Samuel Eto'o scored twice for his country mid-week and came back to score two more to save the day for Barcelona at Betis on Saturday. The Cameroonian striker has now netted an average of goal a game for the first 23 matches of the season, taking him to the top of the table in the race for Europe's "Golden Boot". Eto'o's nearest rival for the league "Pichichi" is Valencia's David Villa, who also scored for Spain in Wednesday's friendly against England, and then got his 18th of the season against Málaga at the weekend.

Two goals on Sunday for Raúl as Real Madrid made it eight wins in a row, pegging back two points on the leaders. His tally of 309 in all competitions takes him past Alfredo Di Stéfano's previous club record, and some say he could reach 400 before he decides to pack it in! Sevilla's Kanouté also scored two late on against Espanyol to take his side back up to third, and Diego Forlán notched up another for Atlético to take him level with Raúl in the table.

Elsewhere Negredo got the winner for Almería in an epic match against Valladolid, and Zigic got his fifth since joining Racing from Valencia mid-season, which combined with the three he scored for the Ches takes him in to our chart for the first time this season. (16.02.09)