It was a day not to score first in the Premier League.
Apart from Brighton & Hove Albion, Everton and AFC Bournemouth, all the teams who opened the scoring in Saturday’s action went on to lose the match.
In total, four of the day’s seven matches matches featured a comeback win.
Tottenham Hotspur started things off by coming from a goal down to beat West Ham United 4-1. Then Aston Villa beat Fulham 3-1 after conceding the opener at Craven Cottage, and Manchester United came from a goal down to win 2-1 against Brentford at Old Trafford.
The comeback win of the day came at St Mary's where Leicester City were 2-0 down on the hour and then scored three unanswered goals to beat Southampton, including the winner in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
These matches underlined that this is the season of the fightback. Only on one other day in the past 10 years have there been four comeback wins in the Premier League.
Most comeback wins in a day
| Date | Comeback wins |
| 26/12/2013 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 19/10/2024 | 4 |
| 16/09/2023 | 4 |
| 05/02/2011 | 4 |
| 13/09/2008 | 4 |
| 29/12/2007 | 4 |
Overall there have been 16 comeback wins this season, from 76 matches.
This share of 21.1 per cent of all matches being comeback wins is significantly higher than the rate for any past season in the Premier League. The closest was last season when 16.6 per cent of matches were comeback wins.
Highest share of comeback wins per match
| Season | Matches | Comeback wins | % |
| 2024/2025 | 77 | 16 | 21.1% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/2024 | 380 | 63 | 16.6% |
| 2012/2013 | 380 | 59 | 15.5% |
| 2020/2021 | 380 | 57 | 15.0% |
| 2022/2023 | 380 | 57 | 15.0% |
It reflects an increasing trend of teams fighting back to win. Of the four seasons with at least 50 comeback wins, three have occurred in the past four campaigns (2020/21, 2022/23 and 2023/24).
Comeback wins per season
| Season | Comeback wins | Season | Comeback wins |
| 1992/1993 | 48 | 2009/2010 | 43 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993/1994 | 49 | 2010/2011 | 45 |
| 1994/1995 | 45 | 2011/2012 | 43 |
| 1995/1996 | 43 | 2012/2013 | 59 |
| 1996/1997 | 34 | 2013/2014 | 44 |
| 1997/1998 | 34 | 2014/2015 | 40 |
| 1998/1999 | 34 | 2015/2016 | 39 |
| 1999/2000 | 47 | 2016/2017 | 46 |
| 2000/2001 | 41 | 2017/2018 | 45 |
| 2001/2002 | 41 | 2018/2019 | 43 |
| 2002/2003 | 45 | 2019/2020 | 47 |
| 2003/2004 | 46 | 2020/2021 | 57 |
| 2004/2005 | 33 | 2021/2022 | 44 |
| 2005/2006 | 38 | 2022/2023 | 57 |
| 2006/2007 | 43 | 2023/2024 | 63 |
| 2007/2008 | 43 | 2024/2025 | 16 |
| 2008/2009 | 42 |
