La Liga 2018-19 Golden Boot: Top Contenders at the start of April 2019

Modified Apr 12, 2019 19:37 GMT

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#4 Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid) 🢁 🢁 🢁 🢁

Goals Scored - 17

The Frenchman has put together a nifty little run of late and has climbed four places in this list. He started April as 4th among the top contenders for La Liga Golden Boot.

At the start of the month, Benzema failed to score against arch-rivals Barcelona as Real Madrid succumbed to a humiliating 1-0 home defeat. However, he was back in the news in the following game, away to Real Valladolid. He scored a brace and set up another as Real won 4-1.

The Frenchman failed to score in Zinedine Zidane’s first game back in charge but did set up a goal as Real won 2-0 against Celta Vigo. Benzema found the back of the net again at the end of March, scoring one and setting up another in a hard fought 3-2 win over SD Huesca at home.

Benzema continued his goalscoring run in April as well, netting Real’s only goal in a 2-1 defeat away to Valencia at the start of the month. Last weekend, he scored a brace again as Real won 2-1 at home against SD Eibar.

As of now, Benzema has 17 goals from 31 appearances in the league and is averaging a goal every 149 minutes played.

Edited by Samya Majumdar