Erling Haaland has set a Premier League record for most goals scored in a team's first four matches of a Premier League season.
Haaland scored twice to help Manchester City earn a 2-1 turnaround win over Brentford on Saturday and extend his side's winning start to the campaign.
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In doing so he took his goal tally for the season to an incredible nine goals in four matches. That is THREE TIMES the total of any other player, and two goals more than any other club (apart from his own Man City).
His nine goals break Wayne Rooney's record of eight goals in Manchester United's first four matches of 2011/12. Rooney went on to score 27 goals that season, a figure Haaland is already a third of the way to reaching.
Most goals in first four matches of a season
| Player | Club | Season | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | Man City | 2024/25 | 9 |
| Wayne Rooney | Man Utd | 2011/12 | 8 |
| Diego Costa | Chelsea | 2014/15 | 7 |
| Sergio Aguero | Man City | 2011/12 | 6 |
| Sergio Aguero | Man City | 2019/20 | 6 |
| Edin Dzeko | Man City | 2011/12 | 6 |
| Son Heung-min | Spurs | 2020/21 | 6 |
| Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Everton | 2020/21 | 6 |
| Erling Haaland | Man City | 2022/23 | 6 |
| Erling Haaland | Man City | 2023/24 | 6 |
Haaland already jointly holds the record for most goals in a team's first five matches of a season, with the nine he scored in his debut 2022/23 season and the nine from this campaign.
He will break his own record and move clear of Rooney again with a goal in Matchweek 5 at home to Arsenal.
Most goals in first five matches of a season
| Player | Club | Season | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | Man City | 2024/25 | 9 |
| Erling Haaland | Man City | 2022/23 | 9 |
| Wayne Rooney | Man Utd | 2011/12 | 9 |
| Sergio Aguero | Man City | 2011/12 | 8 |
| Erling Haaland | Man City | 2023/24 | 7 |
| Son Heung-min | Spurs | 2020/21 | 7 |
| Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Everton | 2020/21 | 6 |
| Sergio Aguero | Man City | 2019/20 | 7 |
| Tammy Abraham | Chelsea | 2019/20 | 7 |
| Diego Costa | Chelsea | 2014/15 | 7 |
But one record escaped the Norwegian on Saturday.
One more goal against Brentford would have made him the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick in THREE consecutive matches, having struck trebles against Ipswich Town and West Ham United in Matchweeks 2 and 3 respectively.
He hit a post late on and was denied by a stunning save by Brentford goalkeeper Mark Flekken.
After four matches of his previous two seasons Haaland had six goals. He ended those campaigns with 36 and 27 goals respectively.
How many he scores in 2024/25 is anyone's guess.
