Leo Messi goes top of Liga goalscoring charts

Leo Messi has done it again! His two goals on Saturday at El Sadar move him right to the top of the Liga goalscoring charts with eleven goals, one more than team-mate Luis Suárez (who also scored in Pamplona) and also Cristiano Ronaldo (who Real Madrid are resting this weekend ahead of the Club World Cup.).

Today’s was Messi’s fourth brace of the current season and the third of his career at the home of Osasuna. And another juicy nugget for stats fans – this was the sixth time this season that both Messi and Suárez have found the target, and when the two of them score, Barça always win! Let's take a closer look at the Argentina-Uruguay connection in the FCB frontline...

Messi and Suárez in tandem