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Premier League · 2026/27 ·

Everton 2 to 2 Manchester United

Match Entertainment Rating
  • Thriller
  • Late Drama
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Why 4.5 stars

  • 4 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (18.0 points).
  • The score was never more than one goal apart (17.5 points).
  • It finished level (17.5 points for the final margin).
  • A result-changing goal at 90+6′ added 12.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

81.8 / 100 match score

  • Entertainment
  • Competitiveness
  • Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.67 of 1.00
Points added26.8 of 40
  • Goals4 goals0.75 × 60%18.0 pts
  • Shots on target9 in the match; 55th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.55 × 40%8.8 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score1.00 of 1.00
Points added35.0 of 35
  • Final marginlevel1.00 × 50%17.5 pts
  • Within one goalfor 100% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)1.00 × 50%17.5 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.80 of 1.00
Points added20.0 of 25
  • Late result-changing goalat 90+6′+0.5012.5 pts
  • Equalisers2 equalisers+0.307.5 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. Half-time · 0–0
  2. 47′Goal · Manchester United0–1
  3. 83′Goal · Everton1–1
  4. 88′Goal · Manchester United1–2
  5. 90+6′Goal · Everton Late Drama2–2
  6. Full time · 2–2

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

StatisticEvertonManchester United
Goals22
Shots on target63
Red cards00
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating1.060.87
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play0

Labels

Thriller
4.5 stars or more, margin of 1 or less, 3 or more goals. Here: 4.5 stars, margin of 0, 4 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+6′.

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:31208
Source record
understat+football-data · 31208
Rating method
mer-1.0.0
Calibration
cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint
93fd719a583fefcc896e4ee2c1896d6bbbb2676d0ee6d0620fde35d3c4445ffc
Revision
1 · rated 2026-10-14