25′Goal · SC Freiburg2–0agg 2–1
39′Goal · Racing Genk2–1agg 2–2
Half-time · 2–1
53′Goal · SC Freiburg3–1agg 3–2
56′Goal · SC Freiburg4–1agg 4–2
79′Goal · SC Freiburg5–1agg 5–2
Full time · 5–1

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	SC Freiburg	Racing Genk
Goals	5	1
Shots on target	6	3
Red cards	0	0
xGcontext only, never in the rating	Not available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 6 goals.
One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 4.

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:401862873
Source record: espn · 401862873
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 617afd2a8e91f96f6bc07a42e1fcc1d07f66a15f229cd080a3e3272fe34b8fde
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14