Mbappe, Haaland Face Surprise Competition: The La Liga Striker gets the headlines throughout Europe

The 2025–26 season has been going on for more than a month and both domestic competitions and international competitions are starting to take shape. In that context look stars Kylian Mbappe And Erling have delivered versions in accordance with expectations, but surprisingly they are accompanied by a peak of The competition

Borja Iglesias has been in top form in recent weeks. The Celta Vigo Striker has led his team with a target score streak that places him in Elite Company. He scored in six consecutive games in both domestic and international competitions.

To put those figures in perspective, in Europe’s top five competitions (England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany), Only two other players have posted similar statistics: Mbappe and Haaland.

Iglesias scored his first goal of the season on August 31, in competition day 3 of La Liga against Villarreal. Since then he has just found it against Girona And Ray Vallecano In the Spanish Top flight, Stuttgart in the UEFA Europa LeagueAnd Elche In La Liga. His most recent goal came across on Thursday Paok In the European tournament.

However, the excellent individual form of Iglesias has not translated into team success. In fact, Celta has won only one match throughout the season, the most recent against Paok. In the Europa League they are 13th in the classification of the competition, while in La Liga they are currently in 17th place.

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How to compare Mbappe and Haaland?

Just like Borja Iglesias, Erling Haaland scored in six consecutive games. However, the Norwegian striker has won several goals in different of those performances. About the same piece, The Manchester City star scored nine goals and 11 in total in the season. The only match in which he could not score was against Tottenham in the Premier League.

The figures from Kylian Mbappe are just as impressive. The Real Madrid striker has 13 goals this season in nine games, 10 of which have arrived in its last six trips. This week he stood out in particular with a hat trick against Kairat Almaty In the UEFA Champions League.

Europe’s top scorers in the 2025–26 season

The hot streak of Borja Iglesias, although remarkable, has not been enough to place him at the top of the score cards in a large competition – at least not yet. In La Liga that honor belongs to Mbappe, who has eight goals. In the Premier League, the top scorer Erling Haaland, also with eight.

Harry Kane Dominates the BundesligaWith 10 goals in just five games. France and Italy, on the other hand, have seen more modest statistics: Paris FC’s Ilan Kebbal leads Ligue 1 with four goals, the same number that Christian Pulisic has recorded with AC Milan in Series A.

Kylian Mbappe also makes waves on the international stage. He scored five goals in two performances with Real Madrid, making him the current top scorer in the UEFA Champions League. In the Europa League, Panathinaikos’ Anass Zaroury leads with three goals, while Cellje’s Franko Kovacevic at the top of the Conference competition With three too.