Haaland races to scoring record with 35th goal of Premier League season
Manchester City's Erling Haaland set a new Premier League record with his 35th goal of the season during Wednesday's 3-0 win over West Ham United.
He still has five more matches to add to this count.
Haaland's cool lob over Lukasz Fabianski meant he eclipsed the previous mark of 34 goals jointly held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer. The legendary strikers reached that tally when there were four more games in a campaign due to there being 22 clubs. The Premier League was reduced to 20, and therefore 38 matches per team, in 1995.
The clinical Norwegian broke Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah's scoring record for a 38-game Premier League season during the 4-1 rout of title rivals Arsenal on April 26.
| Player | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erling Haaland | 2022-23 | 31 | 35 |
| Andy Cole | 1993-94 | 40 | 34 |
| Alan Shearer | 1994-95 | 42 | 34 |
| Mohamed Salah | 2017-18 | 36 | 32 |
Haaland's 35 goals are the most any player from England's top flight has scored since Ron Davies struck 37 times for Southampton in 1966-67.
The 22-year-old's finish also lifted him to 51 goals in all competitions this season. He's the first player from England's top tier to surpass a half-century across all competitive club games since Everton's Dixie Dean scored a remarkable 63 times for Everton during the 1927-28 campaign.