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Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 to 4 Manchester United

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • One-Sided
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Why 3.5 stars

  • 5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
  • 12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 69% of the match (12.1 points).
  • 1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

56.1 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.88 of 1.00
Points added35.2 of 40
  • Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
  • Shots on target12 in the match; 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.85 × 40%13.6 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.42 of 1.00
Points added14.7 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
  • Within one goalfor 69% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.69 × 50%12.1 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.25 of 1.00
Points added6.2 of 25
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 pts
  • Penalties awarded1 penalty awarded during play; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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. 25′Goal · Manchester United0–1
  2. 45+2′Goal · Wolverhampton Wanderers1–1
  3. Half-time · 1–1
  4. 51′Goal · Manchester United1–2
  5. 62′Goal · Manchester United1–3
  6. 82′Penalty · Manchester United1–4
  7. Full time · 1–4

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

StatisticWolverhampton WanderersManchester United
Goals14
Shots on target210
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating0.264.05
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

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

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:28927
Source record
understat+football-data · 28927
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
54e2f25531cc92542dee530cf319d4bf77eb98460bc36c1fef09fa0257c0a351
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14