Premier League · 2026/27 · 13 September 2026

Coventry 0 to 5 Brighton

Match Entertainment Rating

Goal Fest
One-Sided

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Why 3.0 stars

5 goals contributed strongly to the entertainment score (21.6 points).
13 shots on target, a high count: 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches (14.4 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 57% of the match (9.9 points).
1 red card added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

50.9 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.90 of 1.00

Points added36.0 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target13 in the match; 90th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.90 × 40%14.4 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.28 of 1.00

Points added9.9 of 35

Final margindecided by 5 goals0.00 × 50%0.0 pts
Within one goalfor 57% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.57 × 50%9.9 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.20 of 1.00

Points added5.0 of 25

Red cards1 red card; counts up to 2+0.102.5 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

35′Goal · Brighton0–1
Half-time · 0–1
51′Goal · Brighton0–2
70′Penalty · Brighton0–3
83′Goal · Brighton0–4
90+4′Goal · Brighton0–5
Full time · 0–5

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	Coventry	Brighton
Goals	0	5
Shots on target	6	7
Red cards	1	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	1.05	2.77
Penalties awardedboth teams, during play	1

Labels

Goal Fest: 5 or more goals. Here: 5 goals.
One-Sided: Final margin of 3 or more. Here: margin of 5.

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:31217
Source record: understat+football-data · 31217
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 7fbef7e66b95b7278fb6d0745944e223f07cb78643beb2d7446138d9377260cd
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14