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What are the most lopsided derby scorelines in a football season?

Mohamed Salah celebrates a goal during Liverpool’s 5-0 rout of Manchester United in October 2021.
Mohamed Salah scored five of Liverpool’s nine goals in the two games against Manchester United in the 2021-22 season. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

“In last season’s Eredivisie, De Klassieker had an aggregate score of Feyenoord 10-0 Ajax. Have any other derbies had such a lopsided scoreline across both legs of a season?” wonders Jack Hayward.

What’s worse: losing 4-0 at home or 6-0 away? Ajax got to wrestle with that question after being routed twice by Feyenoord last season. An aggregate score of 10-0 is pretty emphatic, but we’ve seen worse. Or at least read about worse.

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