Football/ Ayush Pawar

Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Manchester United 4 to 4 Bournemouth

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Chaos
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Why 5.0 stars

  • 8 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • 4 equalisers added 15.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

89.9 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added39.9 of 40
  • Goals8 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
  • Shots on target18 in the match; 99th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.99 × 40%15.9 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added35.0 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
  • Within one goalfor 100% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)1.00 × 50%17.5 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.60 of 1.00
Points added15.0 of 25
  • Equalisers4 equalisers+0.6015.0 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. 13′Goal · Manchester United1–0
  2. 40′Goal · Bournemouth1–1
  3. 45+4′Goal · Manchester United2–1
  4. Half-time · 2–1
  5. 46′Goal · Bournemouth2–2
  6. 52′Goal · Bournemouth2–3
  7. 77′Goal · Manchester United3–3
  8. 79′Goal · Manchester United4–3
  9. 84′Goal · Bournemouth4–4
  10. Full time · 4–4

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

StatisticManchester UnitedBournemouth
Goals44
Shots on target99
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating3.212.35
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 8 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 5.0 stars, margin of 0, 8 goals.
Chaos
4 or more of: red cards, penalties awarded, equalisers, lead changes. Here: 0 red cards, 0 penalties, 4 equalisers, 2 lead changes.

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:28934
Source record
understat+football-data · 28934
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
786074c526857474dde81a6f5c6797e420f25eb3967c7b41eb5cc8912370490a
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14