Premier League stats: Teemu Pukki, Javier Hernandez, Lucas Moura, Frank Lampard

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Two games gone in the Premier League season and both Raheem Sterling and Teemu Pukki have four goals to share the lead in the race for the Golden Boot.

The form of two-time title winner Sterling for Manchester City is no surprise, but few could have expected Norwich striker Pukki to have made the jump into the top-flight in such style.

He scored a late consolation in the opening-day 4-1 loss at Liverpool but then grabbed a hat-trick in the Canaries' 3-1 win over Newcastle on Saturday - to become the first player in Premier League history to score four goals in his first two appearances in the competition.

No player has scored more league goals in the top four divisions of English football since the Finland forward joined Norwich in June 2018 on a free transfer after he had been released by Danish club Brondby.

After spells in Spain with Sevilla, in Finland with HJK Helsinki and in Germany with Schalke, Pukki joined Celtic in 2013 but struggled to hold down a first-team spot, scoring seven times in 26 league appearances before a loan move to Brondby led to a permanent deal.

He scored 55 times in 130 league games for the Danish side, but since arriving at Carrow Road he has been unstoppable with 34 goals in all competitions in 48 games, and a goal every 121 minutes of action.

That means his goal-per-game ratio in league games before joining Norwich was at 0.38, but since becoming a Canary that figure jumps up to 0.73. Best free transfer ever?

Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy is among those to be impressed by Pukki.

"It's an unbelievable story, to think he came on a free - 29 goals and no penalties last season is something in itself," said Murphy. "You dream of growing up and watching yourself on Match of the Day and there's his moment."