Pichichis

Valencia have a plethora of strikers this season, but it appears that David Villa is coming out on top after scoring four times in the league in as many matches. The ex Sporting and Zaragoza forward got two more in Tuesday night's game at Barcelona (including a penalty) to move to the top of our chart this week. Oliveira is in third spot after opening the scoring for Betis, but Diego Tristán saved a point for Deportivo with a dubious penalty later in the first half, all the more controversial because Tristán stirred things up beforehand saying he wanted to help out his old side Sevilla, Betis's arch city rivals. Elsewhere Baiano picked up a brace to take Celta top of the league and send Villarreal to the bottom, and Raúl also scored twice the following day to lead Real Madrid's comeback against Athletic Bilbao. (23.09.05)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total
(Penalties)
David Villa (Valencia) 4 0 1 5 (2)
Eto'o (Barcelona) 3 2 0 5 (0)
Oliveira (Betis) 2 2 0 4 (1)
Rubén Castro (Deportivo) 0 0 4 4 (0)
Nené (Alavés) 3 0 0 3 (2)
Baiano (Celta) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Riki (Getafe) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Arango (Mallorca) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 3 0 0 3 (0)
Diego Tristán (Deportivo) 2 0 1 3 (1)
Andrade (Deportivo) 0 0 3 3 (0)
Rufete (Valencia) 0 0 3 3 (0)