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Europa League · 2025/26 ·

Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0 to 3 FC Midtjylland

Match Entertainment Rating
  • One-Sided
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Why 1.5 stars

  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • 7 shots on target, a typical count: 30th percentile of 2025/26 matches (4.8 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 79% of the match (13.8 points).
  • The 3-goal winning margin earned 2.6 of a possible 17.5 points for a close finish.
  • Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

35.6 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.48 of 1.00
Points added19.2 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 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 score0.47 of 1.00
Points added16.4 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
  • Within one goalfor 79% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.79 × 50%13.8 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

  1. 43′Goal · FC Midtjylland0–1
  2. Half-time · 0–1
  3. 71′Goal · FC Midtjylland0–2
  4. 84′Goal · FC Midtjylland0–3
  5. Full time · 0–3

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

StatisticMaccabi Tel-AvivFC Midtjylland
Goals03
Shots on target34
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

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:757848
Source record
espn · 757848
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
fc4d2104994b76c18e9b05fc7dbff8deb1703ea0f22e42771a766016aeec9f2f
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14