MANCHESTER CITY PREMIER LEAGUE 2025–26 SEASON

Erling Haaland
2025-26 Stats Hub

The man who broke every Premier League scoring record continues to terrorise defences across England and Europe. This hub tracks every goal, every assist, and every defining moment of Haaland's 2025-26 campaign with Manchester City.

36
PL Goals (22-23)
27
PL Goals (23-24)
3
PL Golden Boots
1
UCL Titles

2025-26 Season Overview

Erling Haaland's impact at Manchester City since arriving from Borussia Dortmund in 2022 has been historically unprecedented. The Norwegian striker broke the Premier League single-season goals record in his debut campaign, netting 36 times in just 35 appearances. The 2025-26 season represents his fourth year in English football — and despite greater attention from opposition defences, his output remains at an elite level.

Premier League

City's title push hinges on Haaland's ability to convert the chances Pep Guardiola's system creates. With top-class service from De Bruyne and Bernardo, the goals will flow.

Champions League

Haaland is hungry for more UCL glory after the 2022-23 treble. His knockout-round record is already impressive — multiple hat-tricks in group stages, decisive goals in the knockouts.

World Cup Warmup

With World Cup 2026 on the horizon, this season is also crucial for Haaland's Norway and his personal form. A strong 2025-26 cements his status as one of the WC2026 Golden Boot favourites.

Haaland's Premier League Records

In just three full Premier League seasons, Haaland has rewritten the record books. His pace, aerial ability, and clinical finishing make him uniquely suited to the physicality of English football, while Guardiola's system creates an extraordinary number of clear-cut chances for his centre-forward.

Most goals in a single PL season
36 goals in 2022-23 — breaking Alan Shearer's 1995-96 record of 34
RECORD
Fastest to 50 Premier League goals
Reached 50 PL goals faster than any player in the competition's history
RECORD
Back-to-back PL Golden Boots
Top scorer in multiple consecutive seasons — a feat matched only by a handful in the Premier League era
ELITE
PFA Players' Player of the Year 2022-23
Voted the best player in the league by his fellow professionals in his debut season
AWARD

Champions League Journey 2025-26

Haaland's Champions League record is already one of the most impressive in modern football. Since his days at Red Bull Salzburg and Dortmund, he has been a goal machine in Europe's premier club competition. At Man City, he was the top scorer in the 2022-23 UCL campaign as they won the treble — and he is determined to add more European glory.

UCL Career Statistics

  • UCL career goals80+
  • UCL hat-tricksMultiple
  • UCL titles1 (2022-23)
  • UCL top scorer seasonsMultiple
  • UCL finals1 (won vs Inter)

2025-26 UCL Ambitions

Man City enter the 2025-26 Champions League determined to reclaim their place at the summit of European football. With the new expanded UCL format including a league phase, Haaland has more matches — and more opportunities — to add to his goal tally before the knockout rounds begin.

A City run to the UCL Final in Munich, Bilbao, or another 2026 venue would put Haaland on course for one of the most decorated seasons in the competition's history.

Man City's Premier League Title Push

Manchester City's dynasty under Pep Guardiola has produced five Premier League titles in six seasons. The 2025-26 campaign sees City competing with Arsenal, Liverpool, and Chelsea for what has become one of the most intensely contested title races in the Premier League era. Haaland's goals remain the most critical factor in City's hopes.

Title Race Rivals

  • Arsenal — consecutive title-race finalists, desperate to claim a first league title since 2004
  • Liverpool — Slot's side hit the ground running, pressing from the front and creating in abundance
  • Chelsea — Enzo Maresca's rebuilt side challenging with the most expensive squad in league history

Why Haaland is the Difference

In a league where margins are minimal, Haaland's ability to score in both the comfortable wins and the tight, grinding 1-0 victories makes City mathematically different from every other side. His conversion rate of clear-cut chances remains the best in the league — and in a title race decided by two or three points, that efficiency is priceless.

Haaland Highlights

Latest Haaland & Man City News

Hope for Man City, Chelsea & Spurs - great Champions League comebacks

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Mbappe back for Man City but Bellingham to sit out

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What Chelsea's punishment means for Man City's 115 charges case: Etihad club's former financial advisor gives his verdict after 'extremely lenient' Premier League decision

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Pep Guardiola's plan for the impossible job against Real Madrid? Give his Man City stars the day off before ... but here's why they may face a UEFA rap as a result, writes JACK GAUGHAN

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Chelsea handed the Premier League's biggest EVER fine and a suspended transfer ban for rule breaks - but silence remains on Man City's 115 charges

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Pep Guardiola launches staunch defence of goal-shy Erling Haaland amid Manchester City star's barren run - but insists striker is NOT injured

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The day the Premier League title slipped away from Man City? Pep Guardiola's flat side showed an air of defeatism in a game they simply had to win after Arsenal's dramatic victory, writes OLIVER HOLT

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Pep Guardiola must end his curious use of Rayan Cherki: The two moments that revived sluggish Man City display, how he is outperforming struggling stars and why now is the perfect time to unleash him, writes JACK GAUGHAN

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West Ham vs Man City - Premier League RECAP: Reaction as Pep Guardiola's side are held in huge blow to title hopes

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Pep Guardiola fires back at critics who 'massacred' him for his Man City team selection in crushing Champions League defeat by Real Madrid

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WSL round-up: Man City stutter as Arsenal win and Liverpool pile pressure on Leicester

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'Not over' - Pep retains PL title hope but admits Haaland problem

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Man City's title hopes slip as West Ham pick up vital point

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Man City vs Real Madrid preview: Mbappe ready to return, says Arbeloa

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Blockbuster Erling Haaland transfer to Real Madrid, Barcelona put on hold as sources drop massive Man City update

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Man Utd butchering Elliot Anderson transfer as Man City get decisive update from Fabrizio Romano

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Man City hold talks to sign the world’s best player after secret meeting photographed

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Barcelona presidential candidate ‘negotiates’ bombshell Haaland deal with Man City chief Viana – ‘I’m convinced…’

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Man City star ‘open’ to spectacular Everton switch as David Moyes plots eye-catching reunion

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Man City preparing damaging raid on Tottenham for ‘top performer’ with echoes of Kyle Walker swoop

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