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Erling Haaland Equals Mo Salah's Record For Most Goals Scored In A 38-Game EPL Season

Erling Haaland has equaled the Premier League record for most goals scored in a 38-game season. Haaland tied with Mo Salah by scoring twice against Leicester.

Robert Summerscales

Erling Haaland Equals Mo Salah's Record For Most Goals Scored In A 38-Game EPL Season
Erling Haaland Equals Mo Salah's Record For Most Goals Scored In A 38-Game EPL Season /

Erling Haaland has equaled the Premier League record for most goals scored during a 38-game season.

The Manchester City striker scored twice in the opening 25 minutes of Saturday's 3-1 home win over Leicester.

Haaland's first goal was a penalty kick. His second came courtesy of a cool dinked finish after being set up by Kevin De Bruyne.

The 22-year-old has now netted 32 times in just 28 EPL matches.

Mo Salah is the only other player to have scored 32 goals in a single Premier League season since the competition downsized from 22 teams to 20 in 1995.

Salah's 32 goals came in 36 appearances for Liverpool in the 2017/18 season.

The overall EPL record for most goals in a single season is currently shared by Alan Shearer and Andy Cole.

Cole set the record in 1993/94 by scoring 34 goals in 40 EPL games for Newcastle. Shearer equaled it a year later with 34 goals in 42 matches for Blackburn.

Haaland is on course to make light work of that record, despite playing in fewer games.

Erling Haaland pictured celebrating after scoring his 21st goal of the 2022/23 Premier League season for Manchester City (during a home game against Everton on December 31, 2022)
No player has scored more goals than Erling Haaland in a single 38-game Premier League season  :: IMAGO/News Images/Conor Molloy
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Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.