Football/ Ayush Pawar

Premier League · 2025/26 ·

Burnley 3 to 4 Brentford

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Goal Fest
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
  • 10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
  • The score stayed within one goal for 76% of the match (13.2 points).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+3′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

78.2 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.87 of 1.00
Points added34.8 of 40
  • Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
  • Shots on target10 in the match; 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.67 × 40%10.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.78 of 1.00
Points added27.2 of 35
  • Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
  • Within one goalfor 76% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.76 × 50%13.2 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.65 of 1.00
Points added16.2 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+3′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers1 equaliser+0.153.8 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. 9′Goal · Brentford0–1
  2. 25′Goal · Brentford0–2
  3. 34′Goal · Brentford0–3
  4. 45+3′Own goal · credited to Burnley1–3
  5. Half-time · 1–3
  6. 47′Goal · Burnley2–3
  7. 60′Goal · Burnley3–3
  8. 90+3′Goal · Brentford Late Drama3–4
  9. Full time · 3–4

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

StatisticBurnleyBrentford
Goals34
Shots on target37
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating0.822.45
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Goal Fest
5 or more goals. Here: 7 goals.
Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 1, 7 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+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:29051
Source record
understat+football-data · 29051
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
9a0f613091a5b5ab2b0fef66351150fbca7b31d35e74eb5a8aace0f392068b05
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14