Robert Lewandowski scored two goals in the 5-0 victory of the Barcelona against Young Boys. With these goals, Lewandowski equals Lionel Messi as the player with the highest scoring average in the history of the Champions League among all those who have scored at least 50 goals.
The Polish ‘killer’ and the Argentine star lead this statistic with an average of 0.79 goals per encounter. Behind both are the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (0.77), the Dutch Ruud van Nistelrooy (0.77) and the French Karim Benzema (0.59).
Robert Lewandowski seeks Cristiano Ronaldo’s record
In addition, Lewandowski is also in second position on the podium of players who have scored the most in the Champions League since they turned 30. And with the double against Young Boys, The Barça striker has scored 51 goals since he turned 30, and is only ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, who accumulates 68 goals.
In a Barça key, the Polish international has already scored in 50 of the 105 games he has played for Barça. According to data from BeSoccer Pro, only five footballers have scored in more duels than him with the Catalan team, aged 30 and over.
These five footballers are, of course, the Argentine Leo Messi (110 games scoring with the Barça shirtfrom 30), the Uruguayan Luis Suárez (75), the Spanish César Rodríguez (59), and Enrique Castro ‘Quini’ (54) and the Hungarian Sándor Kocsis (52).
Barcelona wins its first game and climbs the Champions League table
Barcelona rose to 10th place in the table after getting the first three points. Flick’s team needed to score points and get closer to the first 8 places that grant direct classification.
With two goals from Lewandowski, one from Raphinha, Iñigo Martínez and an own goal secured the victory in Montjuic.
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