0 Top 5 scorers in Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and League one in race for Golden boots.

Top scorers in European leagues are in tough competition as more goals are scored from every league, but Spain seems to have more goals. Lionel Messi leads all European goal scorers with 19 (38 Golden Shoe Points)  La Liga goals followed by two player from small leagues in Europe, Philipp Hosiner  (Austria Wien) 17 goals and Henrik Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk) 17 goals and 25.5 Golden Shoe Points each. Currently only 4 top scorers from top five European leagues are in top 10 list for European top scorers with other players coming from underdogs league of the 4 only Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not playing in Spain.

Lionel Messi Celebrate a goal

Fans used to see close race between Messi and Ronaldo but the gap is already big, 7 goals, but in Champions league competition they are still tied on 5 goals each. 

PSG new signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Premier League top scorers are very much tied at the top but the situation could suddenly change in top 5 scorers. So far there are a one goal gaps and the table will change a lot with just few matches. Former Top scorer, Robin Van Persie is still favorite to win golden boot considering is form and the chance he got at Manchester United. Can Benitez effect help Torres jump in top five? One would expect this to be the case, but time will tell.

Premier league top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Luis Suárez	Liverpool FC	10
2	Miguel Cuesta	Swansea City	10
3	Robin Van Persie	Manchester United	10 (1)
4	Jermain Defoe	Tottenham Hotspur	8
5	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	8

Marouane Fellaini (Everton FC) also have 8 goals

Spanish La Liga top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	21 (1)
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	13 (4)
3	Radamel Falcao	Atletico Madrid	11 (5)
4	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	8
5	Álvaro Negredo	Sevilla FC	7 (2)

Gonzalo Higuaí­n (Real Madrid) Leo (Rayo Vallecano) Roberto Soldado  (Valencia CF) and Tomer Hemed (RCD Mallorca) also has 7 goals.

Bundesliga top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Ádám Szalai	FSV Mainz 05	9 (1)
2	Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	9 (2)
3	Mario Mandžukić	Bayern Munich	9
4	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	9 (1)
5	Stefan Kießling	Bayer Leverkusen	9

*Thomas Müller (Bayern München) also has 8 goals
 

Italy Serie A top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Stephan El Sharawy	AC Milan	12
2	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese Calcio	8 (3)
3	Edinson Cavani	SSC Napoli	8 (2)
4	Erik Lamela	AS Roma	8
5	Miroslav Klose	Lazio Roma	8

League 1 top 5 scorers (02Dec2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	13 (1)
2	Bafetimbi Gomis	Olympique Lyon	10(2)
3	Wissam Ben Yedder	Toulouse FC	9
4	Pierre Aubameyang	AS Saint-Étienne	8
5	Yoan Gouffran	Girondins Bordeaux	7

1 Top 5 scorers in Premier league, La Liga, League one, Bundesliga and Serie A in battle for European leagues golden boot on 30 Oct 2012

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

Top scorers in European leagues are in tough battle for golden boots aside playing for club targets. Here are top scorers tables for five biggest European leagues Barclays Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, France League one and German Bundesliga.

Previous season Lionel Messi won pichichi, the golden boot award at La liga scoring 50 goal for Barcelona FC and Also overall top scorer in Europe. Former Arsenal striker, Robin Van Persie top EPL goal scorers table netting 30 goals while Klaas-Jan Huntelaar netted 29 for Schalke 04 beating Mario Gomez on last games. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored 28 with AC Milan and Olivier Giroud bagged 21 for Montpellier before his move Arsenal.

Following top scorers' transfer between league, new top scorer name is expected for Serie A and League one. Last season European  and La liga top scorer, Lionel Messi has already made a bold statement of intention to fight for the two awards. Similarly Baclays premier league Robin Van Persie and last season Seria A top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic already leading in their leagues.

