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Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 11:54 am

Most open play goals scored in the EFL:


54 Cardiff
45 Coventry
43 Hull
41 Barnsley
40 Huddersfield
39 Ipswich
38 Middlesbrough
38 Notts County
37 Chesterfield
37 Peterborough
37 Reading
37 Swindon
36 Colchester
36 Lincoln
36 MK Dons
36 QPR
36 Wrexham
35 Bolton
35 Bristol City
35 Leyton Orient
34 Grimsby
34 Leicester
34 Norwich
34 Southampton

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:04 pm

Get in :bluebird:

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:06 pm

Lincoln must be very good at set pieces

Something we will have to look at when we play them because one of our weaknesses is defending set pieces

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:35 pm

That's very impressive.

Well done BBM, the coaches and all the players :thumbup:

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 12:48 pm

Excellent stat.

Is there one for most set piece goals scored in the EFL?

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:16 pm

davids wrote:Excellent stat.

Is there one for most set piece goals scored in the EFL?

Top 3 set piece goals in league 1

Lincoln - 19
Plymouth - 18
Northampton - 17

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:34 pm

froggy1927 wrote:Lincoln must be very good at set pieces

Something we will have to look at when we play them because one of our weaknesses is defending set pieces



They are a Warnock-type team with long throws, crosses, set pieces and corners. It's going to be an interesting game and after Saturday I think they will try and bomard us.

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:35 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Most open play goals scored in the EFL:


54 Cardiff
45 Coventry
43 Hull
41 Barnsley
40 Huddersfield
39 Ipswich
38 Middlesbrough
38 Notts County
37 Chesterfield
37 Peterborough
37 Reading
37 Swindon
36 Colchester
36 Lincoln
36 MK Dons
36 QPR
36 Wrexham
35 Bolton
35 Bristol City
35 Leyton Orient
34 Grimsby
34 Leicester
34 Norwich
34 Southampton


Well done BBM and the team, it's brilliant to watch too once you get used to it.

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:39 pm

Bluebina wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Most open play goals scored in the EFL:


54 Cardiff
45 Coventry
43 Hull
41 Barnsley
40 Huddersfield
39 Ipswich
38 Middlesbrough
38 Notts County
37 Chesterfield
37 Peterborough
37 Reading
37 Swindon
36 Colchester
36 Lincoln
36 MK Dons
36 QPR
36 Wrexham
35 Bolton
35 Bristol City
35 Leyton Orient
34 Grimsby
34 Leicester
34 Norwich
34 Southampton


Well done BBM and the team, it's brilliant to watch too once you get used to it.


It's great to watch unless the opposition park the bus, some of the games around Christmas were a hard watch. The last few weeks have been possibly the most exciting stuff I've seen from us, certainly since Dave Jones was here.

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:52 pm

Blue since 1981 wrote:
davids wrote:Excellent stat.

Is there one for most set piece goals scored in the EFL?

Top 3 set piece goals in league 1

Lincoln - 19
Plymouth - 18
Northampton - 17


Thanks very much.

At least we know what to be concentrating on in at training the week leading up to the Lincoln game.

Vital that we don't give away cheap free kicks and corners in that match because it's very much our Achille's Heel.

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:59 pm

Bluebina wrote:
froggy1927 wrote:Lincoln must be very good at set pieces

Something we will have to look at when we play them because one of our weaknesses is defending set pieces



They are a Warnock-type team with long throws, crosses, set pieces and corners. It's going to be an interesting game and after Saturday I think they will try and bomard us.


It will be a tough game that's for sure

Re: Most open play goals scored

Mon Feb 23, 2026 11:26 pm

Arsenal could learn a lot from Us ;)