Since his move to Chelsea in the summer of 2023, Cole Palmer has quickly established himself as a pivotal player. Leaving Manchester City in pursuit of more consistent first-team opportunities, Palmer has rapidly become integral to Chelsea’s lineup, consistently showcasing his playmaking abilities and goal-scoring prowess.
With just 19 minutes and 57 seconds between Palmer’s first and fourth goals, only Jermain Defoe (for Tottenham vs. Wigan in November 2009) has managed to score four Premier League goals in a shorter span, doing so in 17 minutes and 56 seconds.
“The manager set up a good game plan, we knew how to attack them with first-time passes in behind. Three points is what we needed and that is what we got,” he added.
You won’t find many better ways to seal a hat-trick than this free-kick from Cole Palmer 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/mrtzL6Yuzd
— Premier League (@premierleague) September 28, 2024
This is not the first time Palmer has found the back of the net four times in a PL match. He had previously netted four goals in a single game during last season’s 6-0 triumph over Everton in April. He also became the fourth player, joining Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, to record three Premier League hat tricks for Chelsea.
Which players have scored 4 goals in a PL match?
While only five players (Andy Cole, Jermain Defoe, Alan Shearer, Dimitar Berbatov, and Sergio Agüero) have managed to score five goals in a single Premier League match, 30 players have achieved the feat of netting four goals in a game. Among them, Palmer and notable names such as Sergio Aguero, Yakubu, Frank Lampard, Michael Owen, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and Robbie Fowler have each accomplished it twice.
Aguero is the only player to score four or more goals in a Premier League match on three separate occasions. His four-goal displays came against Tottenham in 2015 and Leicester in 2016 and scored 5 against Newcastle United in 2015-16.
| Players who have scored four goals in a single Premier League game | ||
|---|---|---|
| Player | Match | Date |
| Cole Palmer | Chelsea 4-2 Brighton | 28 September 2024 |
| Erling Haaland | Manchester City 5-1 Wolves | 4 May 2024 |
| Cole Palmer | Chelsea 6-0 Everton | 15 April 2024 |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Wolves 1-5 Manchester City | 11 May 2022 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Manchester City 5-1 Watford | 23 April 2022 |
| Son Heung-min | Southampton 2-5 Tottenham Hotspur | 20 September 2020 |
| Michail Antonio | Norwich City 0-4 West Ham United | 11 July 2020 |
| Mo Salah | Liverpool 5-0 Watford | 17 March 2018 |
| Sergio Aguero | Manchester City 5-1 Leicester City | 10 February 2018 |
| Harry Kane | Leicester City 1-6 Tottenham Hotspur | 18 May 2017 |
| Romelu Lukaku | Everton 6-3 Bournemouth | 4 February 2017 |
| Georginio Wijnaldum | Newcastle United 6-2 Norwich City | 18 October 2015 |
| Sergio Aguero | Manchester City 4-1 Tottenham Hotspur | 18 October 2014 |
| Luis Suarez | Liverpool 5-1 Norwich City | 4 December 2013 |
| Yakubu | Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Swansea City | 3 December 2011 |
| Edin Dzeko | Tottenham Hotspur 1-5 Manchester City | 28 August 2011 |
| Louis Saha | Everton 5-3 Blackpool | 5 February 2011 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea 7-1 Aston Villa | 27 March 2010 |
| Wayne Rooney | Manchester United 4-0 Hull City | 23 January 2010 |
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Burnley | 26 September 2009 |
| Andrey Arshavin | Liverpool 4-4 Arsenal | 21 April 2009 |
| Frank Lampard | Chelsea 6-1 Derby County | 12 March 2008 |
| Dimitar Berbatov | Tottenham Hotspur 6-4 Reading | 29 December 2007 |
| Yakubu | Portsmouth 5-1 Middlesbrough | 15 May 2004 |
| Thierry Henry | Arsenal 5-0 Leeds United | 16 April 2004 |
| Michael Owen | West Brom 0-6 Liverpool | 26 April 2003 |
| Mark Viduka | Leeds United 4-3 Liverpool | 4 November 2000 |
| Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Chelsea 6-1 Coventry | 21 October 2000 |
| Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | Manchester United 5-1 Everton | 4 December 1999 |
| Andy Cole | Manchester United 5-1 Newcastle | 30 August 1999 |
| Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | Nottingham Forest 1-8 Manchester United | 6 February 1999 |
| Michael Owen | Liverpool 5-1 Nottingham Forest | 24 October 1998 |
| Jurgen Klinsmann | Wimbledon 2-6 Tottenham Hotspur | 1 May 1998 |
| Gianluca Vialli | Barnsley 0-6 Chelsea | 23 August 1997 |
| Robbie Fowler | Liverpool 5-1 Middlesbrough | 13 December 1996 |
| Robbie Fowler | Liverpool 5-2 Bolton Wanderers | 23 September 1995 |
| Efan Ekoku | Everton 1-5 Norwich City | 24 September 1993 |
Mohd Faisal Hakak is a sports author from Kashmir. He likes to keep tabs on the sporting world with a keen interest in football, motorsports, NBA, and other marquee sports. He is a science graduate from Islamia College Srinagar.
