Pichichis

Barcelona didn't have much time to reflect on their victory in the Bernabeu stadium, with a full league programme following on midweek this week. For once Messi didn't score, but Bojan and Pedro (with a magnificent goal from the halfway line) did find the net in a 3-0 win over Deportivo. Real Madrid are still only three points behind Guardiola's side though after Cristiano Ronaldo led a fight-back at Almería with another house special. Valencia stay third, David Silva getting both goals against Athletic Bilbao, and Getafe close up on the European spots after a 3-0 victory over Villarreal, on-loan Valencia striker Miku stepping in for the injured Soldado to help himself to a brace. The bottom three all won this week, Bermejo's tenth of the season starting Xerez on the road to a 1-2 win at Atlético despite a strike from Forlán, and Diego Costa opening the scoring as Javier Clemente's Valladolid beat Sevilla. Elsewhere there were two goals each for Osasuna's Pandiani and Racing's Tchité as both sides picked up points to take them clear of the danger zone. (16.04.10)

Pichichi League Cup Europe Total (Penalties)
Messi (Barcelona) 27 3 10 40 (2)
Villa (Valencia) 20 0 7 27 (3)
Higuaín (Real Madrid) 24 0 2 26 (0)
Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 19 0 7 26 (3)
Forlán (Atlético) 17 3 3 23 (5)
Llorente (Athletic) 13 1 8 22 (5)
Ibrahimovic (Barcelona) 15 1 4 20 (2)
Pedro (Barcelona) 9 4 6 19 (0)
Agüero (Atlético) 10 1 6 17 (0)
Soldado (Getafe) 12 4 0 16 (3)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla) 10 4 2 16 (1)
Rossi (Villarreal) 7 2 5 14 (3)
Mata (Valencia) 7 0 5 12 (0)
Pandiani (Osasuna) 10 1 0 11 (0)
Nilmar (Villarreal) 10 0 1 11 (0)
Diego Castro (Sporting) 10 0 0 10 (4)
Nino (Tenerife) 10 0 0 10 (0)
Bermejo (Xerez) 10 0 0 10 (0)
Aduríz (Mallorca) 9 1 0 10 (0)
Negredo (Sevilla) 7 2 1 10 (1)
Kanouté (Sevilla) 7 1 2 10 (3)
Diego Costa (Valladolid) 8 1 0 9 (0)
Silva (Valencia) 7 1 1 9 (0)
Tchité (Racing) 6 3 0 9 (4)
Bojan (Barcelona) 5 3 1 9 (0)
Miku (Getafe / Valencia) 5 1 3 9 (0)