In the 23rd matchday of the Premier League, which ended with the victory of Manchester City at the home of Brentford, the teams achieved a total of 45 goals and this performance is the second best in the history of the league, from 1992 onwards, where the model of the English league was radically changed.
The same number of goals was scored on 19th matchday of the 21/22 season, in the championship, won by Manchester City and decided in the last match. These performances share second place and refer to a league of 20 teams.
So many goals! ??
The most that have ever been scored in a 10-game Matchweek ?? pic.twitter.com/OZx7qXHEMe
— Premier League (@premierleague) February 5, 2024
The 1992/1993 season Manchester United won the first championship in the new era of English football. The last matchday had a procedural character, since Sir Alex Ferguson’s team had secured the championship, as a result of which the teams played comfortably and a historic goalscoring record was set, which stands to this day.
Specifically, on May 8, 1993, the 22 teams scored a total of 53 goals, marking the top performance in history, with the difference that the teams competing at the time were 22. Liverpool crushed Tottenham 6-2 in the derby of the matchday, while the Everton won 5-2 at home to Manchester City. Sheffield United’s and Oldham Athletic’s 4-3 and 4-2 victories over Chelsea and Southampton, respectively, went a long way towards setting that historic record. At the same time, the Coventry-Leeds and Middlesbrough-Norwich matches ended in draws, with the four teams scoring three goals each.
Champions United celebrated the end of the season by winning 2-1 at Wimbledon thanks to goals from Paul Ince and Bryan Robson.
In the next place of the list are two matches, where they concern different periods of time. Specifically, at second of the 2020/2021 season and on the 34th of 2022/2023 the teams succeeded 44goals, a figure which is the third best in Premier League history. Manchester City won both leagues, while the seven goals scored in both Everton-West Brom and Leeds-Fulham in September 2020, as well as Crystal Palace-West Ham and Liverpool-Tottenham in April 2023, provided absolutely in achieving this particular record.
In the 2010/2011 season Manchester United celebrated winning the 19th league in its history. The “red devils” left Chelsea in second place and in the 26th matchday they scored 43 goal.
Newcastle and Arsenal drew with four goals apiece, while Everton and Wigan were beaten 5-3 and 4-3 respectively by Blackpool and Blackburn. The five goals scored in Stoke City’s win over Sunderland played their own catalytic role.
Last year ended with Manchester City’s treble. Pep Guardiola’s team, after winning the league and the FA Cup, made history by adding the Champions League trophy to their trophy case. One of her signature moments period 2022/2023occurred in the 34th matchday of the Premier League, where the 20 teams of the league scored in total 44goal.
Crystal Palace and West Ham led the goal dance with seven goals in a game that ended 4-3 in favor of Roy Hodgson’s side. Brighton’s 6-0 thrashing of Wolves has its own significance, while Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-3 in the weekend’s derby.
The 2013/2014 competition year Manchester City went top of the Premier league after winning the league, picking up two more points than Liverpool.
The 31st matchday of this season is in fifth place on the list, after the English teams achieved overall 42 goal. Arsenal’s 6-0 thrashing at Stamford Bridge by Chelsea, Liverpool’s 6-3 win over Cardiff and City’s 5-0 thrashing of Fulham are some of the results recorded in May 2014 .
Edited by: Loizos Lainidis
Source: Sport Fm
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