Ranking the 5 most in form players in Europe right now | December 2018

January transfer window is ahead of us and it means that the competitions in leagues across Europe are halfway done. Teams in many leagues will go to a deserved break in this period while teams in some leagues will continue playing.

At this point, it is very important to analyse the current form of players in Europe. So, let's take a look at 5 players who are in the best form in Europe right now. The selection is based on the appearances from the last 6 matches in all competitions.

Honourable mentions: Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Sebastien Haller (Eintracht Frankfurt), Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munchen), Teji Savanier (Nimes), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach)

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#5 Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

Eden Hazard: Chelsea's talisman

Eden Hazard is the fifth player with the best form in Europe right now. This summer, Maurizio Sarri came to Chelsea to replace Antonio Conte. With Sarri at their bench, Chelsea play a heavily possession-based football and Hazard is thriving in that system. At the beginning of the season, Hazard played at the left wing which is his natural position.

However, because of the bad form of his strikers (Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud), Sarri has had to make some changes which included putting Hazard in the striker position. Playing in this position isn't an unknown thing for the Belgium captain as he already played there in the period of Conte. We can surely state that if Hazard isn’t on top of his game, it’s hard to see where the Chelsea goals are coming from.

In the last 6 appearances for Chelsea, Hazard scored 2 goals and also provided 3 assists. He has been directly involved in 17 Premier League goals this season (8 goals and 9 assists).

#4 Leroy Sane (Manchester City)

Leroy Sane: In an electrifying form

Leroy Sane is in the fourth place of this ranking list. The German international had a very frustrating period over this summer. He wasn't included in the Germany squad at the World Cup in Russia and at the beginning of the season, he lost his place in the starting lineup of Pep Guardiola's side.

However, he has managed to bounce back and in the absence of Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne in the past two months, he was Manchester City's best player along with Raheem Sterling. In the last 6 appearances for the Citizens, he has 3 goals and 3 assists to his name.

He has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than any other player since the beginning of November (4 goals and 5 assists). Sane has proved that his form will be crucial in their hunt for the trophies this season.

#3 Antoine Griezmann (Atletico de Madrid)

Griezmann: Atletico Madrid's most important player

Atletico de Madrid maintained their excellent run of home form on Saturday by beating Espanyol 1-0 thanks to a goal from their best player, Antoine Griezmann. This was the 200th goal of his career.

Cholo Simeone's squad continues with their hunt for Barcelona as they are only 3 points behind them. The Atleti are very strong this season and they really look ready to battle for the LaLiga trophy.

Also, they have a big motivation in the UEFA Champions League this season as the final match will be played in their stadium. In order to accomplish these tasks, they will need Griezmann to maintain this form and to lead his team. In the last 6 matches in all competitions, Griezmann scored 5 goals and also provided 2 assists. Thanks to this wonderful numbers, Griezmann is in the third place of this ranking list.

#2 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Mohamed Salah: Another goal in the win against Wolves

This season hasn't started in the best way for the Egyptian, Mohamed Salah. Because of that, many people started to question his abilities and call him a "one-season wonder“. However, as the season progressed, Salah stepped up in his form and once again he is Liverpool's most lethal player.

Jurgen Klopp's squad has 6 wins in the last 6 matches in all competitions. In these 6 matches, Salah scored 5 goals and also provided 2 assists. One of those goals was the winning goal against Napoli in the last Champions League group stage match, which has sent Liverpool to the knockout round where they will play against Bayern Munchen.

Liverpool really look capable of winning trophies this season, and they need Salah to be in this perfect form to dream about that. Salah is the second most in-form player now, and there is only one man with a better form.

#1 Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Lionel Messi continues with his devastating form

And the player who tops form ranking for this month is Lionel Messi. This month, Barcelona's captain was selected as the fifth best player in the world for the past year. We can say that this selection surely made him angry. In the last 6 appearances for the Blaugrana, Messi scored 7 goals and provided 5 assists.

Barcelona's last defeat was against Betis in November. Ernesto Valverde's team doesn't play in their best form but fortunately for them, they have Messi who is in a devastating form. He is the man with the most goals and assists in LaLiga this season.

Messi heads into the winter break with 15 goals and 10 assists and everyone should be aware of Barcelona's abilities with Messi in his peak form. He finishes 2018 with 51 goals in 54 matches in all competitions.