Premier League · 2025/26 ·
Brighton
3 to 4
Aston Villa
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 4.5 stars
- 7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- 17 shots on target, a high count: 99th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.8 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 86% of the match (15.0 points).
- A comeback added 10.0 drama points.
How the rating adds up
82.5 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added39.8 of 40
- Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target17 in the match; 99th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.99 × 40%15.8 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.83 of 1.00
Points added29.0 of 35
- Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 86% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.86 × 50%15.0 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.55 of 1.00
Points added13.8 of 25
- Comeback+0.4010.0 pts
- 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
- 9′Goal · Brighton1–0
- 29′Own goal · credited to Brighton2–0
- 37′Goal · Aston Villa2–1
- 45+7′Goal · Aston Villa2–2
- Half-time · 2–2
- 60′Goal · Aston Villa2–3
- 78′Goal · Aston Villa2–4
- 83′Goal · Brighton3–4
- Full time · 3–4
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 | Brighton | Aston Villa |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 10 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 1.96 | 3.16 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 7 goals.
- Thriller
- 4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 7 goals.
- 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:28910
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 28910
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 90f8781608f3ce15f2341f1b3b417f80d7cf821f3a8cded32c85669a953e6f3d
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14