Haaland, Lewandowski top scorers after 5 games in Europe’s top leagues

Madrid, Sep 20 (EFE).- Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski lead the current scoreboard for most goals in Europe’s top leagues, followed by Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema.

The Bundesliga players are tied at seven goals each, but the Norwegian forward leads Polish Lewandowski 3-0 in terms of assists five games into the season.

Nipping at their heels is the Real Madrid Frenchman who has bagged six goals and five assists, including last night’s winner in the team’s 2-1 away victory over Valencia.

His teammate Vinicius Junior is second in LaLiga after the Brazilian scored the equalizer at the Mestalla stadium.

West Ham’s Jamaica forward Michail Antonio is the top scorer in the Premier League with four goals, same as Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, although the Egyptian trails by 3-2 on the assists front.

Manchester United’s Paul Pogba is the player with the most assists in the Premier League at seven.

Scoring five goals for Lazio, Ciro Inmobile is the Serie A top scorer, followed by Cagliari’s Joao Pedro with four.

In Ligue 1, thanks to three assists, Frenchman Kylian Mbappe edges his countrymen Amine Gouiri (Nice) and Moussa Dembélé (Lyon) and Kosovan Elbasan Rashani (Clermont), who have all scored four goals.EFE

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