Top 5 scorers in Premier league, Spanish La Liga, France Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Scotish SPL and Serie A competition for European golden boot on 25 March 2012

Barclays Premier league, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, Ligue 1, Scottish premier league, German Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 top scorers competition for golden boot on 25 March 2012. 

It is easy to mark strikers that consistently keep scoring in European leagues. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are clear contenders fro golden boots but Robin Van Persie and Mario Gomez  also put up a great show challenging the La Liga players. These season fan have seen a series of hat-trick, a word derived from magician hat which used for magic trick.

Barclays Premier league top scorers

1	Robin Van Persie	Arsenal FC	26
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	20
3	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	17
4	Demba Ba	Newcastle	16
5	*Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Blackburn Rovers	14

Robin Van Persie keeps on scoring but also misses clear goals some times. With his left foot he has scored some goals from difficult angle, remember his goal second goal in Arsenal vs Liverpool.  Ten games remaining, one wouldn’t hesitate to bet him for 30 goals this season in premiership alone.

Top assist

David Silva (Manchester City) 12

Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) 11
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) 11

Juan Mata (Chelsea)10

Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) 9

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Bundesliga top scorers

1	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	23
2	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	SC Freiburg	22
3	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	16
4	Lukas Podolski	FC Cologne	16
5	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	16

Mario Gomez still lead Bundesliga top scorers with 23 one ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who score two goals in famous 2-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen.  Bayern is 2 points behind Bundesliga Champions Borrusia Dortmund who have a game at hand.


Top assist

Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)11
Juan Arango  (Borussia Monchengladbach)9

Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund)7
Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 7
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) 7 
Christian Fuchs (Schalke 04)7
Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)7
Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Monchengladbach) 7

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France Ligue 1 top scorers 

1	Olivier Giroud	Montpellier	17
2	Anderson Nene	PSG	13
3	Eden Hazard	Lille	13
4	Batetimbi Gomis	Lyon	10
5	Pierre Aubameyang	St Etienne	10

*Kevin Gamerio same goals as Pierre Aubameyang
Oliver Giroud, Montpellier striker 20 goals mark. The striker has been crucial in Montpellier success who are currently on top of League one table. The striker has also assisted 7 goals so far. 


Top assist

Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) 11

Jérémy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain) 11
Eden Hazard   (Lille)11
Michel Bastos (Lyon) 8
Yann Jouffre (Lorient) 8 

Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) 7

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Spanish La Liga top scorers

1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	35
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	35
3	Radamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	19
4	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	18
5	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	16

*Karim Benzema same goals as Roberto Soldado
Lionel Messi keep on scoring and sets new record with every goal he score after becoming Barcelona all-time goal scorer. He scored the first against  to rise the bar to 235 goals, clubs new record. Cristiano Ronaldo level with Messi after he scored 2 goals in 5-1 and just five goals shoot from his last year 40 goals mark. Real Madrid victory against Real Sociedad to cut difference to just one goal. The race for Pichichi trophy and European Golden boot award is still very open.

Top assist

Mesut Özil (Real Madrid) 14
Ángel Di María (Real Madrid) 13 

Daniel Alves (Barcelona)10

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)9
Cesc Fábregas (Barcelona) 8

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)8

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Italy Serie A top scorers

1	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	AC Milan	22
2	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	19
3	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	18
4	German Denis	Atlanta	15
5	*Rodrigo Palacio	Genoa	14

* Same goals as Diego Milito

Zlatana Ibrahimovic scored two against AS Roma open three goals gap with Antonio Di Natale. Just keeping himself on form for Barcelona encounter in Champions league.

     

Top assist

Fabrizio Miccoli  (Palermo) 12
Pablo Armero    (Udinese)  8 
Andrea Pirlo  (Juventus) 8
Antonio Cassano (AC Milan) 7
Marek Hamsik  (Napoli) 7
Robinho (AC Milan) 7

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Scottish Premier League SPL top scorers

1	Gary Hooper	Celtic	16
2	Jon Daly	Dundee United	15
3	Nikica Jelavic	Rangers	14
4	Francisco Sandaza	St Johnstone	13
5	Michael Higdon	Hibernian	12

No change on top three top goal scorers in terms of  number of goals once, more. Francisco just score one goal since previous Sports News report. Nikica Jelavic  score one two goals since joining Premier league Everton.


Top assist
Steven Davis (Rangers) 10
Anthony Stokes (Celtic) 9
Nicky Law (Motherwell) 8
Jonathan Hayes (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 8
Paul Dixon (Dundee United) 8
Francisco Sandaza (St Johnstone) 8