Biggest wins in Premier League history: Liverpool join Manchester United and Leicester City in elite company

The record for the biggest wins in Premier League history is shared by three teams - Manchester United, Leicester City and Liverpool.

Liverpool, for starters, are the latest team to have pulled off the biggest victory in Premier League history.

During their 2022-23 league outing against Bournemouth at Anfield, the Reds secured a 9-0 win, thanks to braces from Roberto Firmino and Luis Diaz, Harvey Elliott, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Fabio Carvalho and an own goal from Bournemouth’s Chris Mepham.

Jurgen Klopp’s men’s result equalled their biggest margin of victory in English top-flight football set against Crystal Palace (9-0, 1989) and Rotherham Town (10-1, 1896).

Liverpool’s victory was the club’s first win of the 2022-23 Premier League campaign, having drawn the first two fixtures and lost 1-2 away at Manchester United.

Historically, Manchester United are the first team to score nine goals in a Premier League game. During the 1994-95 season, the Red Devils registered a landslide 9-0 win over Ipswich Town.

In just his seventh game for the MUFC, Andy Cole netted five times in the fixture and became the first to do so in a PL game. Mark Hughes (two goals), Roy Keane, and Paul Ince completed the rout.

The Red Devils would replicate the feat 25 years later in the 2020-21 Premier League season.

Hosting Southampton at Old Trafford, Man United secured a 9-0 win with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial (two goals), Scott McTominay, Bruno Fernandes and Daniel James finding the net.

Jan Bednarek scored an own goal as the Saints slumped to a 0-9 defeat for the second time in their history.

Leicester City is the other team to register a 9-0 victory over Southampton in the Premier League era. The Foxes rode on hat-tricks from Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy to pull off their biggest win in English top-flight history.

The pair were supported by Ben Chilwell, Youri Tielemans and James Maddison as Leicester scripted the largest away win in the English top-flight.

Tottenham Hotspur are the last team to have scored nine goals in a Premier League match, as they rallied to a 9-1 win against Wigan Athletic in 2009.

Jermaine Defoe emulated Andy Cole and Alan Shearer as the third player to score five goals in a Premier League fixture. At the same time, his teammates Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, David Bentley, Niko Kranjčar and Paul Scharner contributed a goal each.

Biggest wins in Premier League history

Author: William Paul

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