Golden Shoe 2016-17: Top Goalscorers in Europe, Updated Points on Dec. 5

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang extended his lead in the race for the European Golden Shoe to five points as he netted a brace for Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

Yevgeni Kabayev of Estonian outfit Kalev remains second with 25 points, while Mauro Icardi and Alexis Sanchez made meaningful gains over the last week with a brace and a hat-trick leaving them joint-third and joint-seventh with 24 and 22 points, respectively.

Here are the current standings:

Each European league has its own difficulty constant between one and two—for example the Premier League’s is two, Ligue 1’s is 1.5—and that is multiplied by a player’s goal tally to achieve their points.

Aubameyang’s goals are doubled to reach his tally as they are scored in the Bundesliga—which also has a constant of two—while each of Kabayev’s goals are worth a single point as they are netted in the Estonian Meistriliiga.

Aubameyang Extends Lead

The Gabon international bagged his first against Borussia Monchengladbach—just one minute after Raffael had given the visiting Foals the lead—when he swept home Marco Reus’ flick with a first-time effort to the near post.

Aubameyang rounded out the scoring in the 4-1 win when he finished off a neat team move, with Reus the architect yet again.

ESPN FC’s Stefan Buczko was in awe of the latter effort:

Reus back heel, Aubameyang smashes it in. So much skill. So much beauty. Wish @RayHudson was commentating …

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