General Football News! 2019-2020 Season

[Sahil]

The Premier League Golden Boot race is heating up

17 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
17 Jamie Vardy
16 Sergio Aguero
15 Danny Ings
14 Marcus Rashford
14 Mohamed Salah

[John]

Europe’s 2019/20 season top scorer: Immobile leads way

Ciro Immobile has racked up 27 league goals, with Robert Lewandowski closest in pursuit.

ESM Golden Shoe standings

54 Ciro Immobile (Lazio, ITA) – 27 goals x 2 league multiplier
50 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München, GER) – 25 x 2
42 Erling Braut Haaland (Salzburg, AUT/Dortmund, GER) – 16 x 1.5, 9 x 2
42 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, ITA) – 21 x 2
42 Timo Werner (Leipzig, GER) – 21 x 2
36 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 18 x 2
34 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal, ENG) – 17 x 2
34 Romelu Lukaku (Inter, ITA) – 17 x 2
34 Jamie Vardy (Leicester City, ENG) – 17 x 2
32 Sergio Agüero (Manchester City, ENG) – 16 x 2
32 Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco, FRA) – 16 x 2
32 Kylian Mbappé (Paris, FRA) – 16 x 2
31.5 Odsonne Édouard (Celtic, SCO) – 21 x 1.5
31 Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn, EST) – 31 x 1
30 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, ENG) – 15 x 2
30 Danny Ings (Southampton, ENG) – 15 x 2

Only the top five leagues have a x2 multiplier; middle ranked leagues have a x1.5 multiplier, while the lower-ranked leagues are x1.

2018/19 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 72, 36 x 2
2017/18 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 68, 34 x 2
2016/17 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 74, 37 x 2
2015/16 : Luis Suárez (Barcelona, ESP) – 80, 40 x 2
2014/15 : Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, ESP) – 96, 48 x 2

[Dinesh]

Longest PL unbeaten run:

49 matches - Arsenal (2003/04)
44 matches - Liverpool (2019/20)
40 matches - Chelsea (2004/05)

[John]

Top scorers in 2019/20 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League (group stage to final)

10 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München, UEFA Champions League)
10 Erling Braut Haaland (Salzburg/Dortmund, UEFA Champions League)
6 Diogo Jota (Wolves, UEFA Europa League)
6 Daichi Kamada (Frankfurt, UEFA Europa League)
6 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Champions League)
6 Alfredo Morelos (Rangers, UEFA Europa League)
6 Andraž Šporar (Slovan Bratislava/Sporting CP, UEFA Europa League)
5 Heung-Min Son (Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Champions League)
5 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, UEFA Champions League)
5 Lautaro Martínez (Inter, UEFA Champions League)
5 Kylian Mbappé (Paris, UEFA Champions League)
5 Dries Mertens (Napoli, UEFA Champions League)
5 Mauro Icardi (Paris, UEFA Champions League)
5 Memphis Depay (Lyon, UEFA Champions League)
5 Munir (Sevilla, UEFA Europa League)
5 Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP, UEFA Europa League)

2018/19 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona, UEFA Champions League) – 12
2017/18 : Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League) – 15
2016/17 : Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 12
2015/16 : Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 16
2014/15 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 10

[John]

Top scorers in Europe’s 2019/20 top five domestic leagues

27 Ciro Immobile (Lazio, ITA)
25 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München, GER)
21 Timo Werner (Leipzig, GER)
21 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, ITA)
18 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP)
17 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal, ENG)
17 Romelu Lukaku (Inter, ITA)
17 Jamie Vardy (Leicester, ENG)
16 Sergio Agüero (Manchester City, ENG)
16 Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco, FRA)
16 Kylian Mbappé (Paris, FRA)
15 Danny Ings (Southampton, ENG)
15 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, ENG)
14 Moussa Dembélé (Lyon, FRA)
14 Marcus Rashford (Manchester United, ENG)
14 Josip Iličić (Atalanta, ITA)
14 João Pedro (Cagliari, ITA)
13 Tammy Abraham (Chelsea, ENG)
13 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, ESP)
13 Sadio Mané (Liverpool, ENG)
13 Neymar (Paris, FRA)
13 Victor Osimhen (LOSC, FRA)
13 Jadon Sancho (Dortmund, GER)

2018/19 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 36
2017/18 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 34
2016/17 : Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 37
2015/16 : Luis Suárez (Barcelona, ESP) – 40
2014/15 : Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, ESP) – 48

[Himanshu]

GUNNED DOWN

Sky Sports ranks greatest English teams of all time – and Arsenal’s Invincibles don’t even make top five

MNF POINTS SYSTEM

• European Cup win: 5

• League win: 4

• Other European win (UEFA/Cup Winners’ Cup): 3

• FA Cup win: 2

• League Cup win: 1

• Other win (UEFA Super Cup/Club World Cup): 1

• European Cup runner up: 2

• League runner up: 1

[Soham]

Last Night RESULTS

[Soham]

All-time UCL top scorers:

128 Cristiano Ronaldo
114 Lionel Messi
71 Raúl González
64 Robert Lewandowski
64 Karim Benzema

[Soham]

Most Champions League knockout stage goals:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo- 65 goals.

2. Lionel Messi- 41 goals.

3. Lewandowski- 21 goals.

Cristiano Ronaldo has more than both combined. Incredible record.

[Ishan]

The Champions League top scorers so far this season:

11 - Lewandowski
10 - Haaland
7 - Mislav Oršić
6 -Billel Omrani
6 - Dries Mertens
6 - Kane

[Lokesh]

Manchester United are ‘likely to sell’ Jesse Lingard and Andreas Pereira at the end of the season.

[Rohan]

Bayern Munich are just the third team in history to win their first seven Champions League games of a season

[Yogesh]

Willian has admitted that he could leave Chelsea at the end of the season, as he looks set to end his 7-year association with the London club. Willian joined the club in 2013 doesn’t enjoy undevided adualtion in his time at Stamford Bridge but has managed 300 appearances for the club, scoring 57 goals in all competitions.

Since Frank Lampard’s arrival, Willian has fallen out of favor and ended up on the bench in favour of younger players like Mason Mount, Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi. Lamparadis looking to phase out the older players to oversee a new era at the club.

[Lokesh]

Last Night UEFA Result

[Lokesh]

Manchester City are the first English team to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in 11 years

[Ankit]

26 red cards for Sergio Ramos at Real Madrid.

Twenty six

[Ankit]

Lyon beat Juventus for the first time in their history

[Lokesh]

Europa Cup RESULTS

15 teams confirmed for round of 16

[Lokesh]

2012—Win second leg 3-0, lose to Milan 4-3 on aggregate
2013—Win second leg 2-0, lose to Bayern on away goals
2015—Win second leg 2-0, lose to Monaco on away goals
2019—Crushed by Chelsea in Europa League final

2020—More European heartbreak for Arsenal

[Soham]

Six big teams exit the Europa League