Pichichis

Luis Fabiano is currently heading up the European league goalscoring charts after getting both goals against Valencia on Sunday. The Brazilian striker is level with Cristian Ronaldo and two ahead of Fernando Torres on 22 "dianas", and with goals in the top leagues counting double the trio are currently at the top of the rankings. In Spain nobody else is even close, although Diego Forlán is up to second in our charts on an all competition basis after scoring two against bottom club Levante, and Güiza joined Diego Milito on 15 league goals after netting against Espanyol. His strike didn't count for much though as Luis García (one of his rivals for a place in the Spanish squad) got two for the locals, including a penalty.

Up at the top, Real Madrid and Barcelona both faltered, the former losing at Deportivo and the latter only drawing at Almería despite goals by Bojan and Eto'o. And Villarreal closed up on them both (dare they hope?) with a strike from Nihat and a Rossi penalty against Zaragoza. Elsewhere Sinama-Pongolle and Simao joined the group on eight goals, the former scoring twice in a 4-2 win against Murcia, and the latter netting against Levante. Earlier in the week there was only one match, Getafe getting their second victory in seven days against Benfica in the UEFA Cup, Albín scoring the only goal in the Alfonso Pérez stadium. Bring on Bayern Munich! (17.03.08)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total
(Penalties)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 22 2 7 31 (4)
Diego Forlán (Atlético) 13 1 6 20 (2)
Kanouté (Sevilla) 10 4 6 20 (2)
Agüero (Atlético) 11 2 6 19 (0)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 13 0 5 18 (3)
Güiza (Mallorca) 15 2 0 17 (1)
Milito (Zaragoza) 15 2 0 17 (6)
Van Nistelrooy (R Madrid) 12 0 4 16 (2)
Oliveira (Zaragoza) 12 2 1 15 (0)
Nihat (Villarreal) 12 0 3 15 (0)
Messi (Barcelona) 9 0 6 15 (4)
Robinho (Real Madrid) 10 0 4 14 (0)
Llorente (Valladolid) 12 1 0 13 (0)
Luis García (Espanyol) 11 2 0 13 (2)
Rossi (Villarreal) 11 2 0 13 (5)
Arango (Mallorca) 10 3 0 13 (0)
Henry (Barcelona) 7 3 3 13 (0)
Villa (Valencia) 8 1 3 12 (0)
Edu (Betis) 10 1 0 11 (2)
Tamudo (Espanyol) 10 1 0 11 (2)
Eto'o (Barcelona) 10 0 1 11 (0)
Pavone (Betis) 8 2 0 10 (0)
Riga (Levante) 8 2 0 10 (2)
Tchité (Racing) 7 3 0 10 (0)
Negredo (Almería) 9 0 0 9 (3)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona) 8 0 1 9 (3)
Guille Franco (Villarreal) 5 3 1 9 (0)