We're back! La Liga returned this weekend, and with it our Pichichi chart. With our table based on all club competitions, the early leaders are usually from teams who played European qualifiers. However goals were few and far between this pre-season, with Villarreal and Osasuna getting knocked out of their respective competitions at the first hurdle, and only Valencia winning through with strikes from the new front pairing of Morientes and Villa as well as youngster Silva. Barcelona did put three past neighbours Espanyol in the Spanish supercup, including two from Deco, but they were then hit for three themselves by an on-form Sevilla.

The Andalusians proved a few days later that it was not just a flash in the pan, another four against Levante in the last match of an extended weekend taking them to the top of the league table. Under 21 striker Kepa got three of them to valid at least a place in the squad if not in the starting line up, and he tops our ranking ahead of his team mate Kanouté, who got a goal in each game. Other notable names got their first chalkmarks on the board though amongst the more than reasonable tally of 25, including last year's Pichichi Eto'o, Morientes, Fernando Torres and the Zaragoza pairing of Milito and Ewerthon. (30.08.06)