Erling Haaland's Champions League Goals By Numbers

Since bursting onto the European stage as a teenager with Salzburg, Erling Haaland has made a name for himself as one of the most destructive forwards in the continent and his goalscoring record in the Champions League only serves to prove this.

At 24 years old, Haaland has now racked up an incredible 42 goals across 41 Champions League appearances at an average of slightly better than a goal-per-game. Of those 42 goals, 19 have come whilst playing for current club Manchester City and in only 22 matches. This after the Norwegian had already accumulated 15 goals in just 13 games for Borussia Dortmund and eight goals across six group stage fixtures at Salzburg.

But how has Haaland been so potent in the Champions League and what have been the keys to his success in front of goal? In this breakdown, we run through all the key numbers.

Last updated after Matchday 1 of the 2024-25 season

BY SEASON

• Haaland has scored a double-figure number of Champions League goals in three of the six seasons in which he has featured in the tournament.
• His most successful season from a goalscoring point of view came in 2022/23, when he finished top-scorer in the competition with 12 goals as Man City went on to win the Champions League for the first time in their history.

BY ROUND

• Haaland has accumulated 28 (66.7%) of his 42 goals across the group stage/league phase.
• Only two of Haaland's goals have come outside of the group stage/league phase and round of 16.

BY PITCH AREA

• Unsurprisingly, 69% of the Norwegian's goals have come from inside the penalty area.
• However, this does not include anything scored by Haaland from inside the six-yard-box, of which there are 11 further goals.

METHOD OF GOALS

• Haaland’s favoured left foot has accounted for 29 (69%) of his 42 Champions League goals.
• He has only registered four headed goals so far across his career in the tournament.

TYPE OF GOALS

• 85.7% of Haaland’s goals have come from open play, whilst six have been via the penalty spot.
• As is the case with Kylian Mbappe, Haaland is yet to score a free kick in the Champions League.

BY HALF

• Haaland’s attacking threat is almost identical across the first and second halves having scored just two extra goals in the second period of matches compared to the first.

BY MINUTE

• The data suggests that Haaland needs time to get his eye in, having scored only three goals inside the first 15 minutes of a Champions League fixture, the lowest across any period of normal time.
• However, as Haaland grows into a game, his goal threat increases and ten of his 42 goals have come between the 30-minute mark and half-time.

NATIONS SCORED AGAINST

• Just over 20% of Haaland's goals in the Champions League have come against German opposition, perhaps no surprise when considering that he played in Germany for two and a half seasons, plenty of time to acquaint himself with their respective backlines.
• Although Haaland boasts goals against clubs from 11 different nations, he is still yet to score against either Portuguese or Dutch opposition.

TEAMS SCORED AGAINST

• Haaland has scored against both RB Leipzig and Sevilla six times (14.3% each) in the Champions League, more than any other club as it stands
• Of his six goals against Leipzig, five of them came in one match, the second leg of a round of 16 tie in 2022-23 that Man City won 7-0 (8-1 on aggregate).

GOALKEEPERS SCORED AGAINST

• Janis Blaswich was in goal for Leipzig in that round of 16 second leg which saw the Man City star score five goals.
• Currently, 15 goalkeepers have conceded at least one goal to Haaland in the Champions League.

TOP ASSISTERS

• No player has managed to assist Haaland more than three times, but it will be no surprise to most that Man City teammate Kevin De Bruyne is the man to have assisted him on those three occasions.
• Over 20% of Haaland’s goals were not registered as assisted.

See how Haaland's Champions League goal statistics compare to that of Kylian Mbappe.