Football/ Ayush Pawar

Premier League · 2025/26 ·

West Ham 3 to 2 Burnley

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
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Why 4.0 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 13 shots on target, a high count: 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches (14.4 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 97% of the match (16.9 points).
  • 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

70.7 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.90 of 1.00
Points added36.0 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 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 score0.88 of 1.00
Points added30.9 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 97% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.97 × 50%16.9 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

  1. 35′Goal · Burnley0–1
  2. 44′Goal · West Ham1–1
  3. Half-time · 1–1
  4. 77′Goal · West Ham2–1
  5. 87′Goal · West Ham3–1
  6. 90+7′Goal · Burnley3–2
  7. Full time · 3–2

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

StatisticWest HamBurnley
Goals32
Shots on target67
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating2.971.87
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.

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:28887
Source record
understat+football-data · 28887
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
1ee3e4b558ac82c4fb271b29e192e7f2aeaa928637acab440aeebffaf99ad779
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14