Football is a 11 vs 11 contest on paper but once in a while it throws open matches when one side is way too good for the opposition. The Premier League has been blessed with some high scoring bonanzas overs the years.Last night’s 6-3 win by Chelsea over Everton was anything but a thrashing. But was the nine-goal thriller enough to make it to the list?Let us take a look at the 6highest scoring matches in Premier League history:
#1 Matches with 9 goals scored
There have been as many as 13 instances of 9 goals being scored in a Premier League match.
The list is given below:
Team1 | Team 2 | Score | Date | |
| Norwich | v | Southampton | 4-5 | 9 April 1994 |
| Manchester United | v | Ipswich | 9-0 | 4 March 1995 |
| Southampton | v | Manchester United | 6-3 | 26 October 1996 |
| Blackburn Rovers | v | Sheffield Wednesday | 7–2 | 26 August 1997 |
| Nottingham Forest | v | Manchester United | 1-8 | 6 February 1999 |
| West Ham United | v | Bradford City | 5-4 | 12 February 2000 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | v | Southampton | 7-2 | 11 March 2000 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | v | Arsenal | 4-5 | 13 November 2004 |
| Middlesbrough | v | Manchester City | 8-1 | 11 May 2008 |
| Chelsea | v | Sunderland | 7-2 | 16 January 2010 |
| Manchester City | v | Arsenal | 6-3 | 14 December 2013 |
| Cardiff City | v | Liverpool | 3-6 | 22 March 2014 |
| Everton | v | Chelsea | 3-6 | 30 August 2014 |
#2 West Brom 5-5 Manchester United
This match was Sir Alex Ferguson’s last game in-charge of Manchester United, and boy was it a goal-fest! The away side got a three goal lead, but West Brom hit back with one just before halftime.
The second half saw six more goals and in the end even the Manchester United gaffer saw the funny side of it.
Goals scored by:
Everton: Morrison 40', Lukaku 50', 81', 86', Mulumbu 81'
Manchester United: Kagawa 6', Olsson 9' (o.g.), Büttner 30', van Persie 53', Chicharito 63'
#3 Arsenal 7-3 Newcastle
This match was played in December, 2012, and is still remembered by the Gunners, particularly because of Theo Walcott’s stellar performance. The English winger scored a hattrick while setting up two more in the process.
Goals scored by:
Arsenal: Walcott 20', 73', 90+2', Oxlade-Chamberlain 50', Podolski 64', Giroud 84', 87'
Newcastle: Ba 43', 69', Marveaux 59'
#4 Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal
Unlike their 7-3 victory against Newcastle, this match is remembered by the Gunners for all the wrong reasons. The match was played in 28 August, 2011, and was Arsenal’s worst defeat since 1896.
Even though Arsenal had to field a second string lineup as most of their players were out with injuries and suspensions, Manchester United’s sheer brilliance is what took away all the praises and applauds from pundits and supporters alike.
Goals scored by:
Manchester United: Welbeck 22', Young 28', 90+1', Rooney 41', 64', 82' (pen), Nani 67', Park 70'
Arsenal: Walcott 45+3', Van Persie 74'
#5 Tottenham Hotspur 9 1 Wigan Athletic
22 November, 2009 was the perfect night for Jermain Defoe who scored five times as Tottenham Hotspur cruised to thumping 9-1 win over Wigan. It was their highest ever top-flight win.
Goals scored by:
Tottenham Hotspur: Crouch 9', Defoe 51', 54', 58', 69', 87' Lennon 64', Bentley 88', Kranjar 90'
Wigan Athletic: Scharner 57'
#6 Tottenham Hotspur 6 4 Reading
This massive defeat for Reading came after their 7-4 defeat to Portsmouth two months earlier. Dimitar Berbatov was the star of the match who scored 4 times, winning three points for his team.
Goals scored by:
Tottenham Hotspur: Berbatov 7', 63', 73', 83', Malbranque 76', Defoe 79
Reading: Cissé 16', Ingimarsson 53', Kitson 69', 74'
#7 Portsmouth 7 4 Reading
This match between Portsmouth and Reading was the highest scoring match in the history of Premier League. A total of eleven goals were scored in the match with a hattrick from Benjani Mwaruwari.
Goals scored by:
Portsmouth: Benjani 7', 37', 70', Hreiðarsson 55', Kranjar 75', Ingimarsson 81' (o.g.), Muntari 90' (pen)
Reading: Hunt 45', Kitson 48', Long 79', Campbell 90' (o.g.)
