Erling Haaland leads scoring with 9 as gap opens
The Man City striker has 9 goals, 3 clear of Alexander Isak on 6, with Liverpool sitting fourth on 15 points.
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Erling Haaland tops the Premier League scoring chart with 9 goals for Man City. The margin is 3: Alexander Isak of Liverpool has 6.
That is the whole story of the race at the top. Nobody else is close. Marcus Tavernier and João Pedro share 5 goals apiece, for Bournemouth and Chelsea respectively, and Morgan Rogers has 4. Two of the five leading scorers play for the same club.
Man City sit first on 21 points with a goal difference of +11. Arsenal have the same points, 21, but a worse goal difference of +8, which is all that separates them. Brighton Hove are third on 16 points and own the division's best goal difference at +16 — a strange line in a table where the leaders are only +11.
Liverpool, the club of the second-highest scorer, are fourth with 15 points and a goal difference of +3. Chelsea are fifth on 13, Brentford sixth on 11.
Worth asking whether Alexander Isak can close a gap of 3 goals on a team that is not exactly struggling for chances. Six goals is a good return. It just does not look like enough against a man on 9.
The league returns on Saturday 31 October, when Chelsea host Man United. Before that, the last round produced 0-0 between Sunderland and Leeds United on Sunday 25 October — no goals, no separation, and no change at the top of the scoring list.