Premier League: Top five teams who won with the biggest margins

Leicester City equalled Manchester United’s record of the biggest Premier League win as they beat Southampton 9-0 on Friday. Saints' goalkeeper became the only second shot-stopper in PL history to see his team scored nine goals and keep a clean sheet. Let's look at the Top 5 wins with the biggest margin in Premier League.

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5. Chelsea 8-0 Wigan (2010)

Chelsea knew that a win on the last day of the season would help them claim their first title since 2006. Suffice to say, they didn’t muck about in getting it done. Didier Drogba scored a hat-trick and Nicolas Anelka added a brace, while Ashley Cole, Salomon Kalou and Frank Lampard scored one each. Ancelotti's team became the first team in the Premier League history to score more than seven goals on four occasions in a season. In the process, Chelsea also became the first Premier League team to bag 100 in a season.

4. Tottenham 9-1 Wigan (2009)

Tottenham finished fourth in 2009/10, which made them qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1962. Spurs were only 1-0 ahead at half-time. Forty-two minutes passed between Peter Crouch’s ninth-minute opener and Jermain Defoe’s first of five goals on this most profitable of afternoons at White Hart Lane. Aaron Lennon, David Bentley and Niko Kranjcar also registered their names on the score-sheet.

3. Newcastle United 8-0 Sheffield Wednesday (1999)

After Newcastle went on to lose four of their first five games in the 1999-00 campaign, Ruud Gullit resigned which paved the way for Bobby Robson to arrive in Tyneside in September. Alan Shearer scored five times which included two penalties plus efforts from Aaron Hughes, Kieron Dyer and Gary Speed helped the Geordies register a massive win. They eventually finished 11th.

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2. Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich (1995)

Manchester United had lost to Ipswich 3-2 earlier that season – one of only seven victories all campaign that Ipswich registered as they finished bottom and were relegated.  Andy Cole hit the back of the net five times, Mark Hughes scored two, while Roy Keane and Paul Ince both ended up scoring apiece in what turned out to be United's biggest victory in 103 years. They ended up finishing in the second place as Blackburn Rovers claimed the title.

1. Southampton 0-9 Leicester (2019)

What a way to honour their beloved chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha! A year ago on this weekend, Leicester City lost their chairman in a horrific helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium. Ben Chilwell put Leicester ahead in the 10th minute, and during the same passage, Ryan Bertrand was sent off via a VAR-assisted decision. Leicester raced to 3-0 inside 19 minutes courtesy of strikes from Youri Tielemans and Ayoze Perez where the latter ended the game with a hat-trick. James Maddison scored a beautiful free-kick which took their tally to eight. Vardy ended up with 4 goals to his name which befitted this all-time biggest Premier League away win. 

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