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Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Manchester United 3 to 2 Fulham

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
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Why 4.5 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 68% of the match (11.9 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+4′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

79.8 / 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 score0.74 of 1.00
Points added25.9 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 68% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.68 × 50%11.9 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.75 of 1.00
Points added18.8 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+4′+0.5012.5 pts
  • 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. 19′Goal · Manchester United1–0
  2. Half-time · 1–0
  3. 56′Goal · Manchester United2–0
  4. 85′Penalty · Fulham2–1
  5. 90+1′Goal · Fulham2–2
  6. 90+4′Goal · Manchester United Late Drama3–2
  7. Full time · 3–2

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

StatisticManchester UnitedFulham
Goals32
Shots on target66
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.841.72
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play1

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 5 goals.
Late Drama
Result-changing goal at 88' or later (stoppage included) or in extra time; second legs also on the aggregate. Here: goal at 90+4′.

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:29012
Source record
understat+football-data · 29012
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
0aa856e64d00e75d82c8187898efcc006bf89546a299d1cd4adbf93f60aa7865
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14