Most football fans have been in argument defending their favourite players to be among the players who have scored 30 EPL goals in a season.
As we all know, goal scoring moment is in fact the most exciting moment in a football game especially seeing your favourite player score goals.
At the same time, it hurts seeing your opponent scoring your team as goals is the only one thing that decide the match winner.
Today we are going to clear the confusion with our up to date, authentic and genuine facts.
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What is English Premier League?
Premier League is a football league popularly known as English premier league is an English Top flight football league contested by 20 clubs.
History of English Premier League
Premier League was founded in February 20, 1992 as the FA premier league.
The premier league is the most watched sports league in the world with 212 broadcast to 643 millions home and a TV audience of about 4.7 billion people.
Fifty clubs have competed since the emergence of the league consisting of 48 English clubs and 2 welsh clubs.
Clubs who played in the English Premier League
The numbers of football club to have played the league is 50 since its inception in 1992. But as at the year 2020, Twenty clubs played, which are:
- Manchester City
- Manchester United
- Chelsea
- Liverpool
- Arsenal
- Leicester City
- Tottenham Hotspur
- Brentford
- Watford
- Southampton
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Norwich City
- Newcastle United
- Leeds United
- Everton
- Aston Villa
- Burnley
- WestHam United
- Crystal Palace
Premier League Team Stadiums
Premier has been played across 58 stadiums as of 2017-2018 season since it formation. Stadium attendances has been a significant source of income to the league.
List of Players who have scored 30 EPL goals in a season
The English Premier League is seen as the most competitive and difficult league to score goals due to the ability and technicality of the defenders in the league.
There had only be come eight (8) players who have scored 30+ EPL goals in one season since the English Premier League.
Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah being one of the most underrated player in football history is the player with the highest scoring EPL goals in one season.
The two-time African best player achieved that feat in the 2017/18 season with 32 goal helping Liverpool to finish 4th in the league table.
Below goes the players with 30 EPL goals in a season with three (3) of them among the Premier League highest goalscorer of all time.
| Rank | Players | Goals | Club | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammed Salah | 32 | Liverpool | 2017/18 |
| 2 | Luis Suarez | 31 | Liverpool | 2013/14 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 31 | Manchester United | 2007/08 |
| 4 | Alan Shearer | 31 | Blackburn Rovers | 1995/96 |
| 5 | Harry Kane | 30 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2017/18 |
| 6 | Robin Van Persie | 30 | Arsenal | 2011/12 |
| 7 | Thierry Henry | 30 | Arsenal | 2003/04 |
| 8 | Kevin Phillips | 30 | Sunderland | 1999/00 |
