Erling Haaland kicked off his Premier League 2025/26 season with a brace against Wolves on Matchday 1. Haaland scored a goal in each half to help Manchester City win the contest 4-0 on Saturday. Haaland’s opener came in the 34th minute. The goal was set up by Rico Lewis from the right wing. Thereafter, new signing Tijjani Reijnders played a role in assisting Haaland for the 2nd in the 2nd half.
Haaland, with his two goals, continued to light up the mood for Manchester City in their opening Premier League game for the 4th season running. In all of these 4 games, Haaland has scored goals and Man City have managed to earn crucial wins.
Haaland, who joined the club from Borussia Dortmund in 2022, has been a prolific scorer for the Citizens. In 98 Premier League matches, the Norwegian striker has 87 goals under his belt. Overall, he has managed to score 126 goals in 147 matches across competitions for Man City.
Notably, in Premier League’s opening games for Man City across 4 seasons now, Haaland has scored 7 goals. In three of these matches, he has scored twice. Such has been his prowess in front of the net for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Here we analyse Haaland’s returns on MD1 of the Premier League across 4 seasons now.
- Premier League 2022/23: Haaland scored two goals versus West Ham United in his side’s 2-0 win.
- Premier League 2023/24: Haaland scored two goals versus Burnley in his side’s 3-0 win at Turf Moor.
- Premier League 2024/25: Haaland scored one goal in his side’s 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
- Premier League 2025/26: Haaland scored two goals versus Wolves in his side’s 4-0 win at the Molineux.
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