8 PL clubs are averaging less than a goal a game this season.

[Sidney1st]

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Yes we are on that list

Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield, Southampton, Stoke, Swansea and West Brom.

Newcastle have scored 30 in 30 games, thanks to the 3 they knocked in past Southampton.

Some interesting comments about strikers on that article.

[Spijed]

For all their talent, Jose likes to park the bus as often as any other side in the PL.

[the_magic_rat]

The Mail seem to have overlooked one example of one of the "Big Six" conceding three or four against one of those making up the numbers.

[Sidney1st]

They used the last 126 games for their article, which is only about 2 months of football if you include international breaks etc

[Spijed]

There is often talk about bonus points for more goals scored.

Question is, would that only apply if a team won? If a team lost 6-5 for example, would the losing team scoring 5 still get a bonus point?

It could potentially turn football into a sport like basketball if that was the case as no team would bother defending.

[Sidney1st]

There is often talk about bonus points for more goals scored.

Question is, would that only apply if a team won? If a team lost 6-5 for example, would the losing team scoring 5 still get a bonus point?

It could potentially turn football into a sport like basketball if that was the case as no team would bother defending.

That would be good news for an Eddie Howe team.

[ClaretTony]

There is often talk about bonus points for more goals scored

Is there?

They once replaced goal difference with goals scored and that was quickly scrapped - football is about defending as well as attacking.

[Sausage]

Absolute horseshit from the Daily Mail. The global brand of the Premier League isn't harmed by clubs scoring less than a goal a game, it's harmed by clubs being bankrolled by laundered money from Russia and the Gulf states, skewing the competition towards the likes of Chelsea and Man City who, lest we forget, routinely bobbed around in the old Second Division and bottom half of the First Division before becoming artificially wealthy.