Erling Haaland attains this unique feat with brace against Wolves
What's the story
Erling Haaland scored a brace for Manchester City on Matchday 1 of the Premier League 2025-26 season. The star striker shone for Pep Guardiola's men in a 4-2 win over Wolves at the Molineux. Haaland opened the scoring in the 34th minute before adding his side's third goal in the 61st. He has scored in each of his four Matchday 1 Premier League appearances.
Feat
100% record: Haaland continues to score on MD1
Haaland joined Man City in the summer of 2022 from Borussia Dortmund. Entering into his 4th season at the club, Haaland has scored in Man City's opening fixture for 4 successive seasons. As per Opta, only, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (6 successive seasons between 2017-18 and 2022-23), has enjoyed a longer run in the competition's history. Overall, Salah owns 10 MD1 Premier League goals.
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A look at Haaland's goals on MD1 in Premier League
In 2022-23, Haaland scored a brace versus West Ham United in his side's 2-0 win. In 2023-24, Haaland bagged a brace as Man City demolished Burnley 3-0 at Turf Moor. In 2024-25, Haaland scored his side's opener in a 2-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. And now, Haaland grabbed two goals versus Wolves. He has 7 goals from 4 of these matches.
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Haaland races to 87 Premier League goals
In 98 Premier League games, Haaland has 87 goals under his belt. Overall, he has 126 goals in 147 matches across competitions for Guardiola's side.