Polish striker is on a roll with 19 goals in total this season
Matched record of scoring in eight straight Bundesliga matches
Teammate Gnabry hit four in Matchday 2 demolition of Spurs
Bayern Munich are on a goal-scoring spree this season both in European competition and at home in Germany.
The Bavarian giants were the leading scorers in the Champions League with 10 strikes ahead of Tuesday’s Matchday 3 tie against Olympiakos. They have scored 22 times in eight Bundesliga fixtures.
It has catapulted their prolific striker Robert Lewandoski into the favorites position in the race to finish as the competition’s top marksman ahead of pre-season choice Lionel Messi, who has endured fitness problems.
Polish international forward Lewandowski is now rated at +500 to win the accolade.
His teammate Serge Gnabry is in second place in the odds at +600 after a four-goal riot against Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 2.
UCL 2019-20 Top Scorer Odds
| Team | Current UCL Goals | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Lewandowski | 3 | +500 |
| Serge Gnabry | 4 | +600 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 1 | +800 |
| Lionel Messi | 0 | +800 |
| Mohamed Salah | 2 | +800 |
| Erling Braut Haaland | 4 | +1200 |
| Sergio Aguero | 0 | +1200 |
| Luis Suarez | 2 | +1400 |
| Raheem Sterling | 1 | +1400 |
| Timo Werner | 2 | +1800 |
*Odds taken at 2019/10/22
Barcelona’s Messi has yet to score in Europe this season and is now priced at +800. Fellow superstar Cristiano Ronaldo – who has scored once for Juventus – is the same price along with Mo Salah of Liverpool.
In fact, Gnabry’s four goals put him one ahead of Lewandowski after two UCL games.
Haaland a Surprise Joint-Leader
A surprise name joined Gnabry on four goals – Erling Braut Haaland of Red Bull Salzburg while Mislav Orsic of Dinamo Zagreb has scored three times..
Barcelona’s Luis Suarez and Salah were among 11 players with two goals after two matches.
Lewandowski is the Bundesliga’s leading scorer with 12 goals this season. He has hit three in the UCL. And he has scored once in Germany’s cup competition, the DFB-Pokal.
In international football, he hit a hat-trick in Poland’s 3-0 defeat of Latvia earlier in October.
He had scored three times in four appearances for the German national team this season.
Ronaldo had scored once in the UCL for Juventus in the 3-0 defeat of Bayer Leverkusen on Matchday 2.
He had struck four times in Italy’s Serie A in seven games. But his team are favored only sixth to win the UCL.
The two surprise players at the top of the charts – Haaland of Salzburg and Orsic of Zagreb – are with teams unlikely to go deep into the competition.
Pick: Lewandowski +500