Biggest wins in Premier League history: Highest-scoring games & heaviest defeats
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will go down as one of the best attacking teams the Premier League history breaking the 100-goal mark twice during his tenure.
They’re not letting up any time soon and during the 2021-22 season the Citizens have been part of one of the most lopsided and one of the highest-scoring matches in Premier League history — with both happening in the same month.
Man City beat an undermanned Leeds United 7-0 on Dec. 14, a result which was two goals shy from tying the all-time record for most goals scored by a team and for widest margin of victory.
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Less than two weeks later, Man City was up 4-0 after just 25 minutes against Leicester City with the match finishing in an entertaining 6-3 final which ranks for third most goals in an EPL match.
As Guardiola’s men continue with their elite goal-scoring output, here’s a look at the updated and comprehensive lists of Premier League matches that have seen the widest win margins in history and the most goals ever scored in a Premier League match since the relaunch of the league in 1992-93.
Biggest win margins in Premier League history
Here are the 20 matches that have featured the widest margin of victory in the Premier League since 1992-93.
It’s notable that Manchester United has won 9-0 on two separate occasions, 26 years apart. Guardiola’s Manchester City has an 8-0 victory (2019) and 7-0 triumph (2021).
| Margin of Victory | Home Team | Away Team | Result | Date |
| 9 | Manchester United | Southampton | 9-0 | Feb. 2, 2021 |
| 9 | Southampton | Leicester City | 0-9 | Oct. 25, 2019 |
| 9 | Manchester United | Ipswich Town | 9-0 | March 4, 1995 |
| 8 | Manchester City | Watford | 8-0 | Sept. 21, 2019 |
| 8 | Southampton | Sunderland | 8-0 | Oct. 18, 2014 |
| 8 | Chelsea | Aston Villa | 8-0 | Dec. 23, 2012 |
| 8 | Chelsea | Wigan Athletic | 8-0 | May 9, 2010 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wigan Athletic | 9-1 | Nov. 22, 2009 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | Sheff. Wednesday | 8-0 | Sept. 19, 1999 |
| 7 | Manchester City | Leeds United | 7-0 | Dec. 14, 2021 |
| 7 | Chelsea | Norwich City | 7-0 | Oct. 23, 2021 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | Liverpool | 0-7 | Dec. 19, 2020 |
| 7 | Manchester City | Norwich City | 7-0 | Nov. 2, 2013 |
| 7 | Chelsea | Stoke City | 7-0 | April 25, 2010 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | Manchester City | 8-1 | May 11, 2008 |
| 7 | Arsenal | Middlesbrough | 7-0 | Jan. 14, 2006 |
| 7 | Arsenal | Everton | 7-0 | May 11, 2005 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | Manchester United | 1-8 | Feb. 6, 1999 |
| 7 | Manchester United | Barnsley | 7-0 | Oct. 25, 1997 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | Nottingham Forest | 7-0 | Nov. 18, 1995 |
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Most goals in a Premier League match
There have been 28 matches that have seen nine or more goals scored.
Man United has been involved in six of them, Tottenham in five, and Man City and Southampton have been part of four of them.
| Goals Scored | Home Team | Away Team | Result | Date |
| 11 | Portsmouth | Reading | 7-4 | Sept. 29, 2007 |
| 10 | West Bromwich | Manchester United | 5-5 | May 19, 2013 |
| 10 | Arsenal | Newcastle | 7-3 | Dec. 29, 2012 |
| 10 | Manchester United | Arsenal | 8-2 | Aug. 28, 2011 |
| 10 | Tottenham | Wigan Athletic | 9-1 | Nov. 22, 2009 |
| 10 | Tottenham | Reading | 6-4 | Dec. 29, 2007 |
| 9 | Manchester City | Leicester City | 6-3 | Dec. 26, 2021 |
| 9 | Manchester United | Southampton | 9-0 | Feb. 2, 2021 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | Liverpool | 7-2 | Oct. 4, 2020 |
| 9 | Southampton | Leicester City | 0-9 | Oct. 25, 2019 |
| 9 | Tottenham | Leicester City | 5-4 | May 13, 2018 |
| 9 | Manchester City | Stoke City | 7-2 | Oct. 14, 2017 |
| 9 | Everton | Bournemouth | 6-3 | Feb. 4, 2017 |
| 9 | Swansea City | Crystal Palace | 5-4 | Nov. 26, 2016 |
| 9 | Norwich City | Liverpool | 4-5 | Jan. 23, 2016 |
| 9 | Everton | Chelsea | 3-6 | Aug. 30, 2014 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | Liverpool | 3-6 | March 22, 2014 |
| 9 | Manchester City | Arsenal | 6-3 | Dec. 14, 2013 |
| 9 | Chelsea | Sunderland | 7-2 | Jan. 16, 2010 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | Manchester City | 8-1 | May 11, 2008 |
| 9 | Tottenham | Arsenal | 4-5 | Nov. 13, 2004 |
| 9 | Tottenham | Southampton | 7-2 | March 11, 2000 |
| 9 | West Ham | Bradford City | 5-4 | Feb. 12, 2000 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | Manchester United | 1-8 | Feb. 6, 1999 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | Sheff. Wednesday | 7-2 | Aug. 26, 1997 |
| 9 | Southampton | Manchester United | 6-3 | Oct. 26, 1996 |
| 9 | Manchester United | Ipswich Town | 9-0 | March 4, 1995 |
| 9 | Norwich City | Southampton | 4-5 | April 9, 1994 |
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