The Race Is On! Benzema vs Lewandowski

• Barcelona 4-0 Valladolid
• Espanyol 1-3 Real Madrid
• Benzema and Lewandowski Leading Real Madrid and Barcelona this season

Barcelona 4-0 Valladolid Match Summary

An utterly dominant display earns Barcelona their second straight four-goal haul. They put on a swaggering show at Camp Nou. With their fluent front three firing on all cylinders, and enjoying plenty of support from behind, the Blaugrana scored twice in each half and were rarely troubled defensively. Valladolid, meanwhile, found themselves restricted to a background role, in which they mostly chased the shadows of Barcelona’s attackers.

Espanyol 3-1 Real Madrid

Real Madrid steal all three points late in the match despite a strong effort from Espanyol. despite finding an equaliser through Joselu after Vinicius Junior’s opener, Espanyol conceded two minutes before injury time with Benzema getting on the end of Rodrygo’s cross to volley home. He would double his tally very late in stoppage time with a pin-point accurate free-kick.

Benzema and Lewandowski Leading Real Madrid and Barcelona this season

Scratch Cristiano Ronaldo v Messi, it’s now Karim Benzema Robert vs Lewandowski in La Liga. The 34-year olds are the latest rivals of The Spanish top flight division, and the race is on already. Robert Lewandowski has settled in perfectly well with his Barça teammates, scoring a brace in two consecutive La Liga matches; he has started well. The Polish striker leads the League in terms of goals scored and Karim Benzema isn’t far behind.

Benzema and Lewandowski will be key to the successes of their respective clubs in the La Liga and in Europe this term, and it will be exciting to watch. Consistency, injury and many other factors will determine the striker or team that comes out on top, but it will also boil down to “sidekicks”.

Lewandowski has Raphinha, Dembele and Ansu Fati at Barcelona, while Benzema has Vinicius and Rodrygo at his disposal.

Benzema and Vinicius were immaculate for Real Last season, as they scooped the La Liga title and the Champions League trophy, but it will be even harder to replicate such feat this term, especially with the new firepower at Barcelona.