Premier League · 2025/26 ·
Everton
2 to 4
Brentford
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.5 stars
- 6 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- 13 shots on target, a high count: 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches (14.4 points).
- The score stayed within one goal for 56% of the match (9.7 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
55.1 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.96 of 1.00
Points added38.4 of 40
- Goals6 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target13 in the match; 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.90 × 40%14.4 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.48 of 1.00
Points added16.7 of 35
- Final margindecided by 2 goals0.40 × 50%7.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 56% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.56 × 50%9.7 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
- 11′Goal · Brentford0–1
- Half-time · 0–1
- 50′Goal · Brentford0–2
- 51′Goal · Brentford0–3
- 66′Goal · Everton1–3
- 88′Goal · Brentford1–4
- 90+1′Goal · Everton2–4
- Full time · 2–4
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 | Everton | Brentford |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 4 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 7 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 1.01 | 3.05 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 6 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:28974
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 28974
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 930f3e8430ae94f2b4bde6497efa57e3a7783baafdb26e752ec2c9695509bf19
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14