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Europa League · 2025/26 ·

VfB Stuttgart 3 to 2 Young Boys

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 14 shots on target, a high count: 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.1 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 61% of the match (10.7 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

77.6 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.92 of 1.00
Points added36.6 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target14 in the match; 94th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.94 × 40%15.1 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.71 of 1.00
Points added24.7 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 61% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.61 × 50%10.7 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 goalat 90′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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

  1. 6′Goal · VfB Stuttgart1–0
  2. 7′Goal · VfB Stuttgart2–0
  3. 42′Goal · Young Boys2–1
  4. Half-time · 2–1
  5. 57′Goal · Young Boys2–2
  6. 90′Goal · VfB Stuttgart Late Drama3–2
  7. Full time · 3–2

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

StatisticVfB StuttgartYoung Boys
Goals32
Shots on target104
Red cards00
xGcontext only, never in the ratingNot available for this competition
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 5 goals.
Late Drama
Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 90′.

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:757938
Source record
espn · 757938
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
a86be848d28173d5c200a23b106144efa54bcce5e5598592c839555b9641aca6
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14