Messi, Ronaldinho and Henry have scored 17 goals in the 11 league games played to date. That means the Barça forward line is tied with those of Arsenal and Juventus as the most productive in Europe.

Messi has 78 goals, while Henry and Ronaldinho have 5 each, and a glance at the performances of other forward lines around Europe suggest that those are stats to be proud of. Only Juventus and Arsenal can match that kind of effectiveness. Ronaldinho, Messi and Henry together have guaranteed 1.54 goals a league game.

Way ahead in Spain

The three Barça strikers are far more goal-happy than any other set of strikers in La Liga. 14 is the best any other side can manage. Sevilla have 4 goals courtesy of Kanouté, 7 of Luis Fabiano and 3 of Kerzakhov, while Real Madrid’s goalscoring forwards have been Raúl (5), Van Nistelrooy (5) and Sneijder (4). Over at Atlético Madrid we find Agüero (7), Forlán (4) and Maxi (3) while Mallorca have been supplied by Güiza (6), Arango (5) and Ibagaza (3).

European competition

In Europe, only Arsenal and Juventus are on a par with Barça. The Gunners’ trio of Cesc, Van Persie and Aebayor have also notched up 17 goals in 11 games. The Catalan has scored 6, the Dutchman 5 and the Togolese 6. The 17 goals scored by the ‘vecchia signora' forward line have been thanks to Trezeguet (10), Iaquinta (4) and Del Piero (3).

Send to a friend

Close

• Social Web
• E-Mail
• Link Codes

Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Propeller Reddit Magnoliacom Newsvine Furl Facebook Google Yahoo Technorati Icerocket

Your Email: *

Your Name: *

Send To: *

Enter one address or multiple addresses separated with commas.

Direct URL

HTML Code

Forum Code