Pichichis

The Pichichi title is already starting to look like a two-horse race, even at this early stage of the season. Both Ronaldo and Pandiani scored twice this week to open up a three goal gap on the other contenders, the former scoring twice against Espanyol on Sunday and the latter getting a penalty in Europe and a club record sixth goal in consecutive matches in the league.

For those statistics buffs amongst you, if Pandiani gets a goal in the next match he will be only the fourth player in the history of the league to score in each of the first seven games of the season. the other three being Vilanova (Hércules, 1939/40), Pruden (Atlético, 1940/1) and more recently Quini (Sporting, 1979/80). Nobody has ever made it to eight.

Elsewhere Kovacevic moves up to third in the table after getting an early goal against Galatasaray midweek and another at the weekend. Meanwhile Víctor and Milosevic both got their fourth of the season this weekend, and four new names enter our chart, Tiko, Assunçao, Darío Silva and Oliveira, all with three goals to their names to date. (06.10.03)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total
(Penalties)
Pandiani (Deportivo) 6 0 2 8 (1)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 5 1 2 8 (0)
Kovacevic (Real Soc) 3 0 2 5 (1)
Milosevic (Celta) 4 0 0 4 (0)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 3 1 0 4 (0)
Bruggink (Mallorca) 2 1 1 4 (0)
Víctor (Villarreal) 2 0 2 4 (0)
Etxeberría (Athletic) 3 0 0 3 (1)
Tiko (Athletic) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Assunçao (Betis) 3 0 0 3 (0)
De Paula (Real Soc) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Darío Silva (Sevilla) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Mista (Valencia) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Eto'o (Mallorca) 2 1 0 3 (2)
Beckham (Real Madrid) 2 1 0 3 (0)
Mostovoi (Celta) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Luque (Deportivo) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Oliveira (Valencia) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Anderson (Villarreal) 2 0 1 3 (0)
Figo (Real Madrid) 1 1 1 3 (2)