Top 5 marksmen in European league football in 2019-20

#2 Erling Braut Haaland (Salzburg / Borussia Dortmund) - 25 goals in 21 games

Erling-Braut Haaland scored 16 goals for Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga before moving to German giants Borussia Dortmund during the 2019-20 winter transfer window.

The 19-year-old marked his first Bundesliga appearance with a hat-trick in BVB's 5-3 win at Augsburg and racked up 9 goals in his first 6 games in the German flight before Freiburg joined Bayer Levekusen as the only teams to stop the prolific teenager.

9 - @ErlingHaaland is the first player in #Bundesliga history to score at least 9 goals in his first 6 appearances. Unstoppable. #SVWBVB @BlackYellow pic.twitter.com/VdWSv66yeO
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) February 22, 2020

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Not content with his exploits in domestic football, the teenager has also taken the UEFA Champions League by storm, racking up 10 goals in 7 games to join Robert Lewandowski as the top-scorers in the competition this season.

Also read: 3 Erling Braut Haaland records in the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League

#1 Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - 27 goals in 26 games

In his career-best Serie A season, Ciro Immobile has scored 27 goals in 26 games for Lazio as the Italian capital club find themselves top of the table after 26 Matchdays, dreaming of a first top-flight title in two decades.

17 - Only Angelillo for Inter in 1958/59 and Borel for Juventus in 1933/34 have scored 17 goals in fewer team matches than #Immobile this season for Lazio in Serie A’s history. Wonderful.#LazioUdinese pic.twitter.com/O3xjaQLS7W
— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) December 1, 2019

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Immobile surged to 17 Serie A goals after just 14 Matchdays which is the fastest to the mark by any player in Italian top-flight history, behind only Angelino for Internazionale in 1958-59 and Borel for Juventus in 1933-34.

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