Europa League · 2025/26 ·
Aston Villa
3 to 2
RB Salzburg
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 4.5 stars
- 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
- 16 shots on target, a high count: 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.7 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 83% of the match (14.6 points).
- A comeback added 15.0 drama points.
How the rating adds up
84.6 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.93 of 1.00
Points added37.3 of 40
- Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
- Shots on target16 in the match; 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.98 × 40%15.7 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.82 of 1.00
Points added28.6 of 35
- Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 83% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.83 × 50%14.6 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.75 of 1.00
Points added18.8 of 25
- Comebackwon after trailing late, and recovered from two down+0.6015.0 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
- 33′Own goal · credited to RB Salzburg0–1
- Half-time · 0–1
- 49′Goal · RB Salzburg0–2
- 64′Goal · Aston Villa1–2
- 76′Goal · Aston Villa2–2
- 87′Goal · Aston Villa3–2
- 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
| Statistic | Aston Villa | RB Salzburg |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2 |
| Shots on target | 9 | 7 |
| 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: 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.
- Comeback
- Winner trailed at or after 60', or a team came back from 2 down to avoid defeat; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: within this match.
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:757939
- Source record
- espn · 757939
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 5062127633366c72123f86024215dd6bfd5f9b441401107e3d75cb251ba0a4ca
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14