Lionel Messi closes the gap, but Cristiano Ronaldo stays well clear at head of ESM Golden Shoe rankings

With Cristiano Ronaldo serving the first of his two-match suspension, there was a chance for second-placed Lionel Messi to close the gap on his great rival at the head of the ESM Golden Shoe standings.

Messi did net once in Barcelona’s 3-2 victory over Villarreal, but still trails Ronaldo by six goals. Also on target in that game was teammate, Neymar, who climbs into the top ten for the first time this season.

Another new arrival in the top ten is Porto’s Jackson Martinez, who took his tally to the season to 15 when he opened the scoring in his side’s 5-0 rout of Pacos Ferreira.

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POS PLAYER TEAM GOALS FACTOR PTS

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 28 x 2 = 56
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 22 x 2 = 44
3. Evgeni Kabaev (Sillamäe Kalev) 36 x 1 = 36
4. Diego Costa (Chelsea) 17 x 2 = 34
5. Igor Subbotin (Levadia Tallinn) 32 x 1 = 32
6. Andrej Kramaric (HNK Rijeka/Leicester City) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) 21 x 1,5 = 31,5
8. Fabrice Kouadio ‘Manucho’ (FC Infonet) 30 x 1 = 30
Jackson Martinez (FC Porto) 15 x 2 = 30
‘Neymar’ da Silva (Barcelona) 15 x 2 = 30
11. Jonatan Soriano (Red Bull Salzburg) 19 x 1,5 = 28,5
12. Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 14 x 2 = 28
Vladislavs Gutkovskis (Skonto Riga) 28 x 1 = 28
14. Eran Zahavi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) 18 x 1,5 = 27
15. Charlie Austin (Queens Park Rangers) 13 x 2 = 26
Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) 13 x 2 = 26
Carlos Tevez (Juventus) 13 x 2 = 26
18. Vidar Örn Kjartansson (Valerenga IF) 25 x 1 = 25
19. Carlos Bacca (Sevilla) 12 x 2 = 24
Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli) 12 x 2 = 24
Jérémy Menez (Milan) 12 x 2 = 24
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) 12 x 2 = 24
Chris Venables (Aberystwyth Town) 24 x 1 = 24
24. Janis Ikaunieks (Metalurgs Liepajas) 23 x 1 = 23
Lasse Vibe (IFK Göteborg) 23 x 1 = 23
26. Nikolai Yanush (FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk) 15 x 1,5 = 22,5
27. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
Paulo Dybala (Palermo) 11 x 2 = 22
Joe Gormley (Cliftonville) 22 x 1 = 22
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid) 11 x 2 = 22
Mauro Icardi (Internazionale) 11 x 2 = 22
Klaemint Olsen (NSI) 22 x 1 = 22
Albert Prosa (Flora Tallinn) 22 x 1 = 22
34. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Aleksandr Makas (FC Minsk) 14 x 1,5 = 21
Edison Luis dos Santos ‘Tarabai’ (Hibernian) 21 x 1 = 21
Hidetoshi Wakui (Nomme Kaljü) 21 x 1 = 21
38. ‘André’ Filipe André (Vitoria Guimaraes) 10 x 2 = 20
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Christy Fagan (Saint Patrick’s Athletic) 20 x 1 = 20
Patrick Hoban (Dundalk) 20 x 1 = 20
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) 10 x 2 = 20
Mario Mandzukic (Atlético Madrid) 10 x 2 = 20
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) 10 x 2 = 20
Luciano Vietto (Villarreal) 10 x 2 = 20