How many Premier League matches have had 7 goals in the first half?

"The 62,000 spectators at the London Stadium watching the Premier League match between West Ham and Arsenal in round 13 certainly received value for their money," commented AS (Spain).

Saka ended a crazy first half between Arsenal and West Ham with his seventh goal in the first half.

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Fans of both teams witnessed a rain of goals starting from the 9th minute after defender Gabriel Magalhaes headed home from Saka's corner to open the score 1-0 for the visitors Arsenal. In a chaotic first half, Arsenal increased the score to 2-0 thanks to Trossard's goal in the 26th minute. Then Odegaard and Kai Havertz scored consecutively in the 34th and 36th minutes to help the "Gunners" lead 4-0.

Trailing 0-4, instead of bowing their heads, West Ham went on a rampage when they made a spectacular comeback and scored 2 goals within 2 minutes (38 and 40) by Wan-Bissaka and Emerson to shorten the score to 2-4.

The drama has not stopped yet, when in the last minutes of the first half, star Saka scored from the penalty spot to help Arsenal increase the score to 5-2, ending a spectacular first half that witnessed 7 goals.

This event left many football fans wondering if they had just witnessed a milestone in football history? Has there ever been another Premier League match that saw 7 or more goals scored in the first half alone?

Arsenal's 5-2 win over West Ham on December 1st was the fourth match to set a record of 7 goals in the first half in the Premier League era.

In fact, this feat has been achieved in three previous matches in the Premier League era, according to AS . The match between West Ham and Arsenal is the fourth match in history to equal the previous record of Blackburn Rovers losing 3-4 to Leeds United in 1997 (7 goals were scored in the first half). Similarly, Bradford City drew 4-4 with Derby County in 2000 after leading 4-3 at half-time, and Reading lost 3-4 to MU in 2012 with all goals scored in the first half.

Arsenal's win over West Ham with 5 goals in the first half also equaled the record for the most goals scored by a team in a single half of a Premier League match. That record was set by Leicester City in 2019 when they scored 5 goals against Southampton in the second half of a 9-0 win.

Arsenal are currently ranked 2nd in the 2024-2025 Premier League with 25 points after 13 matches, before the top team Liverpool (31 points) competes with Man City (23 points, dropped to 4th) at 11pm on December 1. Brighton surprisingly ranked 3rd with 23 points, ahead of Man City in the secondary index.

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