LONDON: Ciro Immobile has maintained his two-goal lead over Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski in the race for the ESM European Golden Shoe.

Cristiano Ronaldo remains joint third with fast-rising Erling Braut Haaland of Borussia Dortmund and Timo Werner  of RB Leipzig.

No player from Serie A has won the Golden Shoe since Roma’s Francesco Totti with 26 goals in 2006-07.

The Golden Shoe is based on a ranking computed according to UEFA’s July rankings.  Thus marksmen from among the top five nations benefit from a mu ltiple of 2.0, the next batch (places six to 22) a factor of 1.5 and the remainder 1.0.

As in previous years the Golden Shoe does not consider goals in play-off competitions.

Last season’s winner was Lionel Messi for a record-extending sixth time.

Golden Shoe standings

(Ranking multiplication based on UEFA coefficient status)

1. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 27 x 2 = 54

2. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 25 x 2 = 50

3. Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 + 9 x 2 = 42
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 21 x 2 = 42
— Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 21 x 2 = 42
6. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 18 x 2 = 36
7. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 17 x 2 = 34
Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 17 x 2 = 34
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 17 x 2 = 34
10. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 16 x 2 = 32
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 16 x 2 = 32
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 16 x 2 = 32
13. Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
14. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
15. Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 15 x 2 = 30
17. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
20. Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 14 x 2 = 28
Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 14 x 2 = 28
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 14 x 2 = 28
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 14 x 2 = 28
24. Jonathan David (KAA Gent) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 18 x 1,5 = 27
27. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 13 x 2 = 26
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 13 x 2 = 26
33. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
35. Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 25 x 1 = 25
36. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 12 x 2 = 24
Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Habib Diallo (FC Metz) 12 x 2 = 24
Edin Dzeko (AS Roma) 12 x 2 = 24
Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 12 x 2 = 24
Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 16 x 1,5 = 24
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 12 x 2 = 24
44. Mohamed Buya Turay (Djurgärdens IF) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Cyriel Dessers (Heracles Almelo) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Christoph Monschein (FK Austria Wien) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
‘Carlos Vinícius’ Alves Morais (SL Benfica) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
50. Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 11 x 2 = 22
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 11 x 2 = 22
Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain) 11 x 2 = 22
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 11 x 2 = 22
Tomislav Kis (FK Zalgiris Vilnius) 22 x 1 = 22
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 11 x 2 = 22
Florian Niederlechner (FC Augsburg) 11 x 2 = 22
Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) 11 x 2 = 22
Robin Quaison (1. FSV Mainz 05) 11 x 2 = 22
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) 11 x 2 = 22
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 11 x 2 = 22
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 11 x 2 = 22
62. Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Torgeir Børven (Odds BK) 21 x 1 = 21
Stanislav Dragun (FC BATE Borisov) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Vitaly Kvashuk (FC Gomel) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Bryan Linssen (Vitesse) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Rubén Rayos Serna ‘Rayo’ (Anorthosis Famagusta) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Robin Söder (IFK Göteborg) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Muamer Tankovic (Hammarby IF) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Chris Venables (Bala Town FC) 21 x 1 = 21
71. ‘Ángel’ Luis Rodríguez Díaz (Getafe CF) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 10 x 2 = 20
Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) 10 x 2 = 20
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Manchester City) 10 x 2 = 20
Levani Kutalia (FC Dinamo Tblisi) 20 x 1 = 20
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) 10 x 2 = 20
M’Baye Babacar Niang (Stade Rennais FC) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Lucas Pérez’ Martínez (Deportivo Alavés) 10 x 2 = 20
Andrea Petagna (SPAL) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Richarlison’ de Andrade (Everton FC) 10 x 2 = 20
‘Roger’ Martí Salvador (Levante UD) 10 x 2 = 20
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 10 x 2 = 20
Chris Wood (Burnley FC) 10 x 2 = 20

** The Golden Shoe is administered, computed and formulated by the European Sports Media group whose members comprise: A Bola (Portugal), ElfVoetbal (Netherlands), Fanatik (Turkey), Foot Magazine (Belgium), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy), GoalNews/Sentragoal (Greece), Guerin Sportivo (Italy), Kicker (Germany), Marca (Spain), Nemzeti Sport (Hungary), SoFoot (France), Sport Express (Russia), Telegraaf/Telesport (Netherlands), Tipsbladet (Denmark), World Soccer (England). Affiliated members: Kick Off (South Africa), Titan Sport (China), Netease (China), SportalKorea (South-Korea).

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