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This Article will delve into the 10 best scoring teams in Europe's top five leagues, breaking down their approach and which players have been most influential
10. Arsenal/Chelsea - 41
Both Arsenal and Chelsea have managed 41 goals in 21 Premier League games this season, with Chelsea actually underperforming their xG of 42.1 and Arsenal overperforming their xG of 35.3.
Arsenal don't have a single scorer propping up their numbers, with Kai Havertz their top league scorer with 7 goals, but by committee with 14 different scorers, with a lot of their goals coming from set-pieces with 7 of their goals being scored by defenders.
Chelsea on the other hand have Cole Palmer with 14 goals and Nicolas Jackson with 9 leading the way for them, with only six players having two or more goals for them in the league this season.
Chelsea have also hit the woodwork the most this season, hitting it 15 times in 21 games, whilst also missing 52 big chances, the 2nd most in the league, just one behind Liverpool, who have the most
9. Bayer Leverkusen - 41
Leverkusen have the same amount of goals as Arsenal and Chelsea, but have played four less games with the reigning undefeated Bundesliga champions still scoring amongst the best in Europe, despite drop-offs by some players.
Last season, wing-backs Alex Grimaldo and Jeremie Frimpong combined for 19 goals and 20 assists in the league, but this season thus far, they've combined for 4 goals and 7 assists.
Patrik Schick has been the surprise for Leverkusen this season, having scored 11 goals in the Bundesliga, already surpassing his total of 7 last season, but like last season, they have had a variety of goal scorers, with 13 already this season, after having 16 different scorers last season.
8. Spurs - 43
Despite their defensive woes, Spurs have been one of the best attacking teams this season under Ange Postecoglou, scoring 43 goals, with a lot of their goals being the by-line cutback that has become synonymous with a Postecoglou side.
Spurs has a group of five players that have heavily contributed to their attacking output, with James Maddison, Dominic Solanke, Son Heung-min, Brennan Johnson and Dejan Kulusevski contributing to 33 of their 43 goals and 19 of their 32 assists.
Impressively as well, only one of Spurs' league goals have come from penalties this season, and with them being notably poor at set-pieces, with Cristian Romero the only centre-back to score for them this season, making their attacking play in open-play more impressive.
7. Real Madrid - 43
After adding Kylian Mbappe to an already lethal Real Madrid attack, you would've thought Real would be higher up the list, but what also is surprising, they are massively out-performing their underlying numbers.
They are 3rd in La Liga in non-penalty xG with just 29.2 in 19 games, which per90, is less then the likes of Bournemouth, Newcastle United, OGC Nice and Eintracht Frankfurt, but because of the quality they posses in attack, they are able to score the difficult chances.
Mbappe is their top-scorer this season with 10 goals in 17 games, with 3 coming from penalties, whilst Vinicius Jr has 8 and Jude Bellingham 7 with Rodrygo and Federico Valverde chipping in with 5 each.
They do win a lot of penalties with their attack and midfield consisting of high level dribblers, which has resulted in 8 penalties given to them, the joint most in Europe's top 5 leagues this season.
6. Atalanta - 44
For many years now, Gian Piero Gasperini's Atalanta's side have been the entertainers of Europe, and this season has been no different, with his system consistently getting the best out of his attacking talent .
His new signing Mateo Retegui has been the prominent goal scorer, scoring 13 goals in 14 starts, whilst African player of the year Ademola Lookman has continued his great form, scoring 9 goals and providing 4 assists, also in 14 starts.
Gasperini's system allows for players across the pitch to get involved in attacks, with 13 players contributing 2+ goals and assists with 8 players contributing 4+ goals and assists, leading them to a current challenge for the Serie A title.
5. PSG - 46
As expected with their resources compared to the rest of Ligue 1, PSG enter this list with 46 goals in 17 games this season, whilst producing the most xG per90 in Europe's top leagues with 2.69.
Without a recognised striker this season after Kylian Mbappe's summer exit to Real Madrid, with Goncalo Ramos injured and Randal Kolo Muani out of favour, it's been a complete team effort by PSG this season, with 15 different scorers already this season, which is just one less than last season.
It has been French duo Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Demebele leading the way in goals, both having produced 10 in Ligue 1, whilst new singing Joao Neves has been their top creator with 6 assists in 13 starts from central midfield.
4. Liverpool 48
Arne Slot has had a productive first half season as Liverpool boss, with his team only having lost just twice in all competitions, leading the pack in both the Premier League and Champions League and in that, they have had some magnificent attacking performances, mostly lead by Mohamed Salah.
Salah has been the best individual attacker in the world so far this season, having his most productive attacking output in a Liverpool shirt, scoring 18 goals and providing 13 assists in 20 Premier League games, which leads the league in both categories and his contributions account for 64.58 of Liverpool's league goals.
Slot's side have also been doing this without a recognised striker with Darwin Nunez out of favour with just 7 starts and 2 goals, but with Jota scoring 5, Gakpo, 6, and Diaz, 8, the players around Salah have also stepped up to nearly equal their tallies for last season already.
3. Inter - 48
Inter have scored 48 goals in one less game than Liverpool, despite a down-season, to his standards, from Lautaro Martinez, scoring just 7 league goals, Simeone Inzaghi has done what he always done and got the best out of his talent and kept Inter as one of the best attacking teams in Europe.
Inter have had 14 different players produce 2+ goals and assists this season, with 7 players producing 5+ goals and assists, with Inzaghi's system of high-flying wing-backs, centre-backs joining the attack and midfielders with the licence to roam allowing for all his players to contribute to attack when his team are in possession.
After a decent first season in Italy for Inter, scoring 13 goals, Thuram has really found his groove this season, already netting 12 goals, with all of them coming from open-play, whilst also managing this on 6.7 xG, less than Martinez's 7.3, showcasing what a great season Thuram is having.
2- Barcelona - 51
Under Hansi Flick, Barcelona have been one of the most entertaining watches this season, with their incredibly high-line and relentless attacking play providing a lot of goals both for and against Barcelona.
The main attacking trio of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Lamine Yamal have been devastating when playing together this season, with Lewandowski contributing 16 goals and 2 assists, Raphinha, 11 goals and 6 assists and Yamal, 5 goals and 9 assists.
There have also been many other contributors as well, with seven other players contributing 3 or more goals and assists, but with a front three all averaging around a goal or assist per 90, the team around the have a lot less of a burden on the to produce in front of goal.
1- Bayern Munich - 53
After a controversial appointment, Vincent Kompany thus far has proved all the doubters wrong, with his Bayern side absolutely tearing apart the Bundesliga this season, scoring 5+ goals in five games this season and producing 3+ xG in seven games.
Harry Kane has been the biggest producer on the team this season, scoring the most goals with 16, with seven coming from penalties, and giving out 7 assists in just 15 games, which has him averaging 1.73 goals and assists per 90.
Behind Kane, the new duo of Jamal Musiala and Michael Olise have been great contributors, with both tearing apart German teams with their incisive dribbling and end product, with Musiala producing 9 goals and 2 assists in 12 starts and Olise scoring 5 and assisting 5 in 13 starts, making it look like a duo that Bayern will build their team around.
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