With his third double in a row, Harry Kane has further extended his lead in the Golden Shoe rankings. The Bayern striker’s rivals failed to score, while Stuttgart’s Deniz Undav moved up another five places.
Last season, Harry Kane had to settle for fifth place in the Golden Shoe ranking, with 26 goals ultimately not enough for a better position. The England captain has already surpassed 26 goals, and with his third brace in the last three games, the Bayern striker has already scored 28 goals after just 23 (!) match days. In the 3-2 win against Frankfurt, the 32-year-old conceded a penalty and brought Eintracht back into the game, but he had already set Bayern on course for victory with his 501st and 502nd career goals. And the chasing pack? They all failed to score. Last year’s winner Kylian Mbappé was unable to prevent Real Madrid’s 2-1 defeat at CA Osasuna, with former St. Pauli player Ante Budimier scoring the 1-0 for Osasuna from the spot and now sitting in 25th place in the ESM ranking with twelve goals. Erling Haaland also failed to contribute to ManCity’s 2-1 win over Newcastle and remains stuck in third place, one goal and two points behind Mbappé (23, 46).
Undav draws level with Luis Diaz
There was hardly any movement in the top 10, as apart from Kane, only Luis Suarez scored, contributing one goal to Sporting Lisbon’s 3-0 win at FC Moreirense. There was also little change behind the top ten scorers; it was not the weekend for Europe’s best strikers. Deniz Undav, who appeared in the top 20 last week, was able to gain further ground. With his late equalizer to make it 3-3 for VfB Stuttgart in Heidenheim, he increased his goal tally to 13 and climbed another five places in the Golden Shoe ranking to 15th. Luis Diaz of FC Bayern, who failed to score against SGE, also remains in the Bundesliga.
Haris Tabakovic appears in the top 40, giving Mönchengladbach a glimmer of hope five minutes before the end of their 2-1 defeat in Freiburg. With eleven goals (22 points) to his name, Tabakovic is now level with Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy in 38th place.