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A glance at the scoring charts suggests that AC Milan do not have the goalscoring leader in the division. However, data says something slightly different.
After this weekend’s games, Lautaro Martinez is now the top scorer in Serie A, with him sitting on six goals after a brace against Pisa. However, it seems that he may not actually be the best goalscorer in the division.
Simply the best
Scoring six goals is solid, as is the fact that he has two assists. However, he has achieved that by playing 978 minutes of league football so far this season, featuring in each of Inter’s 13 matches.
Sitting behind him are Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic – both of whom are not orthodox strikers – and they both have scored five times in the league thus far. The caveat, though, is the timings.
Leao has the eighth-best scoring frequency in the league, grabbing a goal every 125 minutes on average, which is much better than the 163-minute average that Lautaro offers to Inter. Then there is Pulisic, who has found the net every 84 minutes.
He is scoring goals almost twice as quickly as the Argentine, whilst also featuring in only 422 minutes this season. Right now, the stats are deceptive, but it seems the best striker(s) in the league may not even be traditional No. 9s.
An Allegrian masterclass.
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