Following the conclusion of this week’s UEFA Europa League round of 16 second-leg fixtures on Thursday night, below are the leading top scorers and assists in the Europe second top-flight competition so far.
Recall that the likes of Sporting Lisbon, Feyenoord, Juventus, Manchester United, Roma, Sevilla, Union Saint-Gilloise and Bayer Leverkusen have all qualified for the Europa League quarter-finals after winning their games over the last-16 two legs on Thursday.
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford is currently the top scorer in the Europa League with six goals.
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The England international scored the only goal as Man United defeated Real Betis 1-0 in Spain to advance to the last-8 on a 5-1 aggregate win.
Top scorers in the 2022/2023 Europa League so far:
6 goals – Marcus Rashford (Man United)
5 goals – Santiago Giménez (Feyenoord) and Victor Boniface (Union SG).
4 goals – Vitinha (Braga), Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Ángel Di María (Juventus) and Robin Knocke (Union Berlin)
Most assists in 2022/2023 Europa League:
5 assists – Evander (Midtjylland)
4 assists – Anastasios Bakasetas (Trabzonspor)
3 assists – Diego Rossi (Fenerbahçe), Amine Gouiri (Rennes), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Juan Miranda (Real Betis) and Cody Gakpo (PSV)