{"id":29655,"date":"2025-11-29T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/29\/haaland-poised-for-premier-league-milestone-the-race-to-100-goals\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T18:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:09:23","slug":"haaland-poised-for-premier-league-milestone-the-race-to-100-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/11\/29\/haaland-poised-for-premier-league-milestone-the-race-to-100-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaland Poised for Premier League Milestone: The Race to 100 Goals!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp\">November 29, 2025, 12:04 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Erling Haaland, who did not score during Manchester City&#8217;s 3-2 victory against Leeds United on Saturday, will have to wait a bit longer to join the Premier League&#8217;s 100-goal club.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian striker is chasing Alan Shearer\u2019s long-standing record for being the fastest to achieve 100 goals, having reached 110 matches. Shearer set this benchmark back in 1995 after his 124th game.<\/p>\n<p>If Haaland had netted his 100th goal against Leeds, it would have been fitting, as it&#8217;s the city where his father, Ale Inge Haaland, was born while playing for the Yorkshire club.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1129%2Fr1582329_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1129%2Fr1582329_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1129%2Fr1582329_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1129%2Fr1582329_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Erling Haaland could potentially break the record in the upcoming match against Fulham on Tuesday. <cite>Karl Lesseen\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While Haaland has the potential to surpass Shearer&#8217;s record, he has a significant journey ahead to contend for the all-time scoring title. Shearer still holds the record for the most goals in Premier League history, with a total of 260.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Premier League matchday LIVE: Follow the latest updates on ESPN<br \/>&#8211; Pep Guardiola: Manchester City &#8216;didn&#8217;t try&#8217; in Leverkusen defeat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden netted the decisive goal in stoppage time, securing a 3-2 win for City against Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds, struggling in the league, made an impressive comeback from being 2-0 down at halftime, looking poised to take crucial points in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pursuit of Haaland to reach 100 goals not only excites fans who appreciate goal-scoring feats but also highlights the evolving landscape of talent in the Premier League. If he breaks Shearer&#8217;s record, it could ignite a whole new level of competition and admiration for goal-scorers in the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 29, 2025, 12:04 PM ET Erling Haaland, who did not score during Manchester City&#8217;s 3-2 victory against Leeds United on Saturday, will have to wait a bit longer to join the Premier League&#8217;s 100-goal club. The Norwegian striker is chasing Alan Shearer\u2019s long-standing record for being the fastest to achieve 100 goals, having reached [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40,314,1866,97,1483,46,2293,96,180,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-29655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-goals","10":"tag-haaland","11":"tag-league","12":"tag-milestone","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-poised","15":"tag-premier","16":"tag-race","17":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}