Pichichis

Six Spanish clubs in action midweek, although results could have been better. Real Madrid got off to a good start with a goal from Raúl, but in the end they lost 2-1 to Roma. With an away goal to their favour though they do have a good chance of turning things around in the second leg , as do Sevilla, who lost 3-2 to Fenerbahçe. Only Barcelona won their Champions League match however, Messi scoring twice and Henry getting one in between in a 2-3 victory over Celtic. A minor disaster in the UEFA Cup though, with Getafe the only La Liga club to reach the last sixteen after Atlético Madrid and Villarreal were knocked out. Guille Franco and Tomasson did score for Pellegrini's side against Zenit, but they lost on the away goal rule.

On to the weekend, and Luis Fabiano is racing ahead of this year's Pichichi after scoring two more in the 5-0 thrashing of Zaragoza. Barcelona also scored five the following day against bottom club Levante, with Messi adding to his midweek brace and Eto'o getting a second half hat-trick. Between injuries and international duty the Cameroonian striker has only played six league games, but he has managed eight goals in that time! He makes it to our chart for the first time, as does Guille Franco who got one of Villarreal's goals in Bilbao.

Elsewhere Forlán moved level with his suspended team mate Agüero with his seventeenth in all competitions, and Edu got his sixth in seven games for Betis in a 1-1 draw at Mallorca. Tchité got the only goal against Almería to give Racing their first win in the second half of the season, and Valladolid's Llorente is now the leading Spanish born striker in the league after clocking up goal number twelve against Murcia. (25.02.08)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total
(Penalties)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 19 2 7 28 (4)
Kanouté (Sevilla) 9 4 5 18 (2)
Diego Forlán (Atlético) 10 1 6 17 (1)
Agüero (Atlético) 9 2 6 17 (0)
Milito (Zaragoza) 14 2 0 16 (5)
Van Nistelrooy (R Madrid) 12 0 4 16 (2)
Oliveira (Zaragoza) 12 2 1 15 (0)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 11 0 4 15 (2)
Messi (Barcelona) 9 0 6 15 (4)
Nihat (Villarreal) 11 0 3 14 (0)
Llorente (Valladolid) 12 1 0 13 (0)
Güiza (Mallorca) 11 2 0 13 (1)
Henry (Barcelona) 7 3 3 13 (0)
Rossi (Villarreal) 10 2 0 12 (4)
Robinho (Real Madrid) 8 0 4 12 (0)
Tamudo (Espanyol) 10 1 0 11 (2)
Edu (Betis) 9 1 0 10 (2)
Villa (Valencia) 7 0 3 10 (0)
Eto'o (Barcelona) 8 0 1 9 (0)
Pavone (Betis) 7 2 0 9 (0)
Luis García (Espanyol) 7 2 0 9 (0)
Arango (Mallorca) 6 3 0 9 (0)
Tchité (Racing) 6 3 0 9 (0)
Guille Franco (Villarreal) 5 3 1 9 (0)