Top Contenders for the Premier League Golden Boot: March 2019

Modified Mar 01, 2019 06:07 GMT

The race to the Premier League Golden Boot has become pretty exciting

#8 Alexandre Lacazette (France, Arsenal)

Arsenal FC v AFC Bournemouth - Premier League

Goals Scored - 12

The Frenchman returns to the race after a fantastic month of February. He started the month on the losing side, as Arsenal were defeated away to Manchester City. Alexandre Lacazette started the game but failed to score. He made amends in the very next game though, scoring the winning goal against Huddersfield.

Lacazette was in the starting eleven once again last weekend, against Southampton and he scored once more. In the midweek game against Bournemouth, Emery opted to keep him on the bench, probably with fatigue in mind. He came on for the last 26 minutes and scored from a delicious free kick!

The Frenchman ended the month with 3 goals from 4 games, a form that earned him a place in this list. Lacazette now has 12 goals from 27 games and is 8th among the top contenders for the Premier League Golden Boot at the start of March. He has registered 47 shots so far, 25 of which have been on target and is averaging a goal every 153 minutes played.

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