La Liga top scorer comes up against the
meanest goalkeeper in the division. Cristiano , who boasts 15
goals in seven matches, will be taking on Claudio Bravo, who
has yet to concede in eight appearances.
The pair are way out ahead in the race for the Pichichi and
Zamora awards and respectively represent the most lethal
attack in the league (Real Madrid have scored 30 goals) and
the tightest backline (no one has managed to pierce the Barça
rearguard in La Liga action).
Ronaldo is enjoying a record-breaking start to the season. On
top of his 15 league goals, he got a brace against Sevilla in
the UEFA Super Cup and has also netted three times in as
many Champions League games. In all, he boasts 20 goals in
13 appearances.
If CR7 keeps up this rate, he will smash his own personal
best of 60 goals in 55 games, set during the 2011-12
campaign, and will go on to seal an incredible haul of 84
goals this campaign.
Bravo's stats have also put him in the history books.
Unbeaten in 720 minutes (eight matches), he has already
broken Víctor Valdés's club record of 686 minutes without
picking the ball out of his net in the league. Now the Chile no.
1 has his sights set on surpassing the La Liga record of 1,275
minutes without conceding held by former Atlético de Madrid
keeper Abel Resino from the 1990-91 season. Funnily enough,
it was current Barcelona boss Luis Enrique who ended that
streak.