The 2025–26 season has been underway for greater than a month, and each home leagues and worldwide competitions are starting to take form. In that context, stars like Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland have delivered performances consistent with expectations—however, surprisingly, they’ve been joined by a standout from La Liga.
Borja Iglesias has been in prime type in current weeks. The Celta Vigo striker has led his group with a goal-scoring streak that places him in elite firm. He has scored in six consecutive matches throughout each home and worldwide competitions.
To place these numbers into perspective, throughout Europe’s prime 5 leagues (England, Spain, Italy, France, and Germany), solely two different gamers have posted comparable stats: Mbappe and Haaland.
Iglesias scored his first objective of the season on August 31, in Matchday 3 of La Liga towards Villarreal. Since then, he’s discovered the web towards Girona and Rayo Vallecano within the Spanish prime flight, Stuttgart within the UEFA Europa League, and Elche in La Liga. His most up-to-date objective got here Thursday towards PAOK within the European match.
Borja Iglesias of RC Celta de Vigo appears to be like on through the UEFA Europa League 2025/26 League Part MD2 match between Actual Membership Celta de Vigo and PAOK FC.
Nonetheless, Iglesias’ excellent particular person type hasn’t translated into group success. Actually, Celta have received only one match all season, the newest one towards PAOK. Within the Europa League, they sit thirteenth within the league section standings, whereas in La Liga they’re at the moment in seventeenth place.
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How do Mbappe and Haaland evaluate?
Like Borja Iglesias, Erling Haaland has scored in six consecutive matches. The Norwegian striker, although, has bagged a number of targets in a number of of these appearances. Over that very same stretch, the Manchester Metropolis star has scored 9 targets, and 11 whole on the season. The one match by which he failed to attain was towards Tottenham within the Premier League.
Kylian Mbappe’s numbers are simply as spectacular. The Actual Madrid ahead has 13 targets in 9 matches this season, 10 of which have are available in his final six outings. He stood out specifically with a hat trick this week towards Kairat Almaty within the UEFA Champions League.
Europe’s prime scorers within the 2025–26 season
Borja Iglesias’ sizzling streak, whereas exceptional, hasn’t been sufficient to place him on the prime of the scoring charts in any main competitors—a minimum of not but. In La Liga, that honor belongs to Mbappe, who has eight targets. Within the Premier League, the highest scorer is Erling Haaland, additionally with eight.
Harry Kane is dominating the Bundesliga, with 10 targets in simply 5 matches. France and Italy, however, have seen extra modest stats: Paris FC’s Ilan Kebbal leads Ligue 1 with 4 targets, the identical quantity that Christian Pulisic has recorded with AC Milan in Serie A.
Kylian Mbappe can also be making waves on the worldwide stage. He has scored 5 targets in two appearances with Actual Madrid, making him the present prime scorer within the UEFA Champions League. Within the Europa League, Panathinaikos’ Anass Zaroury leads with three targets, whereas Celje’s Franko Kovacevic tops the Convention League with three as properly.
