Most goal involvements in Europe’s top five leagues in 2023:
Harry Kane - 45 (38G 7A)
Kylian Mbappé - 39 (34G 5A)
Mohamed Salah - 39 (24G 15A)
Erling Haaland - 38 (29G 9A)
Lautaro Martínez - 34 (29G 5A)
Antoine Griezmann - 34 (21G 13A)
Most goal involvements in Europe’s top five leagues in 2023:
Harry Kane - 45 (38G 7A)
Kylian Mbappé - 39 (34G 5A)
Mohamed Salah - 39 (24G 15A)
Erling Haaland - 38 (29G 9A)
Lautaro Martínez - 34 (29G 5A)
Antoine Griezmann - 34 (21G 13A)
Most forward passes per game by defenders in Europe’s top five leagues this season:
Kim Min-Jae - 35.5
Lewis Dunk - 33.9
Dante - 33
Daley Blind - 31.7
Edmond Tapsoba - 31.4
Joshua Kimmich has won possession in the attacking third more times (44) than any other player since the start of the 2022/23 Bundesliga season
Bayer Leverkusen are the 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 team still unbeaten in Europe’s top five leagues this season - their next five matches:
◎ Augsburg (A)
◎ RB Leipzig (A)
◉ Borussia Monchengladbach (H)
◎ Darmstadt (A)
◉ Bayern Munich (H)
Any chance of the run coming to an end?
Granit Xhaka has made at least 15 more final third entries than any other player in the Bundesliga this season (210)
Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl:
"Jadon Sancho is an absolute difference player and I’m looking forward to seeing him back in black and yellow soon. He knows this city, SIGNAL IDUNA PARK, our fans and our club.
Even though he hasn’t played any competitive games in the past few months, we are sure that he will quickly settle back in with us, get into top form and use his qualities to help us achieve our goals for the season."
(Source: @BVB)
Six players have scored 15+ goals and provided 15+ assists in a big-five European league campaign since 2006/07:
◎ Lionel Messi (x6)
◎ Eden Hazard (x2)
◎ Cristiano Ronaldo
◎ Luis Suárez
◉ Jadon Sancho
◎ Antoine Griezmann
Sancho is officially back at BVB. ⏎
Eric Dier: “This move is a dream come true for me, because as a kid you want to play for clubs like Bayern one day.
Bayern is one of the biggest clubs in the world and has an incredible history.
I want to help the team with my versatility in defence. I’m really looking forward to my new teammates and the fans at the Allianz Arena, which in my eyes is one of the best stadiums in the world.”
(Source: @FCBayernEN )
Leroy Sané’s 2023/24 Bundesliga season by numbers so far:
◉ Most assists (8)
◉ Most chances created (49)
◉ Most take-ons completed (63)
◉ Most shot-ending sequences (104)
◉ Most Big Chances created (12)
◉ Most ground duels won (88)
InSané™
Manuel Neuer has now made 500 competitive appearances for Bayern Munich
One of the all-time great goalkeepers
Thursday: Bayern sign Harry Kane’s former Spurs teammate Eric Dier
Friday: scores his 22nd Bundesliga goal
Kane’s life in Munich keeps getting better
Manuel Neuer played his 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝐭𝐡 game for Bayern Munich.
Of course they won and he kept a clean sheet.
It was his 240th clean sheet for the club
Harry Kane equals Robert Lewandowski for most goals (22) in the first half of a Bundesliga season
He’s only getting started!
Harry Kane this season:
Bundesliga:
16 games
22 goals
5 assists
All competitions:
23 games
26 goals
8 assists
34 goal contributions in 23 games… exceptional!
Jamal Musiala scored 2 goals tonight against Hoffenheim.
5 goals + 3 assists this season for Bayern Munich.
Gem!
Exequiel Palacios scored a 94th-minute winner for Leverkusen against Augsburg to go four points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.
They’ve got their eye on the prize this season