What's the Latest Goal Ever Scored in a Premier League Match?

**TL;DR: **The latest goals in Premier League history have all arrived deep into stoppage time, with several confirmed strikes well past the 99th minute. Since the league started enforcing stricter added-time rules, 95th and 96th minute winners have become much more common, and a handful have crept past 100 minutes on the official clock.

Football has always rewarded patience, but the Premier League era has turned late drama into a defining feature. Stoppage time used to be a polite nod from the referee. Now it can stretch past ten minutes, and the goals that arrive in those final seconds are some of the most replayed moments in the league's history.

How late is genuinely late?

A goal in the 90th minute counts as late by most definitions, but the truly historic ones come well after the official 90 has ticked over. The Premier League has never published a single, definitive list of latest-ever goals because timing depends on the match clock, the broadcast clock, and how the fourth official records added time. What we can say with confidence is that several goals have been confirmed in the 96th, 97th, 98th and even later minutes.

Manchester City's title-winning run in 2011-12 ended with Sergio Aguero's strike against QPR in what was timed at around 93:20, and that's still talked about as one of the latest decisive goals in league history. More recently, with referees adding longer stoppage time, goals well past 95 minutes have become almost routine.

Why stoppage time keeps growing

Until a few seasons ago, four or five minutes of added time was considered generous. The shift came when officials started counting goal celebrations, substitutions, VAR checks, and injury delays much more strictly. The result is matches that regularly run to 96 or 97 minutes, with some pushing past 100.

• Goal celebrations now eat 30-60 seconds and are added back
• VAR reviews can take 90 seconds or longer per incident
• Substitutions late in the match cost 30 seconds each
• Injury stoppages are timed more honestly than they used to be

This matters for predictors because the longer the match runs, the more chance there is for a late twist. We covered the broader effect of this in our piece on how VAR decisions affect score predictions, and the same logic applies to extended stoppage time generally.