Nottingham Forest responded to a thrashing by Bournemouth by inflicting an even greater defeat on Brighton & Hove Albion.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s team, beaten 5-0 a week prior, recorded their biggest league win since 1991 by destroying the Seagulls 7-0 on February 1, 2025.
According to Opta, it was Brighton’s heaviest defeat since they lost 9-0 to Middlesbrough back in 1959, while Forest became only the second team in the competition’s history to win a game by five or more goals after losing the previous one by such a margin.
5 – Nottingham Forest are only the second side in Premier League history to lose a game by 5+ goals and then follow it up by immediately winning their next in the competition by 5+, after Sheffield Wednesday in November 1997 (1-6 v Man Utd, 5-0 v Bolton). Response. pic.twitter.com/mnd6nDJqFb
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 1, 2025
But how does it compare to the biggest wins the Premier League has witnessed?
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What is the biggest win in Premier League history?
The record for the biggest win in Premier League history is shared by Liverpool, Manchester United, and Leicester City, who have all won a match in the competition by a scoreline of 9-0. United have done it twice.
The Red Devils achieved that feat first when they thrashed Ipswich Town back in March 1995. It would be 14 years before that scoreline was matched, when Leicester produced a remarkable performance to defeat Southampton 9-0 away in October 2019. Southampton fans could scarcely believe it when, 16 months later, they lost by the same scoreline to United at Old Trafford.
In August 2022, Liverpool beat Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield in a match that cost Cherries manager Scott Parker his job.
Biggest wins in Premier League history by margin of victory
Here are the 23 matches that have featured the widest margin of victory in the Premier League since 1992/93.
It’s notable that Manchester United have won 9-0 on two separate occasions, 26 years apart. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have an 8-0 victory (2019) and 7-0 triumph (2021). Liverpool defeated United 7-0 in March 2023 in what was a truly shocking result. Newcastle’s 8-0 win at Sheffield United was the second-biggest away win in Premier League history.
| Margin of Victory |
Home Team | Away Team | Result | Date |
| 9 | Liverpool | Bournemouth | 9-0 | Aug. 27, 2022 |
| 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 | Sheffield United | Newcastle | 0-8 | Sep. 24, 2023 |
| 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 | Liverpool | Manchester United | 7-0 | Mar. 5, 2023 |
| 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 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest | Brighton | 7-0 | Feb. 2, 2025 |
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Most goals in a Premier League match
There have been 30 matches that have seen nine or more goals scored.
Man United have been involved in seven of them, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City in five, 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 | Manchester United | 6-3 | Oct. 2, 2022 |
| 9 | Manchester City | Leicester City | 6-3 | Dec. 26, 2021 |
| 9 | Liverpool | Bournemouth | 9-0 | Aug. 27, 2022 |
| 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 |
