The current Premier League is the highest scoring team in history. And there are still 45 games left to play. In 335 matches played through Thursday, 1,092 goals have been scored, more than any other season with 38 games and 20 teams. An average of 3.26 goals per game.
The previous note, built in the 2022-2023 season, with 1,084 goals, was contested this Wednesday night, with eleven goals scored in four games in the game, Wolverhampton Wanderers-Bournemouth (0-1), Crystal Palace- Newcastle United (2-0), Everton-Liverpool (2-0) and Manchester United-Sheffield United (4-2).
Maguire surpassed the previous record
The new record This was set up by a header from Harry Maguire for the momentary 1-1 in the match between Manchester United and Sheffield United, and leaves room for 45 games left to be played, the first this Thursday, between Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester City, the number of goals scored in the English competition even more so.
The reasons for the record
But why is this record broken in football as it is today, given more defensive systems and prudence?
The first reason for this is purely statistical, Battles now take longer. With the new competition rules, referees must add any time lost, whether due to delays in play, substitutions or goal celebrations. This caused a the average discount in matches is 11 minutes and 39 secondsthree minutes and thirteen seconds more than last season and five minutes more than a decade ago.
35% more goals in extra time
In total, if the current average is followed, a total of 1,222 minutes will be played in extra time, which means thirteen and a half extra games. From what has been accumulated so far, 138 goals were scored at the time of the injury, 35% more than the season with the most goals this season, 2016-2017, when 102 goals were scored.
Continuing with cold data, the biggest success from the penalty spot It also contributed to the improvement of the goal ratio. This campaign is marked 90.3% of goals, of 74.7% of the previous campaign. Since the collection of this data such high effectiveness has not been seen from eleven meters.
Europe, a good size
In a more tactical and subjective aspect, it is plausible to reach a conclusion: The defense of English teams is not good. And this was shown when they went to Europe.
Manchester City, last season’s treble winners and arguably the best team in the world, He kept only one clean sheet in ten games. in their European campaign, and it’s at the Etihad Stadium against Young Boys.
Teams like RB Leipzig and Red Star scored against him twice in the same match, Copenhagen, in the round of 16, scored against him in the first leg and in the second leg, the same case as Real Madrid, who scored three goals against him. in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Liverpool too
And it’s not just a problem for those Pep Guardiola. Liverpool, in ten Europa League games, kept just three clean sheets, and got three goals from Toulouse in the group stage and another three from Atalanta in the quarterfinals, the latter costing them departure
Newcastle United kept just one clean sheet once in the group stage of the Champions League, while Manchester United received, in the group stage, five goals from Bayern Munich, four from Copenhagen and six from Galatasaray, in total.
Even if not Brighton, who defended better and failed to concede a goal in five of the eight games they played in the Europa League, were beaten by Roma at the Olympic Stadium 4-0.
He West Ham United They kept clean sheets in four out of ten games, but avoided defeat until their elimination in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, while Unai Emery’s Aston Villa They only kept clean sheets in three of ten games, in the first and second legs of the round of 16 with battered Ajax Amsterdam and in the group stage against Zrinjski Mostar.
The English’s poor defensive solidity helps explain why, among the semifinalists of the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, only Aston Villa are fighting back.
Fewer defensive coaches
On a more domestic level, the league has evolved towards more attractive football and there are hardly any conservative coaches left. In fact, the only one who can be assigned to this movement is Sean Dyche at Everton, and maybe Gary O’Neil, of Wolverhampton Wanderers. The teams at the top, incl Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Jürgen Klopp, Emery and Eddie Howe They play attacking football that doesn’t seek to think.
Even more conservative clubs, such as Crystal Palace, which until not long ago had Roy Hodgson They chose different mechanics as provided by the German Oliver Glasner which saved the team many days early and gave the strikers few goalscorers, such as Jean-Phillipe Mateta, an environment where they can excel. The Frenchman, in nine games with Glasner, scored eight goals, while in the rest of the league he had three.
If the current average of 3.26 goals per game is maintained, 1,239 goals will be scored by the end of the season, surpassing the previous scoring record by 155 goals.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
