FC Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been in superb free-kick form in LaLiga this season, while his Real Madrid rival has not scored once. Here are the 10 leading set-piece scorers across Europe's top five leagues this season!
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Messi and Ronaldo have been compared to one another since the beginning of their rivalry more than a decade ago, but in this campaign, the Argentine has undoubtedly been more effective from dead ball situations outside the box.
The Argentine has scored six free-kicks in LaLiga this season, while nobody else has come close to the 30-year-old.
Ronaldo has failed to find the back of the net from a single set-piece in the 2017/18 campaign, but has still scored more career free-kicks than his counterpart.
Tied in second place is Paris Saint-Germain's Neymar, Juventus' Paulo Dybala, Chelsea's Marcos Alonso and Lyon's Nabil Fekir, who have all scored three free-kicks in their respective leagues this season.
Roma's Aleksandar Kolarov and FC Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho follow with two league free-kick goals each, though both of the Brazilian's strikes came for Liverpool. Manchester City playmaker Kevin de Bruyne has also struck twice from free-kicks this season
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Netherlands international Memphis Depay and Atletico Madrid attacker Antoine Griezmann also feature in the gallery.
With just a few weeks to go until the end of the season, do you think anyone can catch Messi's league tally? Let us know in the comments section below.
