League Goals in 2022-23: Europe’s top 5 leagues continue to draw in fans in huge abundance and hold their place in club football.
This year too the leagues have continued to see new players rise to the occasions alongside the suspected one doing their job consistently.
Goal-scoring in these leagues remain a difficult task with the ability to find the back of the net remaining one of the game’s charms.
Hence, today we look at the number of goals scored in each of the European leagues to try and find out which is the toughest league across Europe.
La Liga
Barcelona lead the pack with the team scoring the most goals this season (42) followed by rivals, Real Madrid (40).
Barcelona managers with the most points in La Liga after 46 matches in charge of the team.
– Luis Enrique: 112 points.
– Pep Guardiola and Xavi: 109 points pic.twitter.com/sIXKyaIlaW— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) February 5, 2023
Lewandowski is the highest goal-scorer this season with 14 strikes to his name making him one of the most threatening strikers of this generation.
Serie A
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The Serie A has seen the 20 teams score a total of 544 goals this season with a goals per game of 1.3 so far.
Napoli with 51 goals this season have been the most goal-threatening side due to which they lead the charts in the points table.
Napoli this season 🤯#UCL pic.twitter.com/HuGIpfypej
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 6, 2023
It’s star-striker in Victor Osimhen currently holds the top scorer spot with 16 goals to his name.
The latter has ensured that the former are staying put at the summit and hoping to realize their dream of a first Scudetto since the 1989-90 season.
Bundesliga
The German league has seen it’s fair share of goal-scorers over generations and they continue to be a goal-fest league this year as well.
Bundesliga teams have scored a total of 557 goals in the season with a 1.63 goals per game average.
Bayern Munich remain the summit holders in terms of goals scored in the season (56).
Werder Bremen’s Niclas Füllkrug is the leading top scorer of the season (13).
This season the league has thrown some surprises due to which is tightly poised at the top with the gap being 4-points between the top 4 sides.
Premier League
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572 goals were scored in the EPL 2022-23 season so far with the defending champions, Man City striking the back of the net most times (53).
A major contribution to City’s goalmouth run has been striker Haaland’s success at the club.
He is breaking records for fun on a daily basis scoring 25 goals in 20 matches so far. Despite this, Arsenal are the table toppers currently with an eight-point lead.
🚨 The Super League’s organisers have focused their attack on the Premier League recently.
They argue the PL’s dominance in the transfer window has a negative effect on other European Leagues with less lucrative TV deals.
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— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) February 9, 2023
With an average of 1.37 goals per game, this league remains one of the most effective ones.
Ligue 1
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The Ligue 1 tops the list with 631 goals being scored so far in the 2022-23 season with an average of 1.63 Goals per game.
Defending champions, PSG top the table with 54 points having struck 54 goals as well in the competition.
Reims’ Folarin Balogun is the leading top scorer in the Ligue 1 so far (14) with Mbappe in 2nd place with 13.
The French league has been the most dominant league in terms of goal-mouth action especially for the PSG with the likes of Messi-Neymar-Mbappe in prime form.
