Premier League · 2025/26 · 27 September 2025

Manchester City 5 to 1 Burnley

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.0 stars

6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 72% of the match (12.6 points).
1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

51.2 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.87 of 1.00

Points added34.8 of 40

Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target10 in the match; 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.67 × 40%10.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.36 of 1.00

Points added12.6 of 35

Final margindecided by 4 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 72% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.72 × 50%12.6 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.15 of 1.00

Points added3.8 of 25

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

12′Own goal · credited to Manchester City1–0
38′Goal · Burnley1–1
Half-time · 1–1
61′Goal · Manchester City2–1
65′Own goal · credited to Manchester City3–1
90′Goal · Manchester City4–1
90+3′Goal · Manchester City5–1
Full time · 5–1

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

Statistic	Manchester City	Burnley
Goals	5	1
Shots on target	8	2
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	3.22	0.51
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 6 goals.
One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 4.

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:28833
Source record: understat+football-data · 28833
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: ac97b0725e2c9cbb83430114743c3b161e4606e856d28bd3f51e6892a2a52d92
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14