As the European domestic season approaches its end, the race for the 2025 European Golden Boot is coming down to the wire—and Kylian Mbappe stands just 90 minuta larg trofeut. The Real Madrid-bound star could officially clinch the award if he scores in the final La Liga game against Real Sociedad.
Salah’s chance is still alive—but slim
Mohamed Salah, who has had another impressive season with Liverpool, failed to score against Brighton in Liverpool’s penultimate Premier League match. This leaves him one goal behind Mbappe, with just one game to go.
Salah currently has 28 league goals to Mbappe’s 29, meaning he would need to score at least a hat-trick in Liverpool’s final match against Crystal Palace to overtake the Frenchman—assuming Mbappe doesn’t score against Real Sociedad.
Golden Boot standings: how it works
The European Golden Boot ranks players based on goals scored in domestic leagues, adjusted by a points system. Goals in La Liga and the Premier League are multiplied by 2 points per goal, while goals in leagues with lower coefficients, like Portugal’s Primeira Liga, are multiplied by 1.5.
Here are the current standings:
- Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP – 39 goals) – 58.5 points (league ended)
- Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid – 29 goals) – 58 points
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool – 28 goals) – 56 points
While Gyökeres leads in raw goals, the lower multiplier for the Portuguese league means that Mbappe can overtake him with just one more goal, bringing him to 60 points and the top of the table.
MadridistasZone Comment:
If Kylian Mbappe scores even once against Real Sociedad, he will be crowned the 2025 European Golden Boot winner. Only a miracle hat-trick from Salah—and a blank from Mbappe—can change that.
As a Real Madrid fan, it’s exciting to see our incoming star so close to winning such a prestigious award even before officially wearing the white jersey. Is this the beginning of a new era at the Santiago Bernabeu? Time will tell, but all signs point to greatness ahead.