For excitement and entertainment on the pitch, look no further than Serie A and the Bundesliga. The data is clear: in these two leagues, goals are more frequent and abundant compared to other European leagues.
Analyzing the matches played at the start of this season in the top five European leagues (Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, and Ligue 1), we see that in Italy and Germany, games with at least three goals and both teams scoring are commonplace. It’s a true Italy-Germany derby filled with goals.
In Serie A, Lazio and Milan are the goal-scoring champions. Marco Baroni’s Lazio and Paulo Fonseca’s Milan are the only teams in Europe whose matches have consistently ended with at least three goals since the season began.
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Whenever Castellanos and his teammates take the field, their matches always end in high-scoring affairs, with at least three goals and both teams finding the net. Lazio has beaten Venezia 3-1, Hellas Verona 2-1, Torino 3-2, and Empoli 2-1, drawn 2-2 with Milan, and lost 2-1 to Udinese and Fiorentina. The trend is the same in the Europa League, where Lazio registered two more high-scoring victories against Dynamo Kiev and Nice (0-3 and 4-1).
The same can be said for Milan. The Rossoneri have defeated Venezia 4-0, Inter 2-1 in the derby, and Lecce 3-0, drawn 2-2 with Torino and Lazio, and lost 2-1 to Parma and Fiorentina. Joining this goal-filled club is a German team, Augsburg.
Coached by Danish manager Jess Thorup, Augsburg has consistently provided goal-rich matches in their six Bundesliga games. They’ve claimed two victories (3-1 and 2-1 against St. Pauli and Borussia Moenchengladbach), drawn 2-2 with Werder Bremen, and suffered three defeats (4-0 losses to Heidenheim and Leipzig, and a 3-2 defeat to Mainz).
Staying in Germany, three teams have seen all six of their matches end with both teams scoring: Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, and Hoffenheim.
Xabi Alonso’s reigning German champions are scoring and conceding plenty (16 goals scored, 12 conceded). The "Aspirin" have beaten Borussia Moenchengladbach (3-2), Hoffenheim (4-1), and Wolfsburg (4-3), drawn 1-1 with Bayern Munich and 2-2 with Holstein Kiel, and lost 3-2 at home to Leipzig (their only defeat so far this season). Stuttgart, coached by Sebastian Hoeness, has followed a similar path (15 goals scored, 11 conceded), with wins over Borussia Moenchengladbach (3-1) and Borussia Dortmund (5-1), draws against Mainz (3-3), Wolfsburg (2-2), and Hoffenheim (1-1), and a 3-1 loss to Freiburg. Pellegrino Matarazzo's Hoffenheim has also seen six straight "goal" results, though with a negative goal difference (10 scored, 16 conceded).
The blue-and-whites have secured just one victory (3-1 against Holstein Kiel in their season opener), one draw (1-1 against Stuttgart in their last match before the international break), and four defeats (3-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt, 4-1 to Bayer Leverkusen, 2-1 to Union Berlin, and a thrilling 4-3 loss to Werder Bremen).
And, as mentioned, Lazio is the fourth team whose matches never end goalless.
