A decisive goal from Borja Iglesias gave victory this Sunday to Real Betis against Real Mallorca (1-0), where the Galician striker has already scored two goals in Betic’s victory in the first round game played in Son Moix (1-2). Hours after his last decisive goal, Luis de la Fuente called up Borja Iglesias to cover the injury absence of Gerard Moreno from the Spanish team.
In the selection, therefore, the three leading national scorers of the moment will meet for the matches against Norway and Scotland, with none other than Borja Iglesias, Iago Aspas and Joselu, all with 12 goals.
In the case of Borja Iglesias, 9 of those 12 goals have been decisive in giving his team 15 of the 45 points he has in his locker, since he made it 1-0 this Sunday against Mallorca and previously also scored he 0-1 at Getafe and 1-0 against Osasuna. In the same way, he scored two goals in Betic’s victory against Mallorca in Son Moix (1-2) and the two against Girona in Villamarín (2-1). He also scored decisive goals in the 1-0 win at Elche (2-3) and in the previous day’s draw at Villarreal (1-1).
In the last five seasons – the Panda have been in the First Division, one with Espanyol and four with Betis – only Benzema (72) has given his team more points with his goals than Borja Iglesias (51), than in both. The points he helped his team add this Sunday surpassed the 50 provided by Iago Aspas at Celta over the past five seasons, according to data from @LaLigaEnDirecto.
He has scored 36 goals since his arrival at Villamarín
In league competition, Borja Iglesias has scored 36 goals since his arrival at Betis at the start of the 2019/20 season which has helped the Verdiblanco team add 25 wins, 3 draws and one loss, as when Borja scores only in a This time the Verdiblanco team lost, against FC Barcelona (2-3) in the 2020/21 season.
So far this season no one has scored more goals that open the scoring than Borja Iglesias in LaLiga, as he has 6, the same as Lewandowski, Iago Aspas and Chimy Aila, and one more than Morata, Griezmann, Sorloth , Muriqi, Isi Palazón and Enes Unal.
Source: La Verdad
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