Jean-Philippe Mateta
Star of the present in Saturday’s six-goal thriller at Selhurst Park was Jean-Philippe Mateta, with the in-form Frenchman scoring a hat-trick in opposition to Bournemouth which meant he hit the 50-goal involvement mark within the Premier League for the Eagles, courtesy of 43 targets and eight assists (51 in whole).
The striker has scored two of Palace’s three Premier League hat-tricks, whereas courtesy of his late penalty strike, he was the primary participant to have his third objective of the sport come courtesy of a Ninetieth-minute equaliser since Somen Tchoyi in Could 2011 for West Bromwich Albion in opposition to Newcastle United.
Alas, Mateta’s trio of targets was not sufficient to earn all three factors for the hosts, thus turning into the primary participant to attain a house Premier League hat-trick and never win since Andy Carroll in April 2016 in a 3-3 draw for West Ham in opposition to Arsenal.
General Mateta had six massive probabilities within the recreation (scoring three), the joint-most in a Premier League recreation on document (since 2010-11).
Danny Welbeck
He could also be within the autumn of his profession, however at 34 years outdated Danny Welbeck is exhibiting no indicators of slowing down.
Towards Newcastle on Saturday, Brighton’s veteran striker scored a match-winning double to make it 4 targets in his previous three Premier League video games, greater than in his earlier 15 appearances within the competitors mixed (three).
The previous Manchester United and Arsenal man’s current targets have tended to be game-changers, with 12 of his previous 13 top-flight strikes both placing the Seagulls forward (9, together with two on the weekend) or drawing the sport degree (three), with 5 of these targets winners.
Welbeck has Georginio Rutter to thank for establishing one in every of his targets in opposition to the Magpies, with 4 of the Dutchman’s 5 Premier League assists for Brighton coming for the previous England striker, with all 4 placing Brighton forward within the recreation.
In an all-round very good show, Welbeck additionally arrange a joint-game-high three goalscoring probabilities for team-mates.
Erling Haaland
It could not be a Premier League weekend with out one other tour de pressure show from Erling Haaland, with the unstoppable Manchester Metropolis striker among the many targets once more on Saturday in opposition to Everton.
The Norwegian scored his tenth (and eleventh) Premier League targets of the season, with this being the third earliest (MD8) a participant has reached double figures in a marketing campaign within the competitors, with, you guessed it, Haaland himself additionally chargeable for the opposite two (MD5 in 2022-23, MD6 in 2024-25).
With 11 Premier League targets below his belt already, Haaland has, extremely, scored as many or extra targets than 12 of the opposite 19 sides within the competitors this season.
Haaland had Savinho to thank for establishing one in every of his targets on Saturday, with seven of the Brazilian’s 12 assists for Manchester Metropolis in all competitions coming for the Norwegian. For the reason that begin of final season, solely Jacob Murphy has assisted a particular team-mate extra typically amongst Premier League sides (9, for Alexander Isak at Newcastle).
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