BBC Sport report on Premier League teams when conceding first – How they reacted 2024/25 | OneFootball

An interesting new report from BBC Sport, looking at what happens with Premier League teams when they concede the first goal.

The report looking at all 20 Premier League teams last season.

All 380 Premier League matches across the 2024/25 campaign.

Which teams regularly bounced back after conceding the first goal.

As opposed to those who didn’t…

BBC Sport report – 4 June 2025:

‘As the dust settles on the 2024-25 Premier League season, we have been taking a look at some of the alternative ways the the table could have finished…

“We never do it the easy way.”

Something muttered by many a football fan as they watch their side go 1-0 down again.

As frustrating as it can be watching from the stands or on the TV, it is a position some teams thrive in.

Luring the opposition into a false sense of security, it is almost as though they do not get going until they have given the other team a chance.

And if the league was measured on how well a team bounces back after conceding the first goal, then this season would have seen Brighton coming away with a Premier League title.

There were 17 occasions in 2024-25 when the Seagulls conceded the first goal, but from those they came back to win five and draw five – rescuing 20 points in the process.

It will not have made for comfortable watching for the fans, but it does show the tenacity of Fabian Hurzeler’s side to turn a match around.

The sign of champions is to win when you are not at your best and that is what Liverpool did this campaign. They may not have have conceded first as often as Brighton, but they still came back to win four times and draw seven.

It will not have always helped the cause of those chasing European spots, but Newcastle, Fulham and Aston Villa all showed the resilience that they could go one-goal down and still get much-needed points from a game.’

Quite astonishing really that Newcastle United