Alexander Isak has been voted December 2024's EA SPORTS Player of the Month.
Isak wins the award for the first time in his career after an incredible month for Newcastle United, scoring eight goals and assisting a further two in six Premier League appearances.
The striker was the Premier League's top scorer in December, finding the net in all six of his appearances as Newcastle won four matches, drew one and lost only once to join the race for a top-four finish.
Isak's December matches
Isak's goals included a hat-trick against Ipswich Town, while he also scored against Liverpool, Brentford, Leicester City, Aston Villa and Manchester United.
His goal in the 3-3 draw with leaders Liverpool won December's Guinness Goal of the Month award, making him one of only six players to claim both awards in the same month, following Cole Palmer in April 2024, Bruno Fernandes in June 2020, Jesse Lingard in April 2021, Mohamed Salah in October 2021 and Miguel Almiron in October 2022.
The 25-year-old is only the fourth Swedish player to win the EA SPORTS Player of the Month award since it was introduced in 1994/95. The others are Freddie Ljungberg for Arsenal in April 2002, Johan Elmander for Bolton Wanderers in November 2010, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Man Utd in December 2016.
Isak is the first Newcastle player to claim the prize since October 2022, when Miguel Almiron won it.
Isak topped an eight-man shortlist after the public's votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.
Can Isak continue fine form?
Isak has scored in his last seven Premier League matches and on Wednesday 15 January, at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers, he has the chance to become only the sixth player to ever net in eight in a row. If he scores in that match he will move three behind Jamie Vardy's record for most consecutive matches scored in.
Isak netted in Newcastle's EFL Cup semi-final first-leg win at Arsenal in midweek, reaching 50 goals in all competitions for the club. He reached the milestone in his 89th match, making him the third-fastest player to reach a half-century for Newcastle since the Premier League started, after Andrew Cole (50 matches) and Les Ferdinand (84). Isak beat Alan Shearer, the Premier League's all-time leading scorer, to a half-century by five appearances.
2024/25 EA SPORTS Player of the Month winners
August: Erling Haaland (Man City)
September: Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
October: Chris Wood (Nott'm Forest)
November: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
December: Alexander Isak (Newcastle)
