List of Premier League highest scoring games
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This is a summary of the highest scoring matches and biggest winning margins in the
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since its establishment in the
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season. The record score for the biggest win is 9–0, which has happened on four occasions. The first was Manchester United beating
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at Old Trafford on 4 March 1995, the second being
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beating
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at
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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
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beating Bournemouth on 27 August 2022 at
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. The only other team to have scored nine times in a match are
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, in their 9–1 victory over
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at
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on 22 November 2009. This game boasts the record 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
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's 7–4 win against
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at Fratton Park on 29 September 2007.


Highest scoring games


Biggest winning margin


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