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Goals are the most important aspect of the game and for this reason, players who are well-versed in the art of putting the ball in the back of the net consistently are highly valued and sought after.
It is the wish of every football team to have a top-notch striker who is a prime goalscorer, as matches can only be won when goals are scored, but the competitive nature of the sport means that more often than not, good strikers are always poached by bigger teams.
While it is not possible to maintain the same level of consistency in front of goal over a couple of seasons (except you're named Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo), strikers most times embark on a run of scoring form which helps their teams achieve their aims.
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With four months gone in the 2019/2020 season, there have been some strikers who have had a breakthrough season this term, while some of the usual suspects are yet to hit the heights expected in front of the goal.
Here, we shall be having a rundown of the top five most in-form centre-forwards in Europe at the moment.
Note: Stats and goals correct as at the time of writing.
Honourable mentions: Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Tammy Abraham (Chelsea)
#5 Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)
Jamie Vardy was the driving force behind Leicester City's unlikely title push in 2015/2016, with his goals proving integral for the Foxes.
During that magical campaign, Vardy scored a total of 24 goals from 36 league games, including the record-breaking run of scoring in 11 matches consecutively.
Since then, Vardy has firmly established himself as one of the top strikers in the league and has hit more than 15 league goals in each of the following three campaigns.
This season, the 32-year-old has started like a house on fire and is once again leading Leicester's unlikely charge for a top-four finish with Brendan Rodgers' transformation getting into full gear.
Vardy currently tops the scorers' chart in England with 11 goals and two assists from 12 matches.
He has scored in each of his last four games consecutively including a hat-trick in the record-breaking 9-0 victory over Southampton and for his form, he was named as the Premier League Player of the month for October 2019.
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#4 Timo Werner (Red Bull Leipzig)
Timo Werner has been nothing short of a striking sensation for the last few seasons in Germany.
He had started his career with Stuttgart and made history as a child prodigy when he became the youngest player to both represent and score for the club in 2013.
A transfer to RB Leipzig was completed in 2016 and the German international has taken his scoring feats to new heights and is currently one of the most consistent scorers in the Bundesliga.
Werner's goals have been the driving force behind Leipzig's meteoric rise, with the Stuttgart native scoring 21 goals in his debut season to help the club finish their first season back in the top-flight in second position and qualify for the Champions League.
He has since become an established regular with the German national team and helped fire his country to their first FIFA Confederations Cup title in 2017, scoring three goals to win the tournament's, Golden Boot.
So far this season, Werner has been in red-hot form and he has scored 15 goals and provided seven assists from 17 matches in all competitions, with 11 of those coming in 11 Bundesliga games.
#3 Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio)
Ciro Immobile is no stranger to banging in goals for fun in the Italian Serie A, having twice won the Capocannoneire as the top scorer in the Italian top-flight.
The 29-year-old is going the distance to add to his Golden Boot wins in 2013 and 2018 and currently leads the scorers' charts in the Serie A with 14 goals and five assists from just 12 matches.
In the league fixture against AC Milan, Immobile scored his 100th goal for Lazio, with the tally coming in just 147 matches and even more impressively, the Italian international has scored in each of his last seven Serie A matches consecutively.
He has also weighed in with two goals from three matches in the Europa League, although it looks highly likely that The Biancocelesti would be eliminated from the group stage of Europe's second-tier competition.
#2 Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg)
Erling Braut Haaland made history during the summer when he became the first player to score nine goals at a FIFA organised tournament, doing so in Norway's 12-0 victory over Honduras at the Under-20 World Cup in Poland and finished as the tournament's highest goalscorer despite Norway getting eliminated in the group stage.
For his efforts, he was transferred to serial Austrian champions RB Salzburg from Molde and he has continued his great run of form in the Austrian Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals and assisting six from just 12 matches to help Salzburg sit comfortably top of the league.
The 19-year-old has scored three hat-tricks domestically and is on his way to finishing as the highest goalscorer in the league barring any drastic injury or drop in form. But he is not a flat-track bully who only performs domestically.
Haaland is the son of Manchester City legend and former defender Alf-Inge Haaland and he had been earmarked as one of the teenagers to watch out for in the Champions League this season.
So far, he has not disappointed and Haaland sits top of the scorers' chart on the continent. He began his Champions League career with a hat-trick in a 6-2 victory over Genk and scored in each of his subsequent three games to bring his total to seven goals from just four fixtures.
This season, Haaland has remarkably scored five hat-tricks in all competitions (and it is not even December yet) and at this rate, it won't be long before Europe's biggest clubs start knocking on Salzburg's door.
#1 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
It can be argued that Robert Lewandowski has been the world's premier centre-forward over the last five years and the Polish international has the requisite stats to back this claim up.
With over 450 career goals scored, Lewandowski is one of the highest goalscorers of his generation and he is a regular fixture in Golden Boot races, with at least 40 goals scored in all competitions in each of the last four seasons consecutively.
Having lashed out last season over Bayern Munich's lack of ambition on the continent, the former Dortmund man faced criticisms but was handed a contract extension in August that will see him stay with the Bavarians until 2023.
Lewandowski has responded with unarguably his best run of form to date, scoring 23 goals and assisting three from just 18 matches in all competitions as Bayern Munich chase glory both at home and on the continent.
Incredibly, the 31-year-old has scored in each Bundesliga and Champions League fixture played this season, with his latest efforts coming in Der Klassiker against Borussia Dortmund where he scored a brace to sink his former side to a 4-0 defeat at the Allianz Arena.
