Premier League · 2026/27 · 12 October 2026

Coventry 4 to 1 Newcastle United

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).
12 shots on target, a high count: 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches (13.6 points).
The score stayed within one goal for 66% of the match (11.5 points).
1 penalty awarded during play added 2.5 drama points.

How the rating adds up

51.8 / 100 match score

Entertainment
Competitiveness
Drama

Entertainment

40% weight

Goals and shots on target.

Component score0.88 of 1.00

Points added35.2 of 40

Goals5 goals0.90 × 60%21.6 pts
Shots on target12 in the match; 85th percentile of 2025/26 matches0.85 × 40%13.6 pts

Competitiveness

35% weight

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

Component score0.40 of 1.00

Points added14.1 of 35

Final margindecided by 3 goals0.15 × 50%2.6 pts
Within one goalfor 66% of the 90 minutes (stoppage time not counted)0.66 × 50%11.5 pts

Drama

25% weight

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

Component score0.10 of 1.00

Points added2.5 of 25

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

6′Penalty · Coventry1–0
Half-time · 1–0
48′Goal · Coventry2–0
70′Goal · Newcastle United2–1
81′Goal · Coventry3–1
86′Goal · Coventry4–1
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	Coventry	Newcastle United
Goals	4	1
Shots on target	6	6
Red cards	0	0
xGUnderstat · context only, not in the rating	1.66	2.22
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 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:31239
Source record: understat+football-data · 31239
Rating method: mer-1.0.0
Calibration: cal-2025-v1 (2025/26, frozen)
Input fingerprint: 37aa561978af7c373d626ce79fdfda41601ac3786a0142d74ee50cd4aa4c9e06
Revision: 1 · rated 2026-10-14