Isak scores after 25 seconds but it's not fastest goal of the season

It took Alexander Isak on 25.95 seconds to score from kick-off in Newcastle United’s match at Ipswich Town and it wasn’t even the fastest goal of the season so far. In fact, it is not even in the top two.

Isak pounced as a cross from Jacob Murphy was not cleared by the Ipswich and finished the bouncing ball superbly for his eighth goal of the season.

But at almost 26 seconds the goal was a slouch compared with two scored by Brentford players.

Yoane Wissa holds the mark as scorer of the fastest goal this season, striking after only 22 seconds at Manchester City in September.

A week later, Wissa’s team-mate Bryan Mbeumo took a second longer to give Brentford the lead at Tottenham Hotspur.

Top 10 fastest PL goals in 2024/25 Time Date Player Team Opp 00:22 14/09/2024 Wissa Brentford Man City 00:23 21/09/2024 Mbeumo Brentford Spurs 00:25 21/12/2024 Isak Newcastle Ipswich 00:37 15/12/2024 Maddison Spurs Southampton 00:38 28/09/2024 Mbeumo Brentford West Ham 00:48 05/10/2024 Antonio West Ham Ipswich 01:16 05/10/2024 Collins Brentford Wolves 01:21 24/11/2024 Rashford Man Utd Ipswich 01:29 07/12/2024 Milenkovic N Forest Man Utd 01:39 25/08/2024 Jackson Chelsea Wolves 01:39 03/12/2024 Vardy Leicester West Ham

Isak’s strike is the fourth-fastest for Newcastle in Premier League history.

The leader is unlikely to be beaten, Alan Shearer charging down a Manchester City goalkeeper’s clearance in January 2003 inside 11 seconds.

Fastest Newcastle goals in the PL Time (secs) Date Player Opposition 10.52 18/01/03 Alan Shearer Man City 19.98 20/12/20 Miguel Almiron West Brom 25.85 26/07/20 Dwight Gayle Liverpool 25.95 21/12/24 Alexander Isak Ipswich

Isak went on to score his first hat-trick at Newcastle, and the club's first since Ayoze Perez against Southampton in April 2019.

It also took him to 10 Premier League goals this season and 23 in the calendar year. He is only four behind the record of 27 set by Shearer for most Premier League goals in a calendar year for the club.