Not exact matches
With two wins in two games to start the La
Liga campaign and four
goals scored with none conceded, things are going to plan on the pitch even if there have been plenty
of distractions off it.
The 26 - year - old scored 32
goals for Atletico last
campaign, with 22
of those coming in La
Liga.
Having bagged another
goal, Messi has taken his tally for the season to 20 in La
Liga, ensuring that he has now scored 20 or more
goals in each
of the last 10 league
campaigns.
The 30 - year - old has featured 24 times for the La
Liga outfit in league competition so far this term —
of which 23 appearances have come from the start — but he has managed only four
goals, although eight assists mark him out as a much more productive operator than he ever was in North London, where he scored only seven
goals and contributed six assists over two miserable league
campaigns.
Celta have been playing a shadow side in La
Liga while focusing on their Europa League
campaign and remain a threat to United's hopes
of reaching the final in Stockholm, despite their one -
goal defeat in Galicia.
The Argentine youngster has had a highly impressive
campaign in La
Liga this year, scoring 18
goals and providing 6 assists in all competitions to establish himself as one
of the finest young forwards in the game.
Ronaldo has started the current
campaign with a bang, netting ten
goals in five La
Liga fixtures, but it is widely believed this will be his final
campaign at Real Madrid and Man United are thought
of as one
of only two clubs he is likely to sign for, with the other being Sporting Lisbon, a move that may well be one that sees out the attacker's illustrious career.
In his debut
campaign at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, Simeone's No. 7 netted 25
goals in all competitions — with 22
of those coming in La
Liga — making it little wonder why he is on the Chelsea manager's transfer wish list this summer.
Despite scoring 14
goals for Girona in the Segunda Division last season - 14
goals which helped the Catalan club secure an historic first ever promotion to La
Liga - Longo was not signed permanently at the end
of the
campaign, but his impressive performances in Spain's second tier nonetheless caught the eye
of Tenerife and so they have taken him on for this year.
His best
campaign, however, came last year when Bastón managed to finish joint runner - up in the second division scoring charts with an impressive 23
goals for Real Zaragoza as he guided them to the promotion play - off final where they ultimately lost to Las Palmas, thereby denying him the honour
of winning promotion to La
Liga in two consecutive seasons.
Barcelona have coped really well without the presence
of Neymar this
campaign with Lionel Messi having scored nine
goals in just five La
Liga outings.
The 21 - year - old, who helped Villarreal to a 6th placed finish in La
Liga last term, scoring 8
goals in Europa League
campaign, will likely to provide competition for the likes
of Fernando Torres and Raul Jimenez following the exits
of Arda Turan and Mario Mandzukic.
However, Griezmann has only scored three
goals for the club for Atletico, with the club now already 10 points behind La
Liga leaders Barcelona and on the brink
of exiting the Champions League, and the 26 - year - old expected to leave at the end
of the current
campaign.