Premier League · 2025/26 ·
Fulham
4 to 5
Manchester City
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.5 stars
- 9 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 54% of the match (9.5 points).
- Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.
How the rating adds up
58.3 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.87 of 1.00
Points added34.8 of 40
- Goals9 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% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.67 of 1.00
Points added23.5 of 35
- Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 54% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.54 × 50%9.5 pts
Drama
25% weightLate result-changing goals, comebacks, equalisers, red cards, penalties and shootouts.
Component score0.00 of 1.00
Points added0.0 of 25
- No drama events: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.
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
- 17′Goal · Manchester City0–1
- 37′Goal · Manchester City0–2
- 44′Goal · Manchester City0–3
- 45+2′Goal · Fulham1–3
- Half-time · 1–3
- 48′Goal · Manchester City1–4
- 54′Own goal · credited to Manchester City1–5
- 57′Goal · Fulham2–5
- 72′Goal · Fulham3–5
- 78′Goal · Fulham4–5
- Full time · 4–5
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 | Fulham | Manchester City |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 5 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 0.97 | 1.96 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 9 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:28912
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 28912
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 8dcc56995ea55e71d0c62a91be1706ec5b683e92e1c38786d06d30bdb0c676ae
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14