KEIR RADNEDGE REPORTING —- Ciro Immobile needs one goal in the two matchdays of the Serie A campaign to overtake long-time leader Robert Lewandowski at the top of the ESM European Golden Shoe rankings.

Immobile’s Lazio are home to Brescia on Wednesday and away to Napoli on Sunday. Currently he has 34 goals, the same total as Lewandowski. Third-placed Cristiano Ronaldo is an outsider in the chase. Ronaldo has 31 goals to his name for continuing champions Juventus.

If two players finish level on goals then the player with the fewest minutes will be the winner.

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)

2. Ciro Immobile (SS Lazio Roma) 34 x 2 = 68

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) 31 x 2 = 62

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. Romelu Lukaku (FC Internazionale Milano) 23 x 2 = 46
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) 23 x 2 = 46
9. Jean-Pierre Nsame (BSC Young Boys) 30 x 1,5 = 45
10. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) 22 x 2 = 44
Danny Ings (Southampton FC) 22 x 2 = 44
12. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 21 x 2 = 42
13. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 20 x 2 = 40
14. Francesco Caputo (US Sassuolo Calcio) 19 x 2 = 38
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) 19 x 2 = 38
16. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) 18 x 2 = 36
‘Gerard’ Moreno Balagueró (Villarreal CF) 18 x 2 = 36
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 18 x 2 = 36
Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC) 18 x 2 = 36
Luis Muriel Fruto (Atalanta Bergamo) 18 x 2 = 36
‘João Pedro’ Galvão (Cagliari Calcio) 18 x 2 = 36
Alexander Sørloth (Trabzonspor AŞ) 24 x 1,5 = 36
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) 18 x 2 = 36
Duván Zapata (Atalanta Bergamo) 18 x 2 = 36
25. Raúl Alonso Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 17 x 2 = 34
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) 17 x 2 = 34
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 17 x 2 = 34
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) 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. Tammy Abraham (Chelsea FC) 15 x 2 = 30
Mijo Caktas (HNK Hajduk Split) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Antonio-Mirko Colak (NK Rijeka) 20 x 1,5 = 30
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
Mirko Maric (HNK Osijek) 20 x 1,5 = 30
Ivan Tričkovski (AEK Larnaca) 20 x 1,5 = 30
47. Ilia Shkurin (FC Zvezda-BGU Minsk) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
‘Carlos Vinícius’ Alves Morais (SL Benfica) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
49. Iago Aspas Juncal (RC Celta de Vigo) 14 x 2 = 28
Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (Sporting CP/Manchester United) 8 x 1,5 + 8 x 2 = 28
Gabriel Fernando de Jesus (Manchester City) 14 x 2 = 28
Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla FC) 14 x 2 = 28
Chris Wood (Burnley FC) 14 x 2 = 28
54. 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
Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes ‘Pizzi’ (SL Benfica) 18 x 1,5 = 27
Mehdi Taremi (Rio Ave FC) 18 x 1,5 = 27
59. Domenico Berardi (US Sassuolo Calcio) 13 x 2 = 26
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) 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
Marco Mancosu (US Lecce) 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
72. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos Piraeus FC) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
Sardar Azmoun (FC Zenit Sint-Petersburg) 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
Kamil Wilczek (Bröndby IF) 17 x 1,5 = 25,5
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