Europa League highest goal scorers after quarter-final first legs [See top 25]

The first leg of the Europa League quarter-final fixtures was played on Thursday night.

Arsenal defeated Napoli 2-0 at the Emirates, while Chelsea claimed a narrow 1-0 win at Slavia Prague.

Benfica and Frankfurt played out a thrilling 4-2 match and Valencia won 3-1 at Villarreal.

Below are the current highest goal scorers, chasing the Golden Boot in the Europe second top-flight league:

9 goals: Olivier Giroud (Chelsea)

8 goals: Munas Dabbur (RB Salzburg), Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla), Luka Jovic (Frankfurt)

5 goals: Sebastien Haller (Frankfurt), Giovani Lo Celso (Real Betis), Fredrik Gulbrandsen (RB Salzburg)

4 goals: Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea), Ever Banega (Sevilla), Ismaila Sarr (Rennes), Takumi Minamino (RB Salzburg), Emilio Jose Zelaya (Apollon Limassol), Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan), Lucas Alario (B Leverkusen), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)

3 goals: Willian (Chelsea), Karl Toko Ekambi (Villarreal), Kai Havertz (B Leverkusen), Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiakos), Pablo Fornals (Villarreal), Marcus Antonsson (Malmö FF), Jeremain Lens (Besiktas), Sardar Azmoun (Zenit St Petersburg), Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea)