After a total of 78 goals were scored in the Champions League in midweek, there is bound to be a number of familiar faces leading the relevant attacking metrics.
Here, we run through the stat leaders from those that routinely chanced their luck on matchday three of Europe’s elite club competition.
Champions League Goals: Fantastic Foden bags a hat-trick
Phil Foden was superb in Manchester City’s 5-1 win at AEK Athens, as the England star followed up his goal against Ipswich Town with a hat-trick on Tuesday night.
Foden was the top scoring player in midweek as City maintained their superb start to the season under Enzo Maresca.
A further six players, including Scott McTominay and Nico Paz, bagged midweek braces for Italian pair Napoli and Como, respectively.
Player | Goals |
|---|---|
Phil Foden | 3 |
Nico Paz | 2 |
Scott McTominay | 2 |
Serhou Guirassy | 2 |
Alexis Mac Allister | 2 |
Soriba Diaoune | 2 |
Luis Suarez | 2 |
Isco | 1 |
Harry Kane | 1 |
Bernardo Silva | 1 |
Champions League Shots: Guirassy key in Dortmund triumph
Like McTominay and Paz, Serhou Guirassy also netted twice on matchday three, with the Borussia Dortmund star bagging both goals in their 2-1 win at Sabah.
Guirassy’s brace came from eight shots, a return level with Real Betis’ Abde Ezzalzouli.
Emiliano Buendia managed seven shots in Aston Villa’s win over Viking, while McTominay’s two-goal salvo against Bodoe/Glimt also came from seven shots.
Sporting CP star Luis Suarez, meanwhile, managed six shots to round off the top five for this metric.
Player | Shots |
|---|---|
Serhou Guirassy | 8 |
Abde Ezzalzouli | 8 |
Emiliano Buendia | 7 |
Scott McTominay | 7 |
Luis Suarez | 6 |
Fabian Ruiz | 5 |
Alexis Mac Allister | 5 |
Donyell Malen | 5 |
Rayan Cherki | 5 |
Harry Kane | 4 |
Champions League Shots on Target: Prolific Paz hits the mark
Paz’s two goals against Manchester United on Wednesday evening came from four shots on target as Como eased to a 4-1 win.
Likewise, Guirassy managed four shots on target in Dortmund’s 2-1 win at Sabah as the attacking pair found their mark in midweek.
A further 10 players, meanwhile, managed three shots on target, with Foden, Buendia and Fabian Ruiz among them.
Player | Shots on target |
|---|---|
Nico Paz | 4 |
Serhou Guirassy | 4 |
Emiliano Buendia | 3 |
Phil Foden | 3 |
Fabian Ruiz | 3 |
Noa Lang | 3 |
Luis Suarez | 3 |
Arda Guler | 3 |
Nicolas Jackson | 3 |
Isco | 3 |
Champions League xG: Suarez edges Guirassy
Suarez maintained his flying form with a brace in an eventual 3-2 home defeat to Lens, netting for the 10th game running.
And his two goals came from an xG return of 1.99, which was slightly higher than Guirassy (1.96).
The pair were well out in front of Real Madrid’s Arda Guler (1.56) and Villa’s Buendia (1.55), while PSG’s Ferran Torres (1.25) rounds off the top five.
Player | xG |
|---|---|
Luis Suarez | 1.99 |
Serhou Guirassy | 1.96 |
Arda Guler | 1.56 |
Emiliano Buendia | 1.55 |
Ferran Torres | 1.25 |
Phil Foden | 1.22 |
Donyell Malen | 1.14 |
Fabian Ruiz | 1.09 |
Alexis Mac Allister | 1.09 |
Fermin Lopez | 1.08 |
Champions League Big Chances Scored: Flying Foden takes his chances in Man City win
Not only did Foden rank top for goals scored in the Champions League in midweek, the Manchester City man finished first for big chances scored (3) on matchday three.
Suarez, Guirassy and Soriba Diaoune all ended the midweek round of games having scored two big chances.
A further 44 players, including Isco, Xavi Espart, Harry Kane and Ross Barkley, all managed one.
Player | Big chances scored |
|---|---|
Phil Foden | 3 |
Luis Suarez | 2 |
Serhou Guirassy | 2 |
Soriba Diaoune | 2 |
Isco | 1 |
Xavi Espart | 1 |
Harry Kane | 1 |
Ross Barkley | 1 |
Bernardo Silva | 1 |
Hans Vanakan | 1 |
