Alexander Isak is in unstoppable kind proper now. The Swedish striker has continued his sizzling streak with one other objective in opposition to Wolves this night.
Isak’s opener at St James’ Park signifies that the 25-year-old has now scored in eight consecutive Premier League video games for Newcastle, along with his kind having propelled Eddie Howe’s facet again into the combo for Champions League qualification.
His purple patch additionally means simply two gamers have ever had an extended goalscoring run within the Premier League.
Isak has leapfrogged a complete host of Premier League gamers who’ve scored in seven straight video games. Some anticipated names function, together with the likes of Mohamed Salah, Sergio Aguero, Erling Haaland, Ian Wright, Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer. Amongst these to have additionally reached seven consecutive video games with a objective are Romelu Lukaku, Emmanuel Adebayor, Mark Stein, and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Isak’s eighth in a row has seen him be a part of elite firm. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored in eight straight video games throughout an excellent debut season at Manchester United in 2001/02, whereas Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge (2013/14) and Leicester’s Jamie Vardy (2019/20) have additionally achieved the feat.
Van Nistelrooy additionally sits second for longest goalscoring runs within the Premier League. The Dutchman produced a 10-game goalscoring run that spanned over two seasons, ending the 2002/03 marketing campaign with eight in a row earlier than netting within the first two video games of the next season.
That file lasted over a decade till Jamie Vardy smashed it throughout Leicester’s beautiful title-winning marketing campaign in 2015/16. Vardy scored in 11 successive matches, along with his record-breaker coming in opposition to Manchester United on the King Energy Stadium. Paradoxically, Van Nistelrooy is now Vardy’s head coach at Leicester Metropolis.
Probably the most consecutive Premier League video games with a objective
=3. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United, 12.12.2001 – 19.01.2002 (8)
=3. Daniel Sturridge, Liverpool, 23.11.2013 – 23.02.2014 (8)
=3. Jamie Vardy, Leicester, 19.10.2019 – 08.12.2019 (8)
=3. Alexander Isak, Newcastle, 04.12.2024 – 15.01.2025* (8*)
2. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United, 22.03.2003 – 23.08.2003 (10)
Jamie Vardy, Leicester, 29.08.2015 – 28.11.2015 (11)
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