Premier League · 2026/27 · 30 August 2026

Manchester United 5 to 2 Ipswich

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.5 stars

7 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (24.0 points).
16 shots on target, a high count: 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches (15.7 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 68% of the match (11.9 points).
1 equaliser added 3.8 drama points.

How the rating adds up

60.4 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.99 of 1.00

Points added39.7 of 40

Goals7 goals1.00 × 60%24.0 pts
Shots on target16 in the match; 98th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.98 × 40%15.7 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.41 of 1.00

Points added14.5 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 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 score0.25 of 1.00

Points added6.2 of 25

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

29′Goal · Ipswich0–1
40′Goal · Manchester United1–1
Half-time · 1–1
56′Own goal · credited to Manchester United2–1
61′Penalty · Manchester United3–1
68′Goal · Manchester United4–1
82′Goal · Manchester United5–1
90+1′Goal · Ipswich5–2
Full time · 5–2

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

Statistic	Manchester United	Ipswich
Goals	5	2
Shots on target	11	5
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	4.87	1.81
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	1

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 7 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:31198
Source record: understat+football-data · 31198
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 9c843918b4da9b5256e44bf685f01e6cc593c3cf343d523803a93e1301e8eaa3
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14