No strikers, not even Diego Costa, Alexis Sanchez or Sergio Aguero, have been in a richer scoring vein than Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Harry Kane in the past few weeks.
Manchester United's legendary Swedish maestro has scored seven times in his past six matches, the Tottenham talisman nine in nine.
It doesn't take a genius to work out that Sunday's big Premier League clash at Old Trafford could depend on which of the gunslingers draws first.
As a former Tottenham and United great, Teddy Sheringham is uniquely qualified to judge both No9s.