Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Cologne’s Anthony Modeste remain deadlocked in the Bundesliga's top-scorer stakes and feature in the upper echelons of the battle for the Golden Shoe.
Kalev’s Yevgeni Kabayev leads the way on 25 points, but strikes from the aforementioned duo in vital wins for their team took them to 12 goals for the season and 24 points in the Golden Shoe standings.
As the elite European leagues get up to full speed, the top 10 is beginning to contain more and more familiar names, including a trio of stars from Serie A—Andrea Belotti, Mauro Icardi and Edin Dzeko—among the contenders, as well as Chelsea's in-form goal-getter Diego Costa.