Lionel Messi leads Pichichi race but Cristiano Ronaldo Has Scored More Against Top Clubs.

Lionel Messi leads Pichichi race but Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more against top clubs.
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Lionel Messi may currently sit top of the Pichichi standings but Cristiano Ronaldo has scored slightly more goals against Spain’s top clubs.

Petter Veland, a Spanish football commentator for Viasat, has broken down the goals of La Liga’s top 22 goalscorers to reveal some intriguing results.

Messi’s 25 goals, four more than team-mate Luis Suarez, see him top the overall rankings. The Argentinian also has the division’s best rate of scoring, with a goal coming roughly every 82 minutes.

Ronaldo trails behind in third place, with a total of 19 goals to his name. One of the few areas in which the Real Madrid forward has a slight advantage over his Barça rival is 'goals against teams placed 3rd-7th', having 6 in total against the best of the rest in Spain.