Barcelona plays its future in the “Europa League” this Thursday. The Blaugrana team visits “Old Trafford” for the second match of the “play off” against Manchester United. The return starts from the 2-2 draw of the first challenge, played at “Camp Nou”.

One of the factors that can upset the balance is the duel of scorers. In other words, Robert Lewandowski will challenge Marcus Rashford, the top scorer of both teams. The Pole and the Englishman come into this match having scored the same goals, 24 each so far this season.

Lewandowski is the “Pichichi” of La Liga with 15 goals, to which he adds 5 more in the Champions League, 2 more in the Copa del Rey and the same in the Spanish Super Cup. Rashford has 14 Premier League goals, not enough to lead the top scorer race due to the stratospheric record of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, who stands out with 26 goals.

The Manchester United striker has scored 4 goals in the Europa League, 5 goals in the Carabao Cup and one more in the FA Cup. Rashford has 6 assists to Lewandowski’s 6, but the Pole has a higher goal average.

Lewandowski has scored 24 goals in 29 games, which translates to an average of 0.83 goals per game, while Rashford needed 7 more games to reach the same average. His is an average of 0.67 goals per game.

Rashford scored at Camp Nou (tied 1-1 at the moment), while Lewandowski did not find the net. Tonight, in Manchester, he will have the challenge to unlock in the only competition where he has not scored so far this season.

Winner of the last two Golden Boots with 41 and 35 goals respectively, the Barcelona striker will be up against a Rashford who has burst into full glory this season. It is difficult for the Pole to successfully defend the award that distinguishes the best scorer of the season.

He is sixth, with 30 points, behind the unattainable Haaland (52), Pellegrino (37.5), Osimehn (36), Kane (34) and Valencia (30). Rashford is 14th with 28 points.