It was another unbelievable day of goals in the Premier League as the record for a day having five matches was set with 26 scored.
The previous record of 24 goals on a five-match day had only been set on Sunday 3 December, but Youri Tielemans’ brilliant strike for Aston Villa that made it 4-0 at Sheffield United took Saturday past that mark and the fifth, added by Alex Moreno shortly after half-time at Bramall Lane extended the record.
The day started with Everton and Tottenham Hotspur sharing four goals in the early kick-off.
Burnley and Fulham then did the same at Turf Moor, while there were five goals at the Amex Stadium as Brighton & Hove Albion hammered Crystal Palace 4-1.
The match of the day was at St James’ Park, where Newcastle United and Luton Town provided an eight-goal thriller, drawing 4-4.
Then Villa got in on the act in the late match, racing into a four-goal lead inside 30 minutes at Bramall Lane before leaving South Yorkshire with a 5-0 win that returned them to the top four.
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It means we have now had a huge 710 goals scored in just 223 matches this season.
The current rate of 3.18 goals per match is putting 2023/24 on course to smash the record for the most goals scored in a single 380-match season by 36 goals.
The current record for a 38-match campaign was set last season, with 1,084 goals. If this season's current rate were maintained through to the end of May 2024, approximately 1,210 goals would be scored.
The most goals of any Premier League season came in the inaugural 42-match campaign, in 1992/93, when 1,222 goals were scored at a rate of 2.6 goals per match.
Meanwhile, the highest number of goals scored in a round of 10 matches stands at 44. This has happened twice, firstly in Matchweek 2 of the 2020/21 season and then in Matchweek 34 of last season.
With five matches still to play over Sunday and Monday, will we see another Premier League record tumble?
