Alexander Isak has a wealth of goalscoring abilities and is closing in on an incredible record-breaking achievement.
Newcastle United has moved into the top four of the Premier League with six consecutive league wins, and the goals of the in-form Isak are one of the biggest reasons for its rise.
Isaac has scored in eight consecutive games, becoming the first Newcastle player and only the fourth player to achieve the feat in the Premier League. The Swede has scored 11 goals in these eight games to lead the Magpies soaring.
How close is Alexander Isak to a Premier League record?
Manchester United’s Ruud van Nistelrooy, Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge and Leicester forward Jamie Vardy have all scored in eight consecutive Premier League games. Before Isaac, Vardy’s streak of goals in the 2019-20 season was the most recent.
In 2003, Van Nistelrooy scored in ten consecutive Premier League games, breaking his own record set in the 2001-02 season, but was eliminated in the first half of the 2015-16 season.
That year, Leicester City won the historic Premier League title and Vardy, now coached by Ruud van Nistelrooy at Leicester City, scored in 11 consecutive games between August and November 2015.
Isak ranks seventh four four twoThe current roster of the best strikers in the world must score in three more games to equal Vardy’s Premier League record, and one more to break it. He’s showing no signs of slowing down, and Newcastle United’s winning streak is a better backdrop.
The forwards will also fancy their chances. The Magpies will hope to continue their form when they face Bournemouth at home on Saturday and visit struggling Southampton seven days later.
Their first league game in February will be at home to Fulham, where Isak will equal Vardy’s winning streak. Two weeks later, he scored in twelve consecutive Premier League games against champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, setting a new record.
Isaac has overtaken Sergio Aguero, Erling Haaland, Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer, Mo Salah and Ian Wright, who are all Scored in seven Premier League games but never reached eight.
The hot Newcastle striker has scored a total of 15 league goals this season, one less than Haaland and three less than Salah.
He is the joint fifth-leading scorer in Europe’s top five leagues this season, level with Omar Mamouche and behind only Salah, Haaland, Harry Kane and Robert Lewandowski. . Excluding penalties, Isaac and Haaland have scored more goals than anyone else.
Since joining the Magpies in 2022, Isaac has scored 46 goals in just 71 Premier League appearances.
