Premier League · 2026/27 · 14 September 2026

Leeds 4 to 1 Newcastle United

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).
11 shots on target, a high count: 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches (12.4 points).
One side was two or more goals clear for 62% of the match, which kept competitiveness down.
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

43.2 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.85 of 1.00

Points added34.0 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target11 in the match; 78th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.78 × 40%12.4 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.26 of 1.00

Points added9.2 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 38% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.38 × 50%6.6 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

32′Own goal · credited to Leeds1–0
34′Goal · Leeds2–0
45+1′Goal · Leeds3–0
Half-time · 3–0
59′Goal · Leeds4–0
90′Goal · Newcastle United4–1
Full time · 4–1

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	Leeds	Newcastle United
Goals	4	1
Shots on target	6	5
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	2.29	0.79
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:31219
Source record: understat+football-data · 31219
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 1895d4b42b3bdeeecc9f4c5b1fdd2c4434614a579281aea181648da25be7c534
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14