Serie A 2018-19: Top 5 contenders for the Golden Boot so far (December 2018)

Modified Dec 05, 2018 07:13 GMT

Cristiano Ronaldo receives a Golden Boot award

#3 Ciro Immobile (Italy, SS Lazio)

Goals scored - 9

Last season was Immobile's best year in the Serie A, with his best return in the league for a season in his career earning him the Serie A Golden Boot. He has been scoring above 20 goals per season in the league for a couple of years now, and last time the Italian finished with 41 goals from 47 games in all competitions.

Immobile already has 9 goals from 14 games in the Serie A right now, and his goals have come quite frequently this season. He started with 1 goal in the first 4 games, but since then, has scored 8 in his last 10. The Italian has 10 goals from 18 games in all competitions so far.

In the Serie A, Immobile has scored a goal every 133 minutes. The Italian has attempted 42 shots this season in the league and 25 of those have been on target. He is currently 3rd in the race to the Serie A Golden Boot.

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