EPL Away Days Histories

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premierleague.com - Thu 11 Sep 2014
Away Days stats: Manchester United kings on the road
13-time champions have the best record on their travels as well as the biggest away victory



premierleague.com is celebrating the away match with a look at some of the records for teams and players on their travels in the past 23 seasons of the Barclays Premier League.

The first away victory in the competition's history came on the opening day of the inaugural 1992/93 season, when Norwich City came from two goals down to stun Arsenal 4-2 at Highbury.

As for the team to have won the most matches away from home in the Barclays Premier League, there is only one winner, Manchester United, the 13-time BPL champions. United have won 54.7%, more than half, of their 426 away matches (233 victories). Next in line are Arsenal with 190 away wins (44.7%), closely followed by Chelsea, five wins behind.

United are also the team to have scored the most away goals in a match, when they beat Nottingham Forest 8-1 at the City Ground, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scoring four in 10 minutes after coming off the subsitutes' bench.

However, if the proportion of away matches won is considered, Leeds United and Blackpool, who enjoyed only one season in the Barclays Premier League, usurp Everton and Newcastle United in the top 10.

Teams with most away wins:

Man Utd 233
Arsenal 190
Chelsea 185
Liverpool 162
Aston Villa 123
Spurs 123
Everton 111
Newcastle Utd 100
Man City 96
Blackburn 93

Teams with most away win %:

Man Utd 54.7%
Arsenal 44.6%
Chelsea 43.4%
Liverpool 38.0%
Leeds United 30.3%
Man City 29.1%
Aston Villa 28.9%
Spurs 28.9%
Blackburn 26.7%
Blackpool 26.3%

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Best and Worst Away Point per season

Only one club has gone an entire season without losing an away match, Arsenal, twice. Not only did the Invincibles of 2003/04 not lose on their travels, but Arsene Wenger's title-winning team of 2001/02 had a better record by six points over the team of two years later. That record is still inferior to Jose Mourinho's Chelsea team of 2004/05, who dropped points on only four occasions on the road. Chelsea also hold the record for the most away victories in a row, winning 11 between 5 April and 6 December 2008. Arsenal's Invincibles went 27 matches on the road without tasting defeat.

Best away records in a BPL season

Team Season P W D L F A GD Pts
Chelsea 04/05 19 15 3 1 37 9 28 48
Arsenal 01/02 19 14 5 0 37 11 26 47
Chelsea 08/09 19 14 2 3 35 12 23 44
Man Utd 93/94 21 13 5 3 41 25 16 44
Liverpool 08/09 19 13 4 2 36 14 22 43


But spare a thought for the fans of clubs who failed to see their team win a match away during a Barclays Premier League season. This has happened to six clubs: Derby County (2007/08), Hull City (2009/10), Norwich City (2004/05), Leeds United (1992/93), Wolverhampton Wanderers (2003/04) and Coventry City (1999/00).

Worst away records in a BPL season

TEAM Season P W D L F A GD Pts
Derby County 07/08 19 0 3 16 8 46 -38 3
Burnley 09/10 19 1 1 17 17 52 -35 4
Watford 99/00 19 1 2 16 11 46 -35 5
Hull City 09/10 19 0 6 13 12 46 -34 6
Norwich City 04/05 19 0 7 12 13 45 -32 7
Bradford City 00/01 19 1 4 14 10 41 -31 7
Leeds United 92/93 21 0 7 14 17 45 -28 7
Wolverhampton 03/04 19 0 7 12 15 42 -27 7
Coventry City 99/00 19 0 7 12 9 32 -23 7
Fulham 05/06 19 1 4 14 17 37 -20 7

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Biggest Away Victory

The biggest victory away from home remains Manchester United's 8-1 win at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest. Arsenal (twice), Aston Villa, Chelsea (twice), Liverpool (twice), Manchester City (three times) and Spurs have all hit six on the road.

Present BPL teams' (2014/15) best away victories

Arsenal 6-1 (v Middlesbrough, 1998/99; v Everton 2009/10)
Aston Villa 6-0 (v Derby County, 2007/08)
Burnley 4-1 (v Hull City, 2009/10)
Chelsea 6-0 (v Barnsley, 1997/98; v Wigan Athletic, 2010/11)
Crystal Palace 4-1 (v Coventry City, 1994/95)
Everton 4-0 (v West Ham United, 1999/00)
Hull City 4-0 (v Cardiff City, 2013/14)
Leicester City 4-0 (v Derby, 1997/98)
Liverpool 6-0 (v Ipswich Town, 2001/02; v WBA, 2002/03)
Man City 6-1 (v Burnley, 2009/10; v Man Utd, 2011/12; v Norwich City, 2011/12)
Man Utd 8-1 (v Nottingham Forest, 1998/99)
Newcastle United 5-1 (v Coventry City, 1998/99)
QPR 4-0 (v West Ham, 1993/94)
Southampton 4-0 (v Leicester City, 2001/02)
Stoke City 4-1 (v Aston Villa, 2013/14)
Sunderland 5-0 (v Derby, 1999/00)
Swansea City 5-0 (v QPR, 2012/13)
Tottenham Hotspur 6-2 (v Wimbledon, 1997/98)
West Bromwich Albion 5-1 (v Wolverhampton Wanderers)
West Ham United 5-0 (v Derby 2007/08)

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Players with the most away goals

Not surprisingly for someone who played in the first 22 seasons of the Barclays Premier League, Ryan Giggs is the player to have made the most appearances in away matchs (324), although Frank Lampard, who is second in the list with 288 away apperances, has a chance of closing the gap while he is on loan at Manchester City until January.

Alan Shearer has scored the most goals on his travels, bagging 87 for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. But Wayne Rooney is the player to have scored the most for one club, with 73 for Manchester United.*

Most away Apperances Player
Giggs 324
Lampard 288
James 287
Barry 269
Speed 265
Campbell 262
Heskey 259
P Neville 254
Ferdinand 253
Schwarzer 252


Player with most Goals away
Shearer 87
A Cole 83
Lampard 82
Rooney 81
Owen 70
Van Persie 64
Sheringham 64
Fowler 60
Giggs 59
Anelka 56


Player with most Goals away for one Club
Rooney Man Utd 73
Lampard Chelsea 68
Giggs Man Utd 59
Henry Arsenal 55
Owen Liverpool 55
Shearer Newcastle 53
Sheringham Spurs 49
Gerrard Liverpool 48
Scholes Man Utd 48
Wright Arsenal 47


Solskjaer is one of seven players to have scored four goals in an away match, Efan Ekoku the first to do so, for Norwich City at Everton in September 1993.

Players to score four goals in an away BPL match

Date**Player**Team**Opponent**
28/08/2011 Edin Dzeko Man City Spurs
21/04/2009 Andrey Arshavin Arsenal Liverpool
26/04/2003 Michael Owen Liverpool West Brom
06/02/1999 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Man Utd N Forest
02/05/1998 Jurgen Klinsmann Spurs Wimbledon
24/08/1997 Gianluca Vialli Chelsea Barnsley
25/09/1993 Efan Ekoku Norwich City Everton