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Erling Haaland will be looking to add a couple more goalscoring records to his ever-growing collection in the Premier League when Manchester City welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.
The Norwegian came up short in his quest to claim a third consecutive Premier League Golden Boot last season, finishing seven strikes behind winner Mohamed Salah despite netting a respectable 22 goals of his own.
Man Cityâs No.9 has since made a prolific start to the 2025-26 campaign after scoring twice to help Pep Guardiolaâs men secure a statement 4-0 opening victory away against Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend.
Haaland, who joined City in the summer of 2022, has now scored in each of his four matchday one appearances in the Premier League, with only Liverpoolâs Salah having enjoyed a longer run in the competitionâs history (six successive seasons between 2017-18 and 2022-23)
He has also scored more Premier League goals than any other Man City player under Guardiola, with his double at Wolves increasing his goal tally to 87 in 98 games and moving him two clear of Raheem Sterling in second place (85 goals in 194 games) - Sergio Aguero completes the top three with 82 goals in 125 games.
At the age of 25, Haaland has already broken a plethora of scoring records for Man City and he will have two more in his sights heading into Saturdayâs encounter with Spurs.
Haaland looking to surpass Cole, equal Shearer PL scoring feats
Haalandâs brace against Wolves has moved the talismanic striker onto 21 Premier League goals in August, despite only playing 12 games in the month since joining Man City.
The only two players in Premier League history who have scored more goals in August are Andrew Cole (25 in 44 games) and Les Ferdinand (22 in 47 games).
Haaland needs to score just one goal to match Ferdinandâs record and will need to find the net at least four times across fixtures against Spurs and away against Brighton & Hove Albion on August 31 if he wishes to draw himself level with Cole - five goals scored across these two matches would see the Norwegian break the record outright.
Forty-eight of Haalandâs 87 Premier League goals have remarkably been netted in as many home matches for City, and the only player in PL history to hit 50 home goals in fewer than 50 appearances is the divisionâs all-time leading scorer Alan Shearer, who scored his 50th home goal in his 47th game.
Haaland will need to score at least twice at home to Tottenham this weekend if he wishes to become only the second Premier League player to reach the 50-goal mark in fewer than 50 home matches.
Cityâs leading marksman will back himself to make the net ripple against Spurs, as he has scored four goals in his previous six encounters with the North Londoners, netting the only goal in a narrow 1-0 away victory in February of last season.
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