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We are done and dusted with one-third of the 2017/18 season and teams are gearing up for the busy Christmas period. European giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Bayern Munich have been easily outscored this season by a lot of clubs, showing the increase in competition across Europe's top 5 leagues.
There is a clear change in trend over the last few years where managers try to win games by scoring a lot of goals rather than trying to sit back and restrict opponents. Teams from Italy and France are scoring a lot of goals this season while Spain has no representative on this list.
Criteria for selection: Goals from domestic league + UEFA Champions League (or) Europa League across Europe's top 5 leagues.
Let's see who are the top goal-scoring teams in Europe this season.
#5 Lazio (42 Goals)
The Rome based club is having a having a great 2017/18 season. They are 5th in the Serie A standings, only 7 points behind table-toppers Napoli and 3 behind defending champions Juventus, having played a game less.
Lazio have scored 32 times in the league this season, at the rate of 2.67 goals per game, which is better than all the Serie A teams except Juventus. Lazio is also sitting on top of Group K in the UEFA Europa League with 10 goals from 5 games.
The Italy international Ciro Immobile has been the success story of Lazio this season. He has been directly involved in 21 of Lazio goals (15 goals and 6 assists), the most by a player in Europe's top 5 leagues. He along with Luis Alberto, Marco Parolo, and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic has given Lazio a great depth in the attack, enabling them to score a lot of goals.
#4 Lyon (43 Goals)
Olympique Lyonnais, also known as Lyon, is one of the most successful clubs in French football history. The seven-time Ligue 1 winners have started the 2017/18 season on a positive note. They are third in the Ligue 1 standings and second in the Group E of UEFA Europa League.
One of the highlights for Lyon this season is their ability to find the back of the net on a consistent basis despite losing their top-scorer Alexandre Lacazette to Arsenal in the summer. Lyon has scored 32 times in 13 Ligue 1 games this season, third highest in the Ligue 1 behind PSG and Monaco.
Star of the season for Lyon is their captain and attacking midfielder Nabil Fekir. Fekir has scored 11 times in for Lyon in Ligue 1 this season with 4 assists. Fekir along with Mariano, Memphis Depay, and Bertrand Traore form the attacking quartet for Lyon. These 4 have scored 29 of 32 Lyon goals and form the attacking backbone of Bruno Genesio's side.
#3 Napoli (44 Goals)
The Naples based club is off to a stunning start in the 2017/18 campaign. They are sitting on the top of Serie A table, comfortably above Inter Milan, Juventus and Roma.
Napoli's front line of Jose Callejon, Dries Mertens and Lorenzo Insigne has scored a combined 19 goals in the Serie A campaign and added 9 assists. Marek Hamsik too was brilliant from the midfield, contributing a lot to Napoli's attacking play.
Napoli has a stunning 19.1 attempts on goal per game and averages 2.62 goals per game, which is one of the highest in the divison. The two time league champions are yet to lose a Serie A game this season and are in good shape to challenge for their first title since 1990.
Napoli has also managed to score 10 goals in the UEFA Champions League and are expected to add to it when they face Feyenoord in a must win game on matchday 6.
#2 Manchester City (53 Goals)
Unbeaten and unstoppable this season, Manchester City sits on top of the Premier League table and Group F in UEFA Champions League 2017/18.
City has some of the best forwards in Europe with the likes of Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sane, David Silva, Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling, Kevin de Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan in their ranks.
The Citizens has scored 40 times in the Premier League and 13 in the UEFA Champions League this season. Pep Guardiola's side has been in sensational form, wrecking havoc both domestically and in Europe. No defense was able to withstand the City onslaught and Everton are the only team to stop City from winning so far this season.
City have depth in their squad with some of the best-attacking talents in the world and they dominate teams with typical Guardiola style precision football. There is no stopping them for now.
#1 Paris Saint-Germain (67 Goals)
Paris Saint-Germain pulled two rabbits out of a hat when they sealed a €222 million world record deal for Neymar from Barcelona and €180 million deal for Kylian Mbappe from Monaco.
No team in Europe got the better of PSG this season and they are scoring goals for fun with 43 goals from 13 league games and 24 in UEFA Champions League.
Unai Emery's side has been ruthless so far as they destroyed every team on their way, with Edison Cavani, Neymar, and Mbappe leading the rout. PSG boast of the best goal per game ratio in Europe, 3.72. They have also scored at least 5 goals in 7 of their games this season, which is the most for any team in Europe.
Edinson Cavani is the most clinical striker in Europe right now with 15 league goals and 6 goals in the Champions League. PSG possess the best front three in Europe at the moment and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
