Premier League · 2026/27 ·
Chelsea
4 to 3
Brighton
Match Entertainment Rating
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Why 3.5 stars
- 7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
- 12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
- One side was two or more goals clear for 72% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
- Nothing in the match earned drama points: no late result-changing goal, comeback, equaliser, red card, penalty or shootout.
How the rating adds up
56.5 / 100 match score
- Entertainment
- Competitiveness
- Drama
Entertainment
40% weightGoals and shots on target.
Component score0.94 of 1.00
Points added37.6 of 40
- Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
- Shots on target12 in the match; 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.85 × 40%13.6 pts
Competitiveness
35% weightHow close the final score was, and how long the match stayed within one goal.
Component score0.54 of 1.00
Points added18.9 of 35
- Final margindecided by 1 goal0.80 × 50%14.0 pts
- Within one goalfor 28% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.28 × 50%4.9 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
- 4′Goal · Chelsea1–0
- 14′Goal · Chelsea2–0
- 32′Goal · Chelsea3–0
- 35′Goal · Brighton3–1
- Half-time · 3–1
- 63′Own goal · credited to Brighton3–2
- 74′Goal · Chelsea4–2
- 90+6′Goal · Brighton4–3
- Full time · 4–3
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 | Chelsea | Brighton |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 3 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 6 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating | 3.83 | 1.79 |
| Penalties awardedboth teams, during play | 0 | |
Labels
- Goal Fest
- 5 or more goals. Here: 7 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-2026-us:31196
- Source record
- understat+football-data · 31196
- Rating method
- mer-1.0.0
- Calibration
- cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
- Input fingerprint
- 872d1489c210b091f97b5b23b37c4d41267b648584aa940fbf093897cb63a8fd
- Revision
- 1 · rated 2026-10-14