Football/ Ayush Pawar

Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Chelsea 1 to 3 Brighton

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Late Drama
  • Comeback
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+2′ added 12.5 drama points.
  • A comeback added 10.0 drama points.
  • Drama reached its maximum of 25 points: its events add up to more than the cap.

How the rating adds up

70.7 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.53 of 1.00
Points added21.2 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
  • Shots on target6 in the match; 20th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.20 × 40%3.2 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.70 of 1.00
Points added24.5 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 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 score1.00 of 1.00
Points added25.0 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+2′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 pts

These events add up to 1.15. Drama is capped at 1.00, so it adds its maximum 25 points.

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. 24′Goal · Chelsea1–0
  2. Half-time · 1–0
  3. 77′Goal · Brighton1–1
  4. 90+2′Goal · Brighton Late Drama1–2
  5. 90+10′Goal · Brighton1–3
  6. Full time · 1–3

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

StatisticChelseaBrighton
Goals13
Shots on target33
Red cards10
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.032.48
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

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+2′.
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: 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:28829
Source record
understat+football-data · 28829
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
95a8da8b3f9ca602d212e7eb8bcbd4eac256247dc55d7590a8c17051da03a248
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14