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This season’s ‘Golden Boot’ race in the Premier League 2023-2024 is heating up as Mohammad Salah and Erling Haaland have equal numbers of goals each.
Both Mohammad Salah and Erling Haaland are missing Premier League matches for Liverpool and Manchester City. The Liverpool star is out on national duty with Egypt, but now he has suffered an injury and won’t feature for Liverpool until early February.
On the other side, Halaand, who last featured in a game against Aston Villa on December 6. The Norwegian star has been struck with an ankle injury, which makes his return a concern until next month. The 23-year-old has missed the last five Premier League games for Manchester City.
As of now, the Golden Boot race in the Premier League is wide open, and anyone can emerge as the new winner ahead of Erling Halaand in the 2023–24 season.
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Premier League 2023–2024: Who are the other top contenders?
There are other ‘Dark Horses’ who will look to gear up their goalscoring ratios and catch up with Halaand and Mohammad Salah.
Heung-min Son, now at the Asian Cup, levels up with Dominic Solanke having 12 goals each. West Ham goal maestro Jarrod Bowen has 11 goals to his name.
There are other players who can change the goal-scoring standings in the later 2nd half of the Premier League. Hee-Chan Hwang has 10 goals, while Ollie Watkins, Alexander Isak, and Cole Palmer have nine.
Premier League 2023-2024: Players with the most goal till now
| Name | Team | Goals |
| 1. Erling Halaand | Manchester City | 14 |
| 2. Mohmmad Salah | Liverpool | 14 |
| 3. Dominic Solanke | Bournemouth | 12 |
| 4 Heung-min Son | Tottenham | 12 |
| 5. Jarrod Bewon | West Ham United | 11 |
| 6.Hawang Hee – Chan | Wolverhampton | 10 |
| 7. Alexander Isak | New Castle United | 10 |
| 8. Cole Palmer | Chelsea | 9 |
| 9. Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa | 9 |
| 10. Chris Wood | Nottingham Forest | 8 |
The rollercoaster ride in the English Premier League can take a twist at any time, with 17–18 matchdays remaining. Its acceptable to say that Haaland has enough competition despite Harry Kane’s departure for Germany.
