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Long-range hits and goals galore: inside the Premier League’s return to chaos | Andrew Beasley

The Guardian Football 37 minutes 1 mins read

Teams are running further and set-piece strikes are in decline as end-to-end football takes over the division

Goals in the Premier League are up. Chaos is returning. End-to-end football is back. The division is more open, in more ways than one.

The figures show a rise from 2.75 goals per game last season to 2.82 so far this year, which is a small average increase – but one that could easily widen. The goals-per-game rate was at least 0.21 higher across the final 330 games than it was for the first 50 in four of the past five seasons. If 2026-27 sees a similar upturn, it will become the second highest scoring season in the Premier League era.

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