Pichichis

The fifth round of the cup saw the last two cup-winners through to the quarter finals, where they will face each other. Last year's champions Valencia needed extra time to beat Racing Santander, with Vicente scoring twice to enter our charts for the first time. Sevilla had no trouble though seeing off Deportivo in the Riazor, with Luis Fabiano making it six in total in the competition after netting a brace in the first half.

It was not a great week for the Galicians, who then went on to lose 5-0 against Barcelona in the league on Saturday. Eto'o and Henry scored two each after Messi had started things off for a record tally of 50 points as we reach the halfway point of the season. Sevilla themselves beat Numancia later in the evening thanks to a strike from Renato, taking them momentarily up to second, although Real Madrid moved back above them on Sunday after a 3-1 win against Osasuna, Higuaín one of the goalscorers.

Valencia dropped off the top three after losing 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao, Villa's early goal being overturned in the last minute by a Llorente penalty. Villarreal took advantage to move to within a point of their neighbours, with Rossi converting a penalty himself in a 2-0 victory over Mallorca. Elsewhere Málaga completed a record first half of the season for a newly promoted side, Baha getting one of two penalties in a 4-0 win over Espanyol. (19.01.09)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total
(Penalties)
Eto'o (Barcelona) 18 0 3 21 (3)
Messi (Barcelona) 12 4 5 21 (3)
Villa (Valencia) 15 1 1 17 (4)
Higuaín (Real Madrid) 12 2 0 14 (2)
Diego Forlán (Atlético) 12 1 1 14 (2)
Henry (Barcelona) 11 0 2 13 (0)
Agüero (Atlético) 9 0 4 13 (0)
Raúl (Real Madrid) 7 3 3 13 (0)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 4 6 2 12 (1)
Llorente (Athletic) 9 2 0 11 (3)
Rossi (Villarreal) 8 0 2 10 (2)
Llorente (Villarreal) 7 0 3 10 (0)
Van Nistelrooy (R Madrid) 4 3 3 10 (1)
Maxi (Atlético) 6 0 3 9 (1)
Negredo (Almería) 8 0 0 8 (2)
Baha (Málaga) 8 0 0 8 (1)
Emaná (Betis) 7 1 0 8 (2)
Tchité (Racing) 6 1 1 8 (2)
Mata (Valencia) 6 1 1 8 (0)
Renato (Sevilla) 6 0 2 8 (0)
Kanouté (Sevilla) 5 1 2 8 (1)
Barral (Sporting) 4 4 0 8 (1)
Vicente (Valencia) 4 4 0 8 (1)