Erling Haaland is widely regarded as one of, if not the, best goalscorer in world football at present, having established himself as the leading marksman in Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side.
The 24-year-old scored a remarkable 90 goals in 98 appearances across his first two seasons with the Citizens, breaking a plethora of records and winning two Premier League Golden Boot awards in the process.
With Haaland now bidding to once again etch his name into the history books and fire Man City to more silverware, Sports Mole takes a look at the Norwegian's scoring record in the 2024-25 campaign, how many goals he is projected to score and what single-season record he is attempting to break.
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Haaland's form to date
Haaland was named Premier League Player of the Month for August after making a blistering start to the 2024-25 campaign, scoring seven goals in his first three matches, including two hat-tricks against Ipswich Town and West Ham United.
The striker has since increased his goal tally in the Premier League to 10 after just seven games, netting a brace in a 2-1 win over Brentford and one goal in an enthralling 2-2 draw with Arsenal in September.
However, Haaland has failed to score in each of his last two Premier League fixtures against Newcastle United (1-1) and Fulham (3-2) despite playing the full 90 minutes in both matches.
How many goals is Haaland projected to score at current rate?
Haaland is currently averaging 1.43 goals per game and if you were to project that over the entire 2024-25 Premier League season, he would make the net ripple a staggering 54 times.
Maintaining that incredible scoring rate may well be a tall order even for Haaland, but there is no doubt that the Scandinavian goal machine has proven how deadly he can be in the final third.
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What is the current single-season scoring record Haaland is trying to beat?
Haaland is attempting to break his own single-season scoring record in the Premier League. The striker surpassed Andy Cole and Alan Shearer (34 goals) when he netted 36 goals in just 35 appearances during the 2022-23 season - his debut campaign as a Citizens player.
City's No.9, who scored 27 times in the 2023-24 season, is bidding to become only the second player in Premier League history after Shearer (three times) to score 30 goals or more in multiple seasons.
Haaland is also bidding to become the first player since Thierry Henry (2005 to 2007) to win three consecutive Golden Boot awards in the division.
List of the Premier League's all-time record goalscorers in a single season:
36 goals: Erling Haaland (Man City | 2022-23 | 38-game season)
34 goals: Andy Cole (Newcastle United | 1993-94 | 42-game season)
34 goals: Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers | 1994-95 | 42-game season)
32 goals: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool | 2017-18 | 38-game season)
31 goals: Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers | 1993-94 | 42-game season)
31 goals: Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers | 1995-96 | 42-game season)
31 goals: Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United | 2007-08 | 38-game season)
31 goals: Luis Suarez (Liverpool | 2013-14 | 38-game season)
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What next? Who is Haaland's next opponent?
Haaland will next be in Premier League action on Sunday when Man City travel to Molineux to face Wolverhampton Wanderers, a team Haaland has faced four times previously and has scored a whopping eight goals against, including four in a 5-1 win at the Etihad in May.
Man City will then welcome newly-promoted Southampton to the blue side of Manchester on October 26, before travelling to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth in their first league game of November.
Oliver Thomas
