Our Goalscorers Tips to Watch This Weekend - 11/09/21

One of, if not the biggest story of the weekend will be the sensational return of Cristiano Ronaldo to Old Trafford, when Manchester United entertain Newcastle in one of Saturday’s 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League. The Portuguese icon has been in training this week for United, fresh from breaking yet another goalscoring record when he became the all-time international top goalscorer with a brace against Republic of Ireland.

It’s highly likely that the new number seven will play, and probably start for United this weekend, putting him in the frame to return to the Premier League in typical Ronaldo fashion and finding the net. Newcastle have the daunting task of keeping Ronaldo and his new teammates in check, after not defending well so far this season.

The Magpies have conceded eight goals in their three opening league fixtures and will struggle against last season’s Serie A top scorer.

The big game in the Bundesliga sees last season’s top two lock horns in Leipzig when Bayern Munich travel to the Red Bull Arena for Saturday’s evening tie. The hosts aren’t the same squad that finished as runners-up last season, after losing their top centre back Dayot Upamecano, one of their star midfielders Marcel Sabitzer, and even their manager Julian Nagelmann, all of which joined, who else but Bayern.

That’s why we’ve gone for the Bavarians to get the win in this clash. If Nagelsmann’s men are to get the win, Robert Lewandowski getting on the scoresheet is almost a guarantee. The Polish marksman already has five goals in his first three Bundesliga appearances, putting him on 46 goals in 31 games.

Despite all the transfer rumours and speculation linking him to Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappe has remained a Paris Saint-Germain player, and has continued to be one of the deadliest strikers in the world.

After gaining promotion from Ligue 2 last season, Saturday’s visitors have had a decent start, finding themselves unbeaten and in third spot after four games. You can’t see that run going any further though, with the likes of Mbappe and Neymar ready to cause chaos for defenders to deal with.

Mbappe has registered three goals, including the brace last time out against Reims, and two assists in his first four league appearances this season. We can see him opening the scoreline in what looks like an easy game for Mauricio Pochettino’s side on what should be Lionel Messi's first start for PSG.

Another huge return this weekend sees Antoine Griezmann make his second debut for Atletico Madrid, as the Spanish champions take on newly-promoted Espanyol on Sunday. Following his dramatic deadline day move from Barca, Griezmann may make his debut for the club that he left for the Catalan giants in 2019. The Frenchman scored twice during the week for France, as his national side beat Finland 2-0 in their World Cup qualifier.

Griezmann scored 94 La Liga goals in his 180 appearances during his first spell at the Madrid outfit and could take his tally to 95 league goals for Atletico this weekend and he is already their all-time top scorer, despite Atletico winning the title twice in the last decade in his absence.

Diego Simeone’s side have got their title defence off to a fair start, winning their opening two La Liga games before a draw last time out against Villareal. Meanwhile, Espanyol will be hoping to survive relegation this season after their promotion from the Segunda Division last season.

So far though, the Barcelona outfit have drawn their first two before a loss to Mallorca in their last game.

Jose Mourinho has started his career in Rome well and with two wins in Roma’s first two Serie A games, alongside the Milan clubs, Napoli and Lazio, they are the only club to do so thus far.

Now, he’ll be hoping the Italian outfit can make it three from three when they host Sassuolo at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday evening and put down an early marker for the top four. One piece of business that looks like a shrewd deal, was the deal that brought in Tammy Abraham from Chelsea, and the English striker looks to be flourishing already in Italy, settling in quickly with a goal and two assists to his two league appearances so far.

The 23-year-old could add another goal with a good performance against Sassuolo this weekend.