Matches won; Man U 650, Arsenal 569, Chelsea 564, Liverpool 537, Spurs 449
Top goalscorers: Shearer 260, Rooney 208, Andrew Cole 187, Lampard 177
Appearances: Gareth Barry 653, Giggs 632, Lampard 609, David James 597
Assists: Giggs 162, Fabregas 111, Rooney 103, Lampard 102
The 9-0 win by Leicester at Southampton is the joint worst defeat along with Manchester Utd's thumping of Ipswich in 1995. It was the worst on "home soil" in the top flight.
The match between Spurs and Reading on December 29th 2007 ended 6-4 and each team scored one goal in the first half.
Spurs also reached the record books on 22/11/2009 when they beat Wigan Athletic 9-1, with only one goal by Crouch after 9 minutes scored in the first half. Wigan scored after 57 minutes to make it 3-1.
Portsmouth beat Reading 7-4 in the Premier League on 29th September 2007.
28th November 2011 Man U v Arsenal 8-2.
29th November 2012 Arsenal v Newcastle 7-3.
19th May 2013 WBA 5 v 5 Man U with three Baggie goals scored after the 81st minute.
Worst defeats in other "top flights":
1892 West Bromwich Albion beat Darwin 12-0 in 1892 in Division One.
1892 Aston Villa beat Accrington 12-2 Div 1.
1964 Tottenham beat Everton 10-4 on Bill Nicholson's first game as manager in Div 1.
In the Football League;
Newcastle beat Newport 13-0 in Div 2 1946 Newcastle came 5th in the Division scoring 95 goals and Newport came bottom conceding 133 goals.
Stockport 13-0 v Halifax in Div 3 North 1934 (Stockport came 3rd scored 115 goals that season and Halifax came 9th conceding 91.
In that Division Barrow came 8th scoring 116 and conceding 94...interesting goal "average".
Other clubs goals for/against:
Darlington 16th For 70 Against 101, Gateshead 76/110, Accrington 65/101, Rochdale 53/103.
In the Div South Bournemouth 60/102 and Cardiff 57/105
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