5 Premier League records Manchester City could break this season

#2 Most goals scored in a Premier League season – 103 goals

City could score almost 120 goals if they can keep up their current average

When you talk about entertaining sides in Premier League history, the first one to come to mind tends to be Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle side of the mid-1990s, but in terms of sheer goals, nobody can touch Carlo Ancelotti’s Chelsea side of 2009/10.

While not as infallible as the two Mourinho-led Chelsea sides to win the league before him, the Italian’s team were far more attacking – averaging 2.71 goals per league game compared to 1.89 in 2004/05 – even if they finished with nine fewer points than that side with 86.

So where do Guardiola’s City sit in comparison? They currently have 44 goals to their record in the first 14 games of the season, or an average of 3.14 goals per game. That puts them ahead of Chelsea’s eventual average, and thus you’d guess they’d be on course to break the record.

Backing that idea up, is the fact that over their first 14 games, Ancelotti’s Chelsea scored 36 goals – eight behind City’s current total at the same stage, and an average of 2.57 per game – a little behind their eventual average but way behind City’s current average.

What could hold them back? It’s hard to say, really. Injuries have been kind to them thus far but even if they suffer a few, their squad strength, particularly in the attacking areas, is strong enough to allow them to continue scoring.

And you can’t really argue that they haven’t played the top sides yet – they have, and against Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea they’ve scored a stunning total of 9 goals. And they’ve been thumping solid sides like Watford and Burnley too.

With Pep’s men enjoying this kind of form, Ancelotti can probably kiss his record goodbye – keep up the average of 3.14 and City could score almost 120 goals!