Erling Haaland smashes hat-trick as Manchester City thump West Ham
Erling Haaland continued his superb goal-scoring spree in the Premier League, helping Manchester City win their third successive match in the Premier League 2024-25 season on Saturday. Haaland's three goals means he has now scored in this season's opening three league matches, which includes two hat-tricks. This was another strong performance for Man City, who claimed a 3-1 win. Here are the details.
8th Premier League hat-trick for Haaland
Haaland scored his 8th Premier League hat-trick, making only his 69th appearance in the competition. The former Borussia Dortmund player, who won the Premier League Golden Boot award in the last two campaigns, already owns seven goals from three league games this season. Haaland has raced to 70 goals in the Premier League. He also owns 13 assists.
97 goals for Man City
In 102 games for Man City in all competitions, Haaland has scored 97 goals. He hit 52 goals in his debut season in 2022-23. In the 2023-24 season, the prolific striker bagged 38 goals.
A solid first half at the Etihad
Jarrod Bowen tested Man City keeper Ederson in the third minute with a solid driving shot. Haaland then missed a chance but made amends when Bernardo Silva's through ball was met by him in the 10th minute. In the 19th minute, an own goal from Ruben Dias saw West Ham level. It was Haaland, who handed his side the lead from Rico Lewis' pass.
Stats from the first half
Man City had 2.11 expected goals to West Ham's 0.05. Man City made 17 attempts and had five shots oin target. West Ham had two shots with one of them on target. The visitors created three big chances and missed two.
What happened in the 2nd half?
Man City started the second half in a composed fashion but it was West Ham's Mohammad Kudus, who struck the post after being fed by Bowen. The former's left-footed effort crashed off the post. The Hammers grew into the contest before Man City took control of possession and the third goal arrived when Haaland was fed with a weighted pass from Matheus Nunes.
Haaland joins elite company with his hat-trick
Haaland has joined former Tottenham legend Harry Kane in becoming just the 2nd player to score back-to-back Premier League hat-tricks on two occasions. As per Opta, Haaland is the first player to score a hat-trick in two of a team's first three league games in a season since Paul Jewell for Bradford in 1994-95.
Do you know?
Haaland's seven goals so far in the Premier League 2024-25 season is the most a player has ever scored in a team's first three matches of a season. He surpassed former Man City player Edin Dzeko, who scored six goals in 2011-12.
Man City are unbeaten in 26 Premier League games
Man City are unbeaten in 18 matches against West Ham in the Premier League. Man City own 45 away goals versus West Ham in Premier League. Man City are unbeaten in 22 Premier League matches so far in 2024. Overall, they are unbeaten in 26 league games, winning 12 in a row. West Ham have conceded in each of their last 11 home matches.
