Premier League · 2026/27 · 28 August 2026

Crystal Palace 1 to 4 Manchester City

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 2.5 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
10 shots on target, a typical count: 67th percentile of 2025/26 matches (10.8 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 63% of the match (11.1 points).
The 3-goal winning margin earned 2.6 of a possible 17.5 points for a close finish.
Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.

How the rating adds up

46.1 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.81 of 1.00

Points added32.4 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 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 score0.39 of 1.00

Points added13.7 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 63% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.63 × 50%11.1 pts

Drama

25% weight

Late 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

17′Goal · Manchester City0–1
Half-time · 0–1
54′Goal · Manchester City0–2
56′Own goal · credited to Crystal Palace1–2
59′Goal · Manchester City1–3
84′Goal · Manchester City1–4
Full time · 1–4

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	Crystal Palace	Manchester City
Goals	1	4
Shots on target	1	9
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	0.93	2.57
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	0

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 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-2026-us:31190
Source record: understat+football-data · 31190
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: f77712ac0fbc7dc3acf5a681c34048bfc18be95cc77841c950a4676fcc58dd83
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14