Keepingthefaithsince1976
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At any club his stats so far would be a success in a full season. Well done Erling. I'm predicting 40.
How many league goals will Haaland score this season?
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Got to feel a bit for Kane who will achieve his main career ambition of breaking Alan Shearer's record and then have it broken by Haaland the following season.
Postman Pep
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Kane has 13 from 16 and is not even in the conversation for the record. Says it all really.
SkyBlueFlux
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Here's a chart I've updated, inspired by a similar one I saw on Reddit a few months ago.
Haaland is currently at 20 goals, based on a regression line he's on to beat Salah's record at around the 24th game of the season (9 games from now). If he carries this trend through to the end of the season he'll be at around 52 goals.
He could not play until March (11 games from now) and he would still be ahead of Salah's record pace.
If you factor in that he hasn't been on the pitch for all of our 15 games and base it on minutes played then it just gets even more ridiculous.
Haaland is currently at 20 goals, based on a regression line he's on to beat Salah's record at around the 24th game of the season (9 games from now). If he carries this trend through to the end of the season he'll be at around 52 goals.
He could not play until March (11 games from now) and he would still be ahead of Salah's record pace.
If you factor in that he hasn't been on the pitch for all of our 15 games and base it on minutes played then it just gets even more ridiculous.
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Beat me to it! .... Dare say the bench meme will resurface in such a scenario :)
Imagine if he gets 50 goals, it would be absolutely insane. I think he's more likely to end up around 40 as we've not played a lot of the stronger teams yet.
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If he’s scoring a brace when he plays that poorly, the world is going to break when he gets into his stride and starts playing well!
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You could argue he'll get a bit more space against the top sides and more chances on the counter attack.
SkyBlueFlux
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I'd agree in principle that he's unlikely to maintain this kind of average - and originally I thought so based on the same logic you've laid out. But when you look at his games against the highest ranked teams we've played so far this season (top 8 or so):
Newcastle - 1 goal
United - 3 goals
Liverpool - 0 goals
Brighton - 2 goals
That's 6 in 4 games - which is better than his average against lesser opposition (14 in 11).
And besides, if he did get anything like 40, when you consider the record for a 38-game season has increased by 1 goal in 27 years, for Haaland to come along and smash it by that kind of margin is outrageous.
xgorton
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He has more league goals this season than Chelsea FC.