KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTS: Cristiano Ronaldo and Ciro Immobile each have four remaining matches in Italy’s Serie A in which to score the goals to overtake Robert Lewandowski in the ESM European Golden Shoe.

The clash between their clubs, Juventus and Lazio, ended in a 2-1 win for the reigning champions on Monday night. Ronaldo scored both Juve’s goals with Immobile replying for the Roman club.

Both men now have 30 goals to their name, four fewer than Bayern Munich’s Lewandowski whose domestic season is now completed.

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

The European Sports Media group has decided to resume the ranking while acknowledging that some leagues have already finished. 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. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) 34 x 2 = 68

2. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 30 x 2 = 60
— Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 30 x 2 = 60

4. Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig) 28 x 2 = 56
5. Erling Braut Haaland (Red Bull Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund) 16 x 1,5 + 13 x 2 = 50
— Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) 25 x 2 = 50
7. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 23 x 2 = 46
8. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
— Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 21 x 2 = 42
— Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 21 x 2 = 42
— Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 28 x 1,5 = 42
12. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 20 x 2 = 40
13. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 19 x 2 = 38
14. Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 18 x 2 = 36
— Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36
— ‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 18 x 2 = 36
— ‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 18 x 2 = 36
— Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 18 x 2 = 36
19. Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 23 x 1,5 = 34,5
20. Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 17 x 2 = 34
— Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 17 x 2 = 34
— Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 17 x 2 = 34
— Anthony Martial (Manchester United) 17 x 2 = 34
— Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 17 x 2 = 34
— Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 17 x 2 = 34
— Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 17 x 2 = 34
— Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 17 x 2 = 34
— Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 17 x 2 = 34
29. Papiss Demba Cissé (Alanyaspor) 22 x 1,5 = 33
— Odsonne Édouard (Celtic FC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
— Shon Weissman (Wolfsberger AC) 22 x 1,5 = 33
32. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 16 x 2 = 32
Andrea Belotti (Torino FC) 16 x 2 = 32
Moussa Dembélé (Olympique Lyonnais) 16 x 2 = 32
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona) 16 x 2 = 32
Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) 16 x 2 = 32
37. Erik Sorga (Flora Tallinn) 31 x 1 = 31
38. Edin Dzeko (AS Roma) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Raúl García‘ Escudero (Athletic Club de Bilbao) 15 x 2 = 30
Rouwen Hennings (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 15 x 2 = 30
Josip Iličić (Atalanta Bergamo) 15 x 2 = 30
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 20 x 1,5 = 30
43. Mirko Maric (NK Osijek) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
45. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 14 x 2 = 28
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla FC) 14 x 2 = 28
48. Mijo Caktas (HNK Hajduk Split) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Jonathan David (KAA Gent) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Dieumerci Mbokani (Royal Antwerp FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Aluísio ‘Júnior Moraes’ (FC Shakhtar Donetsk) 18 x 1,5 = 27
‘Carlos Vinícius’ Alves Morais (SL Benfica) 18 x 1,5 = 27
53. Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Ante Budimir (RCD Mallorca) 13 x 2 = 26
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Jhon Córdoba (1.FC Köln) 13 x 2 = 26
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Sporting CP/Manchester United) 8 x 1,5 + 7 x 2 = 26
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Manchester City) 13 x 2 = 26
Lautaro Martínez (FC Internazionale Milano) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Neymar’ da Silva Santos Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) 13 x 2 = 26
Florian Niederlechner (FC Augsburg) 13 x 2 = 26
Klaemint Olsen (NSÍ Runavik) 26 x 1 = 26
Victor Osimhen (Lille OSC) 13 x 2 = 26
Robin Quaison (1. FSV Mainz 05) 13 x 2 = 26
‘Richarlison’ de Andrade (Everton FC) 13 x 2 = 26
Chris Wood (Burnley FC) 13 x 2 = 26
67. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Artem Dzyuba (FK Zenit Sint-Petersburg) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Adis Jahovic (Yeni Malatyaspor/Antalyaspor) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
João Paulo Dias Fernandes ‘Paulinho‘ (SC Braga) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes ‘Pizzi’ (SL Benfica) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5