The highest-scoring Premier League games

Widely recognised as the most exciting domestic competition in the world, the Premier League has witnessed plenty of high-scoring games.

At the time of writing (September 2023), there were 30 matches with nine or more goals scored on the list of highest-scoring Premier League games:

Portsmouth 7-4 Reading – September 2007
Tottenham Hotspur 6-4 Reading – December 2007
Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic – November 2009
Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal – August 2001
Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle United – December 2012
West Bromwich Albion 5-5 Manchester United – May 2013
Norwich City 4-5 Southampton – April 1994
Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town – March 1995
Southampton 6-3 Manchester United – October 1996
Blackburn Rovers 7-2 Sheffield Wednesday – August 1997
Nottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United – February 1999
West Ham United 5-4 Bradford City – February 2000
Tottenham Hotspur 7-2 Southampton – March 2000
Tottenham Hotspur 4-5 Arsenal – November 2004
Middlesbrough 8-1 Manchester City – May 2008
Chelsea 7-2 Sunderland – January 2010
Manchester City 6-3 Arsenal – December 2013
Cardiff City 3-6 Liverpool – March 2014
Everton 3-6 Chelsea – August 2014
Norwich City 4-5 Liverpool – January 2016
Swansea City 5-4 Crystal Palace – November 2016
Everton 6-3 Bournemouth – February 2017
Manchester City 7-2 Stoke City – October 2017
Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 Leicester City – May 2018
Southampton 0-9 Leicester City – October 2019
Aston Villa 7-2 Liverpool – October 2020
Manchester United 9-0 Southampton – February 2021
Manchester City 6-3 Leicester City – December 2021
Liverpool 9-0 Bournemouth – August 2022
Manchester City 6-3 Manchester United – October 2022

Highest scoring EPL games

The record score for the biggest win is 9-0, which has happened on four occasions – Manchester United (two), Leicester City and Liverpool.

Tottenham Hotspur are the only other team to have scored nine times in a match in their 9–1 home victory over Wigan Athletic in 2009.

This game holds the record for the total number of goals scored in one half of Premier League football (nine), and by one team in one half (eight).

More resources

The most goals in a single Premier League or Football League game.
The biggest Premier League winning margins.