Erling Haaland’s goalscoring statistics this season have been talked about so much that they are well-known to any keen Premier League observer. His goals per game and 90-minute touches are not the only numbers that have got pundits, fans, and even his peers talking: his speed.
A fast footballer is a fan favorite on the internet. Especially one who can finish a sprint with an equally thrilling goal. And in Haaland’s case, that has led to a series of videos shouting about just how fast Manchester City’s Norwegian striker is.
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But how fast can he do it? But how fast is he moving?
The numbers are the first.
At Borussia DortmundLast season, Haaland was the third fastest sprinter in the country. Bundesliga, clocking 36.3 km/h (10.1 metres per second). Although Premier League speed statistics are tightly guarded by the clubs, SkillCorner, an data tracking company, performs an assessment by extracting physical tracking information from broadcast footage.
As a proxy of a player’s top speed, they measure the 99th percentile of their peak sprint velocity (PSV-99).
Haaland’s average PSV-99 speed is 30.5 km/h. This is about average for forwards with many wide attackers ahead.
