Matchday 3 · Premier League 2025-26 · August 30, 2025
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Man United 3–2 Burnley: lucky or expected?
Man United beat Burnley 3–2, and the goals back it up: from both teams’ goals this season, Man United win 7 of 10, 2 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Man United were expected to score 2.5 here and Burnley 0.9. An own goal helped Man United.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Manchester United | 3 |
 Burnley | 2 |
What the goals say
Luck index +19 Man United about even · −19 Burnley
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Man United win 7, 2 end level, Burnley win 1.
- 1 MUN 2 BUR 1
- 2 MUN 2 BUR 1
- 3 MUN 2 BUR 0
- 4 MUN 3 BUR 1
- 5 MUN 3 BUR 0
- 6 MUN 3 BUR 0
- 7 MUN 5 BUR 0
- 8 MUN 1 BUR 1
- 9 MUN 1 BUR 1
- 10 MUN 2 BUR 3
The goals
Man United’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 27' | Joshua Cullen (Man United, own goal) | 1–0 | +25% Man United |
| 2. 55' | Lyle Foster (Burnley) | 1–1 | +32% Burnley |
| 3. 57' | Bryan Mbeumo (Man United) | 2–1 | +32% Man United |
| 4. 66' | Jaidon Anthony (Burnley) | 2–2 | +36% Burnley |
| 90+7' | Bruno Fernandes (Man United, penalty) | 3–2 |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Man United win 81% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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