Palmer voted EA SPORTS Player of the Month

Cole Palmer is the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for April 2024, winning the award for the first time.

The Chelsea midfielder led the league for goals, scoring seven times despite making only four appearances.

He also got an assist to directly contribute to eight goals in April, a total no player could beat. 

Palmer’s April matches

Palmer’s April goals took him up to second in the race for this season’s Castrol Golden Boot award. His hat-trick in a 4-3 win over Manchester United included equalising and winning goals in second-half stoppage time.

He then netted four times in a 6-0 victory over Everton as he became the first Chelsea player to score in seven straight Premier League home appearances, and the earliest ever scorer of a Chelsea hat-trick in a match, completing a treble within 29 minutes of kick-off.

A previous winner of the PL2 Player of the Month award back in October 2020 while at Manchester City, Palmer also becomes the first Chelsea player to receive the accolade since Eden Hazard in September 2018.

The 22-year-old topped a six-man shortlist after the public’s votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.

You can also vote for him to be the 2023/24 EA SPORTS Player of the Season, after an eight-man shortlist was revealed on Thursday. 

Next: Barclays Manager of the Month revealed at 12:00 BST

2023/24 Player award winners

August: James Maddison (Spurs)
September: Son Heung-min (Spurs)
October: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
November: Harry Maguire (Man Utd)
December: Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth)
January: Diogo Jota (Liverpool)
February: Rasmus Hojlund (Man Utd)
March: Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham)