3 Apr 2009Wenger calls for points for goal difference

Football Leagues/ Association and Governance | Football Referees, Players, Managers and Media

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has suggested that the Premier League points system should be changed to reward teams that win by big margins, it was revealed today (April 3rd).

Official figures show that the average number of goals per game in England's top flight this season is 2.45, which would be the lowest in a decade if maintained in the final eight games.

With the Bundesliga and Spain's Primera Division both boasting averages close to three, Wenger has called for more points to be awarded to teams who achieve the highest margins of victory in matches.

"I would like to see a scheme brought in where you get more points for scoring more goals," he told the official Arsenal magazine.

"For example, if you win 6-3, you get three points for the win, plus three more for the goal difference, while the team that loses gets none."

Wenger added that a system purely based on the number of goals scored would not work, as teams losing heavily would simply bring on strikers to get goals and would not care how many they conceded.

The highest-scoring game in recent memory in the Premier League was last season, when Portsmouth defeated Reading 7-4.

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