Highest Goals Per Game Season in Premier League History
The 2023-24 Premier League season is witnessing the highest average goals per game in the history of the competition, with 3.25 goals per game.
This is a new record, and significantly higher than the previous season’s record of 2.85 goals per game.
Interestingly, this rate is even higher than the 1964/65 season, when the Premier League did not yet exist and had 24 teams competing instead of 20 as it does today (the 1964/65 season had a rate of 3.34 goals per game).
Several factors contribute to this record-breaking high scoring rate:
- Increase in the number of shots per game: The 2023-24 season has seen an average of 27.2 shots per game, the highest since the 2012-13 season (27.8 shots per game).
- Effectiveness in scoring goals: The shot conversion rate in the 2023-24 season is 11.9%, higher than the 11.5% in the previous season.
- Attacking style of play: Many teams in the Premier League this season are adopting an open attacking style of play, which leads to more scoring opportunities for both sides.
Here are some of the teams with the highest scoring rates in the 2023-24 season:
- Manchester City (3.8 goals per game)
- Liverpool (3.6 goals per game)
- Tottenham Hotspur (3.3 goals per game)
- Arsenal (3.2 goals per game)
- Brentford (3.1 goals per game)
The 2023-24 season promises to be a goal-scoring extravaganza, and fans can expect to witness many exciting and dramatic matches.
