Haaland 100: The numbers behind Erling’s rapid century

We’ve worked with our colleagues at Opta to delve into the multiple stories contained within Erling Haaland’s century of goals as he enters the illustrious Premier League 100 Club.

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Haaland enters the illustrious Premier League 100 Club

Quick on the Draw

Erling Haaland not only entered the Premier League 100 Club this week, he also became the fastest to score his century.

The 25-year-old managed it in 111 appearances after his opening goal in the remarkable 5-4 win at Fulham.

That means Haaland reached his 100 goals 13 games quicker than Alan Shearer, who was the first to enter and who sits atop the charts with 260 goals.

Haaland also bagged his century 30 games quicker than Harry Kane, 36 matches faster than our very own Sergio Aguero, 49 faster than Thierry Henry and 51 games quicker than Mohamed Salah.

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MANY milestone MOMENTS

Erling Haaland is making a habit of hitting milestone numbers in record time.

Haaland is not only the fastest player to 100, he also reached 10, 25, 50 quicker than anyone else.

It took him six games to hit 10, alongside former Newcastle striker Micky Quinn - three matches ahead of Mark Viduka.

He hit 25 goals in 19 matches, seven games quicker than Kevin Philips.

Haaland reached 50 goals in just 48 games, and astonishing 17 matches faster than Andrew Cole.

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Left FIELD

There’s no doubt how Erling Haaland likes scoring his goals.

He’s a predator with his left foot and is most clinical at close-range.

Of his 100 to date in the Premier League, he’s netted 71 with his left foot, 11 with his right foot, 17 with his head and one other, bundling home his second goal in November 2023’s 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge.

He’s also bagged 94 inside the box with just the six goals coming from outside the box.

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Spot on

Erling Haaland clearly loves being put on the spot judging by his record with penalties.

Of his 100 goals, the powerful striker has managed to score a hugely impressive 17 out of 20 attempts.

His only misses came in a 2-1 victory at Sheffield United as Wes Fotheringham saved, against Everton as Jordan Pickford stopped and in our recent 3-0 triumph over Liverpool with Giorgi Mamardashvili denying him.

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Seven up

Erling Haaland becomes the seventh Blue to enter the Premier League 100 Club.

Sergio Aguero is the only other player to have scored all 100+ Premier League goals for City, sitting sixth in the list with 184.

But fellow 100 Club members Andrew Cole (187 – 9 for City), Frank Lampard (177 – 6 for City), Robbie Fowler (163 – 21 for City), Nicolas Anelka (125 – 37 for City) and Raheem Sterling (123 – 91 for City) also represented and scored for the Blues.

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Super Scandinavian

Erling Haaland becomes the first Scandinavian to join the 100 Club, with Norway the 14th different nation to have an inductee.

There are a plethora of famous players from that region but none other than Haaland have managed to make it onto the illustrious list.

Fellow Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hit 91, Christian Eriksen of Denmark managed 55, Sweden’s Alexander Isak has 55, Norway’s Joshua King – who now plays for Saudi club Al-Khaleej – hit 53 while Sweden’s Freddie Ljungberg managed 48 during his career in English football.

Interestingly, there’s no Spaniard, Brazilian or Italian in the Premier League 100 Club.

Hungry like the Wolf

Erling Haaland has scored the most goals of his century against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The striker has played against Black Country outfit six times and scored 10 goals in that sextet of games.

In his debut season, he scored one in a 3-0 away triumph at Molineux and then banged home a hat-trick in a 3-0 home triumph at Wolves.

In our Four-in-a-Row campaign, he hit four in a 5-1 home victory.

Then this season, he bagged a brace on our opening day 4-0 victory at Molineux.

Making up his top three opponents, he’s scored nine goals against West Ham United and eight against Manchester United.