The players to score two own goals in a Premier League match | OneFootball

Craig Dawson joined an unwanted Premier League club on Wednesday night as the defender scored two own goals in Wolves’ defeat at Everton.

On just four occasions previously had a player scored two own goals in a Premier League game, with Dawson’s double condemning Wolves to a 4-0 defeat at Goodison Park.

Here is every Premier League player to achieve the dishonourable double.

The players to score two own goals in a Premier League match

Jamie Carragher

Jamie Carragher became the first Premier League player to score two own goals in the same fixture during a defensive disasterclass against Manchester United in 1999.

The fixture between English football’s most successful sides was in part decided by Carragher, who twice contrived to steer the ball past teammate Sander Westerveld in goal. First, his fourth-minute header flew past Westerveld when attempting to defend a Ryan Giggs cross, before Andy Cole doubled the visitor’s lead.

Sami Hyypia pulled one back for Liverpool, only for Carragher to notch his second own goal just before half-time. He bundled into the back of his own net for a second time, with Liverpool losing 3-2 to their fierce rivals at Anfield. Only Richard Dunne (10) has scored more Premier League own goals than Carragher (7).

Michael Proctor

Sunderland were the architects of their own downfall during defeat to Charlton Athletic in the 2002/03 season. The struggling Black Cats lost 3-1 to Charlton at the Stadium of Light with all three goals for the Londoners scored by Sunderland players.

Sunderland’s own goal hat-trick came within the space of seven catastrophic first-half minutes. First, Mark Fish’s effort went in off Sunderland defender Stephen Wright, before Proctor scored his first own goal of the game five minutes later. Things went from bad to worse for the latter, who failed to deal with a Charlton corner to steer into his own net again.

Jonathan Walters

How about this for a terrible trifecta?

Jonathan Walters scored two own goals and missed a penalty as Stoke were thrashed by Chelsea in January 2013. Previously unbeaten in 17 home games, Stoke were humbled 4-0 on home soil with Walters enduring a nightmare.

The forward headed a Cesar Azpilicueta cross into his own net just before half-time, before nodding a Chelsea corner into the Stoke goal just after the hour. When your luck’s out, it’s out, and Walters’ miserable day concluded with a late penalty blasted against the bar.

Wout Faes

Wout Faes’ farcical showing saw Liverpool come from behind to beat Leicester in 2022.

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s goal had seen Leicester threaten a shock at Anfield, only for Faes’ own goal double to turn the game around for the home side.

His first was sliced up and over Danny Ward as he attempted to clear a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross, before Darwin Nunez’s shot came back off the post and comically hit the defender to cross the goal-line.

Craig Dawson

Craig Dawon will not want to have joined this club.

Dawson bagged an own goal brace as Wolves were well beaten at Everton, a result that has piled the pressure on Gary O’Neil at Molineux. Th veteran twice got the killer touch on dangerous Dwight McNeil deliveries when under pressure, as Wolves sank to a new low this season. The loss leaves Wolves 19th in the table and three points from safety.

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