- 23 Dec 2022 09:36 GMT
- 9 min read
Erling Braut Haaland is already proving to be one of the most fascinating players to watch in the 2022/23 football season following his high-profile transfer from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City.
The Norway striker spent two-and-a-half prolific seasons in the Bundesliga with Dortmund before completing his €60 million switch to the Premier League.
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A year on from failing to sign Harry Kane, Guardiola and City hope Haaland can be the final piece they need – the focal point in attack – in their ongoing pursuit of Champions League glory.
Individually, Haaland entered the campaign ready to battle the likes of Mohamed Salah, Kane and Cristiano Ronaldo for the golden boot as part of a star-studded Premier League.
His official debut came in the Community Shield against title rivals Liverpool on July 30. However, it was somewhat of a debut to forget as Haaland missed a sitter, blazing over the bar with the goal at his mercy as City lost 3-1.
Man City hope Haaland can fire them to Champions League glory
His introduction to the Premier League was spectacular, though. He netted in his debut against West Ham, and though he was criticised for his role in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth, he bounced back with a double against Newcastle in a thrilling 3-3 draw.
The best was still to come, though, as he converted back-to-back hat-tricks against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest to give him the best goalscoring start ever to a Premier League season.
He continued that momentum into September. In the first match following the close of the transfer window, he grabbed the opener against Aston Villa after being set up by Kevin De Bruyne. The game finished in a disappointing 1-1 draw, though.
His Champions League debut for City was memorable as Haaland scored twice in a 4-0 thrashing of Sevilla away.
And he found the net in Champions League matchday two, as well, hitting home an acrobatic winner in the 2-1 victory over his former team Borussia Dortmund.
Haaland scored his 100th goal since 2020 in the 3-0 victory over Wolves a few days later.
After the international break, Haaland made it a record three successive hat-tricks at home as City thrashed rivals Man Utd 6-3 at the Etihad. He also grabbed two assists in a memorable match.
And he took his seasonal tally to 19 goals in 12 games with a double in the Champions League win over Copenhagen.
His scoring form continued the following weekend as Man City recorded another comfortable victory, this time a 4-0 success over Southampton. Haaland would get the last goal of City’s quartet of strikes, slapping a left-footed shot into the net to take him to 20 for the season.
Haaland was granted some rest for the visit to Denmark as he sat and watched from the bench as 10-men City got a 0-0 draw against Copenhagen in Champions League matchday four.
He was back in the starting XI against Liverpool at Anfield but hit a rare blank as Man City lost 1-0.
Never one to be denied goals for long, Haaland was back on target with a brace as City then beat Brighton 3-1 in the Premier League.
Haaland got another City start in the Champions League against former employers Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, but he drew a blank before being subbed off for Bernardo Silva at half-time due to injury.
He then missed the 1-0 win over Leicester and 3-1 victory over Sevilla due to the problem, but was fit enough to come off the bench in City’s 2-1 win over Fulham on the Saturday, and bagged the game-winning goal with a 95th-minute penalty.
Haaland sat and watched from the bench as City beat Chelsea 2-0 in the EFL Cup. He returned to play the full 90 minutes in the last game before the World Cup, a 2-1 defeat at home to Brentford.
Haaland did not play during the World Cup as Norway didn’t qualify. He returned to action with Man City with a goal just 10 minutes into the 3-2 League Cup win over Liverpool on December 22.
This page will be regularly updated to showcase Haaland’s individual club statistics for Manchester City throughout the season.
Erling Haaland: 2022-23 stats
Appearances: 18
Starts: 18
Goals: 24
Assists: 3
Haaland: Matches played
Liverpool 3-1 Man City, July 30 – Community Shield
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Haaland missed a sitter on his debut versus Liverpool
West Ham 0-2 Man City, August 7 – Premier League
Minutes played: 78
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Haaland scored his first Man City goal from the penalty spot against West Ham
Man City 4-0 Bournemouth, August 13 – Premier League
Minutes played: 74
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Newcastle 3-3 Man City, August 20 – Premier League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Man City 4-2 Crystal Palace, August 27 – Premier League
Minutes played: 84
Goals: 3
Assists: 0
Man City 6-0 Nottingham Forest, August 31 – Premier League
Minutes played: 69
Goals: 3
Assists: 0
Haaland made it back-to-back hattricks versus Forest
Aston Villa 1-1 Man City, September 3 – Premier League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Sevilla 0-4 Man City, September 7 – Champions League
Minutes played: 70
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Haaland’s double downed Sevilla
Man City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund, September 14 – Champions League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Haaland scored the winner against his old team
Wolves 0-3 Man City, September 17 – Premier League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Man City 6-3 Man Utd, October 1 – Premier League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 3
Assists: 2
Haaland made five goal contributions against Man Utd
Man City 5-0 Copenhagen, October 5 – Champions League
Minutes played: 45
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Man City 4-0 Southampton, October 8 – Premier League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Copenhagen 0-0 Man City, October 11 – Champions League
Minutes played: 0
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Liverpool 1-0 Man City, October 16 – Premier League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Man City 3-1 Brighton, October 22 – Premier League
Minutes played: 80
Goals: 2
Assists: 0
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Man City, October 25 – Champions League
Minutes played: 45
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Leicester 0-1 Man City, October 30 – Premier League
Minutes played: 0
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Man City 3-1 Sevilla, November 2 – Champions League
Minutes played: 0
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Man City 2-1 Fulham, November 5 – Premier League
Minutes played: 26
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Haaland was the hero against Fulham
Man City 2-0 Chelsea, November 9 – League Cup
Minutes played: 0
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Man City 1-2 Brentford, November 12 – Premier League
Minutes played: 90
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Man City 3-2 Liverpool, December 22 – League Cup
Minutes played: 73
Goals: 1
Assists: 0
Haaland celebrates against Liverpool
Haaland: Man City’s remaining fixtures
Leeds v Man City, December 26 – Premier League
Man City v Everton, December 31 – Premier League
Chelsea v Man City, January 2 – Premier League
Man Utd v Man City, January 14 – Premier League
Man City v Wolves, January 21 – Premier League
Tottenham v Man City, February 4 – Premier League
Man City v Aston Villa, February 11- Premier League
Nottingham Forest v Man City, February 18 – Premier League
Bournemouth v Man City, February 25 – Premier League
Man City v Newcastle, March 4 – Premier League
Crystal Palace v Man City, March 11 – Premier League
Man City v West Ham, March 18- Premier League
Man City v Liverpool, April 1 – Premier League
Southampton v Man City, April 8 – Premier League
Man City v Leicester City, April 15 – Premier League
Brighton v Man City, April 22 – Premier League
Man City v Arsenal, April 26 – Premier League
Fulham v Man City, April 29 – Premier League
Man City v Leeds, May 6 – Premier League
Everton v Man City, May 13 – Premier League
Man City v Chelsea, May 20 – Premier League
Brentford v Man City, May 28 – Premier League
Erling Haaland 2021-22 stats
Haaland had a frustrating final season with Dortmund in 2021-22, with hamstring and hip injuries limiting his opportunity to post a huge goal total while the team were unable to win a trophy.
He did still produce some impressive statistics, scoring 29 goals in all competitions from 30 appearances, just 26 of which were starts.
Haaland finished with 22 Bundesliga goals from 24 league outings, also adding eight assists across those games.
Only European Golden Shoe winner Robert Lewandowski and Patrik Schick ended up with higher goal totals in the German top-flight.
It was a mixed final season with Dortmund for Erling Haaland
There were some tremendous performances from Haaland during the season, including the opening day on August 14 when he scored twice and set up the other three goals in a memorable 5-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, while he also netted a double in a 4-3 win at Bayer Leverkusen in September.
But Dortmund failed to progress from their Champions League group and were then stunned by Rangers in the Europa League, a last-32 tie they lost 6-4 on aggregate without the injured Haaland.
A Haaland hat-trick against Bochum in April could not stop Dortmund from going down to a dramatic 4-3 defeat, but he finished on a high by scoring in his last appearance for the club – a 2-1 victory over Hertha Berlin on May 14.
While Dortmund ended up without silverware, they did finish second to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga table.
Erling Haaland 2020-21 stats
The 2020-21 season was the first full season Haaland spent with Dortmund, having signed in January 2020 and played the second half of the previous campaign.
Haaland exceeded expectations with a remarkable display of goalscoring.
Across all competitions, he made 41 appearances (40 starts) and scored a remarkable 41 goals.
He also added 10 assists, giving him 51 goal involvements over the season.
Haaland scored 27 goals in the Bundesliga from 28 games (27 starts), with six of his assists coming in that competition.
Haaland scored 41 goals and had 10 assists
He scored 10 times in eight Champions League matches, enough to make him the top scorer in that competition for the first time in his career.
Dortmund finished third in the Bundesliga and made the UCL quarter-finals before going out to Manchester City.
They did win silverware in the DFB-Pokal, with Haaland and Jadon Sancho both scoring twice as Dortmund defeated RB Leipzig 4-1 in the final.
That gave Haaland his first major trophy in Germany, having previously won two leagues and the cup in Austria with Salzburg.