Since the Premier League’s inception in 1992, each season seems to throw up a host of memorable games that supporters simply won’t forget.
Think Liverpool v Newcastle United in 1996, or Newcastle v Arsenal in 2011. Portsmouth v Reading in 2007 and Manchester United’s titanic derby clash with Manchester City in 2009 can also lay claim to being some of the most exciting games in the history of the top flight.
In terms of the biggest wins in the history of the competition, several teams have won by either an eight or nine-goal margin, clicking into top gear effortlessly.
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ByLuke RandallMay 31, 2024 5 Sheff Utd 0-8 Newcastle, September 2023 Magpies score eight once again in the Premier League
Nearly 14 years to the day since the Magpies scored eight against Wednesday, they repeated the trick against their Sheffield rivals to equal their highest-ever Premier League win.
Incredibly, eight different scorers got the goals to hand the Toon victory. The result proved that Sheffield United simply couldn’t hack it in the top flight, and they were subsequently relegated at the end of the campaign.
The result means Newcastle are the only team to inflict 8-0 defeats on two teams from the same city.
4 Man Utd 9-0 Ipswich, March 1995 Fergie's boys make history in record victory
Chasing a Premier League and FA Cup double for the second season in a row, Sir Alex Ferguson went into the clash against Ipswich needing three points to maintain Manchester United’s title challenge.
What followed next was Premier League history. Missing Eric Cantona, the Old Trafford side were relying on January signing Andy Cole. He duly delivered against the Tractor Boys, scoring five goals – the first player to do so since the inception of the Premier League three years earlier.
Despite the record win, Fergie’s men finished the season empty-handed, losing the league title to Blackburn Rovers and the FA Cup final to Everton.
3 Southampton 0-9 Leicester, October 2019 Foxes smash nine goals past hapless Saints
Only Manchester United and Spurs had scored nine goals in a Premier League game, but Leicester City joined the club in 2019.
Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez scored three goals each against a Southampton team who looked lost at sea that evening, who had to play 80 minutes with just ten men following Ryan Bertrand’s sending-off.
The club were slowly improving under Brendan Rodgers and would go on to secure a fifth-place finish by the end of the season. While they narrowly missed out on Champions League qualification, that night against the Saints was one of his standout moments in charge of the club.
2 Man Utd 9-0 Southampton, February 2021 United become first team to hit nine twice
Just over 15 months after losing to Leicester 9-0, Southampton slumped to the same margin of defeat against Man Utd.
Similar to the loss to the Foxes, the Saints had a player sent off early, which gave United momentum straight away, scoring four first-half goals to wrap up the three points.
The second half saw the Red Devils score another five goals as Jan Bednarek saw red for the visitors during the second half in what was a miserable evening for the south coast side.
Date
2nd February 2021
Venue
Old Trafford
Goalscorers
Wan-Bissaka, Rashford, Bednarek og, Cavani, Martial (2), McTominay, Fernandes, James
