List of highest-scoring Premier League matches
This is a summary of the highest scoring matches and biggest winning margins in the Premier League since its establishment in the 1992–93 season. The record score for the biggest win is 9–0, which has happened on four occasions. The first was Manchester United beating Ipswich Town at Old Trafford on 4 March 1995, the second being Leicester City beating Southampton at St Mary's Stadium on 25 October 2019 (which stands as not only a joint Premier League record, but also an all-time record away win in the English football's top tier), the third being Manchester United beating Southampton on 2 February 2021, also at Old Trafford. The most recent occasion was Liverpool beating Bournemouth on 27 August 2022 at Anfield.
The only other team to have scored nine times in a match are Tottenham Hotspur, in their 9–1 victory over Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane on 22 November 2009. This game boasts the record of total number of goals scored in one half of Premier League football (nine), and by one team in one half of Premier League football (eight, by Tottenham).
The highest scoring game is Portsmouth's 7–4 win against Reading at Fratton Park on 29 September 2007.[1]
Highest scoring games
editBiggest winning margin
editGoals margin |
Date | Home team | Result | Away team | Goalscorers | Ref |
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9 | 4 March 1995 | Manchester United | 9–0 | Ipswich Town | Keane 15', Cole 19', 37', 53', 65', 87', Hughes 55', 59', Ince 72' – |
[9] |
25 October 2019 | Southampton | 0–9 | Leicester City | – Chilwell 10', Tielemans 17', Pérez 19', 39', 57', Vardy 45', 58', 90+4' (pen.), Maddison 85' |
[26] | |
2 February 2021 | Manchester United | 9–0 | Southampton | Wan-Bissaka 18', Rashford 25', Bednarek 34' (o.g.), Cavani 39', Martial 69', 90', McTominay 71', Fernandes 88' (pen.), James 90+3' – |
[28] | |
27 August 2022 | Liverpool | 9–0 | Bournemouth | Díaz 3', 85', Elliott 6', Alexander-Arnold 28', Firmino 31', 62', Van Dijk 45', Mepham 46' (o.g.), Carvalho 80' – |
[30] | |
8 | 19 September 1999 | Newcastle United | 8–0 | Sheffield Wednesday | Hughes 11', Shearer 30', 33' (pen.), 42', 81', 84' (pen.), Dyer 48', Speed 78' – |
[32] |
22 November 2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9–1 | Wigan Athletic | Crouch 9', Defoe 51', 54', 58', 69', 87', Lennon 64', Bentley 88', Kranjčar 90' Scharner 57' |
[4] | |
9 May 2010 | Chelsea | 8–0 | Wigan Athletic | Anelka 6', 56', Lampard 32' (pen.), Kalou 54', Drogba 63', 68' (pen.), 80', A.Cole 90' – |
[33] | |
23 December 2012 | Chelsea | 8–0 | Aston Villa | Torres 3', David Luiz 29', Ivanović 34', Lampard 59', Ramires 75', 90+1', Oscar 79' (pen.), Hazard 83' – |
[34] | |
18 October 2014 | Southampton | 8–0 | Sunderland | Vergini 12' (o.g.), Pellè 18', 69', Cork 37', Bridcutt 63' (o.g.), Tadić 78', Wanyama 79', Mané 86' – |
[35] | |
21 September 2019 | Manchester City | 8–0 | Watford | D.Silva 1', Agüero 7' (pen.), Mahrez 12', B.Silva 15', 48', 60', Otamendi 18', De Bruyne 85' – |
[36] | |
24 September 2023 | Sheffield United | 0–8 | Newcastle United | – Longstaff 21', Burn 31', Botman 35', Wilson 56', Gordon 61', Almirón 68', Bruno Guimarães 73', Isak 87' |
[37] |
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