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Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Manchester United 2 to 1 Chelsea

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 2.5 stars

  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • 5 shots on target, a low count: 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches (1.8 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 52% of the match (9.1 points).
  • 2 red cards added 5.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

44.3 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.40 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 pts
  • Shots on target5 in the match; 11th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.11 × 40%1.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.66 of 1.00
Points added23.1 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 52% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.52 × 50%9.1 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.20 of 1.00
Points added5.0 of 25
  • Red cards2 red cards; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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. 14′Goal · Manchester United1–0
  2. 37′Goal · Manchester United2–0
  3. Half-time · 2–0
  4. 80′Goal · Chelsea2–1
  5. Full time · 2–1

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

StatisticManchester UnitedChelsea
Goals21
Shots on target41
Red cards11
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.340.47
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

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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:28824
Source record
understat+football-data · 28824
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
bb5b10600f3e97cbe06ac71aa3560b1bb3512d6aeaba291410f11d4afe2253a2
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14