As usual, the Copa del Rey plays second fiddle to all the other competitions involving Spanish clubs, and nine of the sixteen games from the fourth round first leg were squeezed in midweek before players went off on international duty. Most of the big teams postponed their fixtures to December though, and the only one of our Pichichis to get his name on the scoresheet was Barcelona's Henry in their 0-3 win at Alcoyano.

Lots of goals at the weekend on the return from international duty, the total tally of 34 the best of the season to date. Not a lot of the usual suspects were on target though, although Kanouté did get one for Sevilla in their 1-2 defeat against Mallorca, and Messi rounded off Barcelona's 3-0 win over Recreativo with a penalty. Elsewhere Robinho and Nihat proved their recent good form with goals in their respective games against Murcia and Almería, and Maxi comes in to our chart for the first time after scoring two in Atlético's last minute 4-3 victory over Valladolid. (26.11.07)