Cristiano Ronaldo and Ciro Immobile are both on 30 Serie A goals this season, something that had only happened once in 1950-51.
The race for the Scudetto might be almost over, but the Capocannoniere title is wide open.
Juventus beat Lazio 2-1 this evening, with Ronaldo bagging a brace and Immobile getting the consolation.
It put both of these strikers on 30 Serie A goals for the season, having both converted 12 penalties.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Ciro Immobile are both on 30 Serie A goals this season, something that had only happened once in 1950-51.
The race for the Scudetto might be almost over, but the Capocannoniere title is wide open.
Juventus beat Lazio 2-1 this evening, with Ronaldo bagging a brace and Immobile getting the consolation.
It put both of these strikers on 30 Serie A goals for the season, having both converted 12 penalties.
The one and only time two players scored over 30 goals in the same Serie A season was 1950-51 with Gunnar Nordahl (Milan) and Istvan Nyers (Inter).
They can now try to challenge the all-time Serie A record of 36 goals set by Gonzalo Higuain for Maurizio Sarri’s Napoli in 2015-16.
Immobile also becomes only the fifth Italian player to score at least 30 goals in a single Serie A campaign, after Giuseppe Meazza in 1929-30, Felice Borel in 1933-34, Antonio Angelillo in 1958-59 and Luca Toni in 2005-06.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo is the third Juventus player to hit the 30-goal mark in Serie A after Borel in 1933-34 and John Hansen in 1951-52.