Football/ Ayush Pawar

Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Fulham 1 to 1 Manchester United

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.5 stars

  • 2 goals contributed to the entertainment score (9.6 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

55.6 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.36 of 1.00
Points added14.4 of 40
  • Goals2 goals0.40 × 60%9.6 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 score1.00 of 1.00
Points added35.0 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
  • Within one goalfor 100% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)1.00 × 50%17.5 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.25 of 1.00
Points added6.2 of 25
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 58′Own goal · credited to Manchester United0–1
  3. 73′Goal · Fulham1–1
  4. Full time · 1–1

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

StatisticFulhamManchester United
Goals11
Shots on target43
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.651.55
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

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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:28796
Source record
understat+football-data · 28796
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
27150deeb03b875d16e9520f1067de88e11dd6a63a0b59b02bc77f81fcc3e865
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14