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Is Rashford the most in form player in Europe right now?
Rashford has now scored 26 goals this season, the same amount as he scored in his previous two seasons combined.
After some difficult past 12 months under both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick, Rashford has risen from the ashes and become one of the best players in Europe. With goals every week in both Premier League and Europa League he is maybe the most in form player in Europe in 2023.
Rashford is the third highest scoring player in Europe right now in all competitions with 26 goals, only surpassed by Erling Haaland (33) and Kylian Mbappe (30). His goal against Real Betis also made him level with the legend Cristiano Ronaldo with goals in Europe for Manchester United (24).
Top goal scorer in Europe 2022/23:
33 goals: Erling Haaland
30 goals: Kylian Mbappe
26 goals: Marcus Rashford
25 goals: Robert Lewandowski
In the calendar year 2023, Marcus Rashford is the top scorer in Europe with 15 goals:
Top goal scorer in Europe 2023:
15 goals: Marcus Rashford
11 goals: Victor Osimhen
10 goals: Wissam Ben Yedder
10 goals: Kylian Mbappe
10 goals: Karim Benzema
9 goals: Lautaro Martinez
Ten Hag himself has stated that he and his team before this season worked hard to get Rashford in top form so that he could find the joy of football again.
Ten Hag has tried several times to boost Rashford's confidence by stating in the media that he had a player in the squad who could score 20+ goals this season.
Marcus Rashford’s stats in Premier League 2022/23:
Games: 25
Goals: 14
Assists: 3
Shots on target: 32
Chances created: 18
Marcus Rashford in all competitions 2022/23:
Games: 41
Goals: 26
Assists: 9
Minutes per goal: 122
With several games left in the Premier League season, Rashford's personal goal must be to reach 20 goals in the league. If he can stay injury free, as he has for most of the season, it should be a realistic goal and a great achievement for Rashford. 19/20 is the season in which he has scored the most goals in the Premier League, here he scored 17 goals.