Barclays Premier league top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Demba Ba	Newcastle United	7
2	Robin Van Persie	Manchester United	7 (1)
3	Luis Suárez	Liverpool FC	6
4	Miguel Cuesta	Swansea City	6
5	Edin Džeko	Manchester City	5

Robin Van Persie did not need time to adapt in his new team and fit in the squad right away. One can not bet against him not to finish high in the table if he avoid injuries. So far no other consistent goal scoring in EPL table. Recently Manchester United have been struggling both at Premier league and Champions league, Van Persie could score even more if United regain their pace. Demba Ba seem to have lost something after Demba Cisse arrival but this season he is back on his form again. As usually, Fernando Torres not in the top 5 list, but has 4 goals which is not very bad as most would think.

Premier league top assists
Eden Hazard Chelsea 5
Juan Mata Chelsea 5

Spanish La Liga top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	13 (1)
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	11 (4)
3	Radamel Falcao	Atletico Madrid	10 (4)
4	Aritz Aduriz	Athletic Bilbao	6
5	Álvaro Negredo	Sevilla FC	6 (1)

The battle is even tougher at La Liga with two top scorer Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. For Lionel Messi, One would think he is always focusing on breaking soccer records. Last season, Lionel Messi he breaks several record, but one outstanding record was 72 goals record in one season. He went on top became Barcelona's all time leading goals scorer. This season he has started very well and already on 13 goals. His biggest rival Cristiano had fantastic goal scoring  record for Real Madrid last season and he might has push Messi to keep on scoring. He is very close as usually and this table could change overnight. Radamel Falcao is a threat for any striker fighting for pichichi, with few opportunities he still managed to stay close to Messi and Ronaldo. Recently he has been branded as the best world number 9. La Liga strikers have dominated European top goals scorers awards in the past ten years. They won 5 time in ten year, four consecutive in last 4 years. 

La Liga top assists
Cesc Fábregas Barcelona 7
Beñat Real Betis 4
Lionel Messi Barcelona 4

Bundesliga top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Mario Mandžukić	Bayern Munich	8
2	Ádám Szalai	FSV Mainz 05	7 (1)
3	Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	6
4	Stefan Kießling	Bayer Leverkusen	5 (1)
5	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	5

Bundesliga believed to be one of the toughest league in Europe and being a top scorer one need to be a really good striker. It is also a matter of being able to convert scarce chances which occur. Mario Gomez and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar showed what is takes to score many goals. Mario Mandzukic is yet to take Gomez responsibility he seems not to be sharp and he missed many clear chance. All in all Bundesliga strikers are not scoring many goals, last time Bundesliga striker won European golden boot was in 1971 -1972 season and this time was really a top scorer, Gerd Muller.

Bundesliga top assists
Szabolcs Huszti Hannover 96 7
Bastian Oczipka Eintracht Frankfurt 5
Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 5

Italy Serie A top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Edinson Cavani	SSC Napoli	6 (2)
2	Miroslav Klose	Lazio Roma	6 (0)
3	Stephan El Sharawy	AC Milan	6 (0)
4	Alberto Gilardino	Bologna FC	5 (0)
5	Antonio Cassano	Inter Milan	5 (0

SerieA is know for defense minded game which make it hard for striker just like Bundesliga. It is the same style which also displayed by national teams. In this table there are top striker but can they be consistent throughout the season? Klose is a natural goal getter but not he might have started to slow his pace.

League 1 top scorers (30Oct2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	10 (1)
2	Wissam Ben Yedder	Toulouse FC	7
	Pierre Aubameyang	AS Saint-Étienne	6
4	Andre-Pierre Gignac	Olympique Marseille	5
5	Anthony Le Tallec	Valenciennes FC	5

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been scoring goals for PSG right from day one, his ffirst goal in three minutes. He is surrounded by top players who could create chances for him combined with his ability he is ready to go for league one golden boot. Can he win European golden boot? Very possible especially with chance of Carlo Ancelotti signing top other players in January transfer window.

League one top asssits
Gaël Danic Valenciennes 5
Alain Traoré Lorient 4
Antoine Devaux Stade de Reims 4
Etienne Didot    Toulouse 4