Premier League Matchday 8 Analysis: 19 Goals and 3 Home Wins

27 October 2026

Matchday 8 of the Premier League brought 19 goals in 10 games, an average of 1.90 per match against a season average of 2.77. Goals ran below the usual rate.

Results

Ipswich 1-1 N.Forest; Aston Villa 2-1 Man City; Arsenal 2-0 Everton; Coventry 0-1 Fulham; Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham; Man United 0-3 Bournemouth; Liverpool 2-0 Brighton; C.Palace 0-2 Newcastle; Hull City 1-1 Brentford; Sunderland 0-0 Leeds.

Standout moments

The widest margin was Man United 0-3 Bournemouth.

Biggest surprises by current table position: Aston Villa (9th) beat Man City (1st); Tottenham (14th) beat Chelsea (5th).

Home advantage and defences

Home sides won 3, away sides won 4 and 3 ended level. Home teams won 30% of this round's games against 39% across the season. Teams kept 8 clean sheets, both teams scored in 3 of 10 games and 2 of them had more than 2.5 goals.

Scoring trend

Goals per game over the last 5 matchdays: matchday 4 2.90, matchday 5 2.70, matchday 6 3.60, matchday 7 2.60, matchday 8 1.90.

The table after the round

Man City lead on 21 points, level with Arsenal. Sunderland are bottom on 5. The best recent form belongs to Man City (LWWWW: 12 points from five).

Brighton have the best attack (23 goals) and Arsenal the best defence (5 conceded).

Streak watch

Longest winning run: arsenal (3); longest unbeaten run: aston villa (4); longest winless run: hull city (6).

The scoring race

Top scorers: E. Haaland (Man City) 9; A. Isak (Liverpool) 6; João Pedro (Chelsea) 5.

Top assists: Evanilson (Bournemouth) 4; P. Groß (Brighton) 4; D. Rice (Arsenal) 4.