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Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Liverpool 4 to 2 Bournemouth

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

  • 6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
  • 13 shots on target, a high count: 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches (14.4 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 83% of the match (14.6 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 88′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

76.3 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.96 of 1.00
Points added38.4 of 40
  • Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
  • Shots on target13 in the match; 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.90 × 40%14.4 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.62 of 1.00
Points added21.6 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 83% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.83 × 50%14.6 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 88′+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. 37′Goal · Liverpool1–0
  2. Half-time · 1–0
  3. 49′Goal · Liverpool2–0
  4. 64′Goal · Bournemouth2–1
  5. 76′Goal · Bournemouth2–2
  6. 88′Goal · Liverpool Late Drama3–2
  7. 90+4′Goal · Liverpool4–2
  8. Full time · 4–2

Goals only, from Understat. Minutes can differ by one from broadcast graphics. Red cards are counted in the statistics but not placed here: the league data has no card times.

Match statistics

StatisticLiverpoolBournemouth
Goals42
Shots on target103
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.331.57
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 6 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 88′.

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: Understat (goals, xG), football-data.co.uk (shots on target, cards, odds). Club crests are trademarks of their clubs; images via ESPN.
Technical details
Match ID
EPL-2025-us:28778
Source record
understat+football-data · 28778
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
fddaa4e66c5d82fce66114ee4b62e6812e2ce4127b211e99669ceafa3ec8ddde
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14