Football/ Ayush Pawar

Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Tottenham 1 to 2 Liverpool

Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.0 stars

  • 3 goals contributed to the entertainment score (14.4 points).
  • 8 shots on target, a typical count: 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches (6.7 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 81% of the match (14.2 points).
  • 2 red cards added 5.0 drama points.

How the rating adds up

54.3 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.53 of 1.00
Points added21.1 of 40
  • Goals3 goals0.60 × 60%14.4 pts
  • Shots on target8 in the match; 42nd percentile of 2025/26 matches0.42 × 40%6.7 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.81 of 1.00
Points added28.2 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 81% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.81 × 50%14.2 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.20 of 1.00
Points added5.0 of 25
  • Red cards2 red cards; counts up to 2+0.205.0 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. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 56′Goal · Liverpool0–1
  3. 66′Goal · Liverpool0–2
  4. 83′Goal · Tottenham1–2
  5. Full time · 1–2

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

StatisticTottenhamLiverpool
Goals12
Shots on target44
Red cards20
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.351.23
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

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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:28946
Source record
understat+football-data · 28946
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
7cec699bd3d124024a337b931d108e52adaad4b57bab6dc9fc4b4773612eb582
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14