Top Contenders for the La Liga Golden Boot: March 2019

Modified Mar 05, 2019 13:35 GMT

Barcelona v Deportivo La Coruna - La Liga

#6 Antoine Griezmann (France, Atletico Madrid)

Club Atletico de Madrid v Real Madrid CF - La Liga

Goals Scored - 12

The Frenchman continues to be in the 6th place at the start of March, thanks to his decent form in the month of February. He scored 2 goals from 4 games as his club won 2 and lost 2 in the month.

Griezmann started the month with a loss away to Real Betis. He started the game but failed to score. In the following game against Real Madrid at home, he managed to find the back of the net, however, it was not enough as his team succumbed to their second loss in 2 games.

The Frenchman successfully turned things around in the following game against Rayo Vallecano, scoring the only goal of the tie. Even though he failed to find the back of the net in the next two games against Villareal at the end of last month and against Real Sociedad this weekend, Atletico Madrid won both games.

Griezmann now has 12 goals from 26 games and is averaging a goal every 189 minutes played. He has recorded 61 shots in La Liga so far, 32 of which have been on target.

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