A Premier League record was broken on Sunday as a mammoth 24 goals were scored from only five matches featuring a 4-3, 3-3 AND 3-2 thrillers.
The total of 24 goals is the most ever scored on a Sunday featuring a maximum of five matches.
On an enthralling day full of twists and turns, and fine margins, every match was either drawn or won by just a single goal.
It continues a trend of this season's Sunday matches having a glut of goals.
Indeed, the three highest-scoring Sundays featuring five matches or fewer have ALL come this season, and the one that ranks fifth came in April just last season.
Highest-scoring Sundays*
| Date | Matches played | Goals scored |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2023 | 5 | 24 |
| 12 Nov 2023 | 5 | 22 |
| 24 Sep 2023 | 5 | 21 |
| 28 Aug 2011 | 4 | 20 |
| 30 April 2023 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 October 1999 | 5 | 19 |
| 23 October 2011 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 November 2016 | 5 | 19 |
*Maximum five matches played
It took the goals scored overall this weekend to 38, making it the 23rd highest-scoring Matchweek in Premier League history.
But more impressively, it means we have now had a huge 442 goals scored in just 140 matches this season.
That rate of 3.16 goals per match is putting 2023/24 on course to smash the record for most goals scored in a single 380-match season.
Highest goals/match in a season
| Season | Matches | Goals | Goals/match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 140 | 442 | 3.16 |
| 2022/23 | 380 | 1,084 | 2.85 |
| 2018/19 | 380 | 1,072 | 2.82 |
| 2021/22 | 380 | 1,071 | 2.82 |
| 2011/12 | 380 | 1,066 | 2.81 |
The current record for a 38-match season was set last season, with 1,084 goals. The most of any season came in the inaugural 42-match campaign, in 1992/93, when we had 1,222 goals at a rate of 2.6 goals per match.
If this season's current rate were maintained through to the end of May 2024, approximately 1,200 goals would be scored.