Robert Lewandowski is once again leading the race for the golden boot. In the current season he has already scored 33 goals in the German Bundesliga. Only one can hold a candle to him this season: Norwegian Ohi Omoijuanfo scored exactly the same number of goals as the Bayern star.
The 28-year-old started the season at Norwegian club Molde FK, where he scored 27 goals in 29 games. In January, the move to the Serbian league to the traditional club red star Belgrade followed. There, the striker continues in the same style. After 9 league games he already has 6 goals again. However, he is only fourth in the top scorer rankings. The reason for this is the points system of the European Sports Media Group, which awards the golden shoe.
More points than Salah and Mbappe
Goals in the top five leagues in Europe are multiplied by a factor of two. Lewandowski currently has 66 points with his 33 goals. However, the hits in the leagues in places six to 21 are only multiplied by a factor of 1.5. This also includes the Norwegian and Serbian leagues, where Omijuanfo has scored his goals. So he “only” gets 49.5 points.
That’s why top strikers Karim Benzema and Ciro Immobile are ahead of the Norwegian in the list – despite having scored fewer goals in. To draw level with Lewandowski on points, Omoijuanfo would need to score 11 more goals in their remaining four league games. An impossibility. Especially when you consider that the Pole himself still has four games to play.
However, Omoijuanfo still has a chance to end the season with more goals than Lewandowski. And: Despite the lower factor, Omoijuanfo is in the list ahead of star players like Kilian Mbappé, Mohammed Salah and Dusan Vlahovic. (mab)
Current top 10 in the race for the golden shoe
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), 66 points (33 goals)
- Ciro Immobile (Lazio), 52 Punkte (26 Bulls)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), 50 points (25 goals)
- Ohi Omoijuanfo (Molde and Red Star Belgrade), 49.5 points (33 goals)
- Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina and Juventus), 46 points (23 goals)
- Kylian Mbappé (PSG), 44 points (22 goals)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), 44 Punkte (22 Tore)
- Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 42 points (21 goals)
- Martin Terrier (Rennes), 42 points (21 goals)
- Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), 40 points (20 goals)
