Which club had the biggest win of the 2026–27 Premier League opening weekend by goal difference?

Brighton & Hove Albion had the biggest win of the 2026–27 Premier League opening weekend by goal difference.

Brighton defeated Aston Villa 4–0 on 23 August 2026. The four-goal margin was larger than Arsenal’s 3–0 win over Coventry City, Brentford’s 3–0 victory against Tottenham Hotspur and every other result in the opening round.

The match was especially notable because Brighton scored four times before half-time. That placed them among the small group of Premier League teams to score four first-half goals in an opening matchweek, following earlier examples involving Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United and Liverpool.

The result put Brighton at the top of the early table on goal difference, ahead of the other opening-weekend winners. A common mistake is to answer Arsenal because the champions won the first match, but Brighton’s 4–0 scoreline created the round’s largest margin.