Jean-Philippe Mateta

Star of the present in Saturday’s six-goal thriller at Selhurst Park was Jean-Philippe Mateta, with the in-form Frenchman scoring a hat-trick in opposition to Bournemouth which meant he hit the 50-goal involvement mark within the Premier League for the Eagles, courtesy of 43 objectives and eight assists (51 in complete).

The striker has scored two of Palace’s three Premier League hat-tricks, whereas courtesy of his late penalty strike, he was the primary participant to have his third purpose of the sport come courtesy of a Ninetieth-minute equaliser since Somen Tchoyi in Could 2011 for West Bromwich Albion in opposition to Newcastle United.

Alas, Mateta’s trio of objectives was not sufficient to earn all three factors for the hosts, thus turning into the primary participant to attain a house Premier League hat-trick and never win since Andy Carroll in April 2016 in a 3-3 draw for West Ham in opposition to Arsenal.

General Mateta had six large possibilities within the sport (scoring three), the joint-most in a Premier League sport on file (since 2010-11).

Danny Welbeck

He could also be within the autumn of his profession, however at 34 years outdated Danny Welbeck is displaying no indicators of slowing down.

In opposition to Newcastle on Saturday, Brighton’s veteran striker scored a match-winning double to make it 4 objectives in his previous three Premier League video games, greater than in his earlier 15 appearances within the competitors mixed (three).

The previous Manchester United and Arsenal man’s latest objectives have tended to be game-changers, with 12 of his previous 13 top-flight strikes both placing the Seagulls forward (9, together with two on the weekend) or drawing the sport stage (three), with 5 of these objectives winners.

Welbeck has Georginio Rutter to thank for organising one in every of his objectives in opposition to the Magpies, with 4 of the Dutchman’s 5 Premier League assists for Brighton coming for the previous England striker, with all 4 placing Brighton forward within the sport.

In an all-round very good show, Welbeck additionally arrange a joint-game-high three goalscoring possibilities for team-mates.

Erling Haaland

It might not be a Premier League weekend with out one other tour de pressure show from Erling Haaland, with the unstoppable Manchester Metropolis striker among the many objectives once more on Saturday in opposition to Everton.

The Norwegian scored his tenth (and eleventh) Premier League objectives of the season, with this being the third earliest (MD8) a participant has reached double figures in a marketing campaign within the competitors, with, you guessed it, Haaland himself additionally chargeable for the opposite two (MD5 in 2022-23, MD6 in 2024-25).

With 11 Premier League objectives beneath his belt already, Haaland has, extremely, scored as many or extra objectives than 12 of the opposite 19 sides within the competitors this season.

Haaland had Savinho to thank for organising one in every of his objectives on Saturday, with seven of the Brazilian’s 12 assists for Manchester Metropolis in all competitions coming for the Norwegian. For the reason that begin of final season, solely Jacob Murphy has assisted a selected team-mate extra typically amongst Premier League sides (9, for Alexander Isak at Newcastle).