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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).

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

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