Fastest Premier League Goals Of The Season, Liverpool & Chelsea Efforts Make The Top Five

Here are the five quickest starts in the Premier League…

A goal early in a game can make a world of difference to both the team who scored it and the side who conceded. Here are the five fastest so far, surprisingly not all of them led to wins…

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5) Rickie Lambert, Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool, 91 seconds

Lambert’s first goal for the Reds, but they still ended up losing the game 3-1.

4) Nathan Dyer, Swansea City 1-0 West Brom, 87 seconds

The start of a 3-0 win for the Swans, Dyer helped his England case with this early strike.

3) Winston Reid, West Ham 1-0 Liverpool, 76 seconds

Impressively early goal for a centre-back, West Ham went on to win 3-1. They grabbed a second in the sixth minute as well, not giving the Reds a chance.

2) Diego Costa, Everton 0-1 Chelsea, 35 seconds

The start of a crazy game that ended with a 6-3 Chelsea win. There were five goals in ten minutes in the second half!

1) Dwight Gayle, Newcastle 0-1 Crystal Palace, 31 seconds

The 24-year-old has the fastest goal of the season so far with a close range finish. The game ended 3-3 with an Eagles goal in the last minute as well, Wilfried Zaha scoring in the 95th minute.