Golden Shoe 2015-16: Top Goalscorers in Europe, Latest Standings on April 25

Luis Suarez roared into the lead atop the standings of the European Golden Shoe after bagging eight goals in his last two matches, and the Barcelona man is now six points ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Jonas.

The Benfica striker netted against Vitoria de Setubal to move level with Ronaldo, but Jonas failed to capitalise on the absence of the Portuguese striker for Real Madrid over the weekend as he went goalless against Rio Ave.

Suarez's team-mates Lionel Messi and Neymar have also been adding to their tallies with a goal in each of Barca's matches since our last update, as did Sergio Aguero for Manchester City. Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane—who will play again on Monday night—bagged a brace in his last outing to return to the top 10.

Here are the latest standings:

Position	Player	Team	Goals x Factor	Overall
1	Luis Suarez	Barcelona	34 x 2.0	68.0
T2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	31 x 2.0	62.0
T2	Jonas	Benfica	31 x 2.0	62.0
4	Gonzalo Higuain	Napoli	30 x 2.0	60.0
5	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	27 x 2.0	54.0
6	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	25 x 2.0	50.0
T7	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	24 x 2.0	48.0
T7	Islam Slimani	Sporting CP	24 x 2.0	48.0
T7	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	PSG	32 x 1.5	48.0
10	Eran Zahavi	Maccabi Tel Aviv	31 x 1.5	46.5
T11	Neymar	Barcelona	23 x 2.0	46.0
T11	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	23 x 2.0	46.0
T11	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	23 x 2.0	46.0
T11	Sergio Aguero	Manchester City	23 x 2.0	46.0

Rules: Every league in Europe is rated on its difficulty by UEFA and given a constant between one and two.

With a rating of two, goals scored in La Liga are doubled to achieve a player's points tally, whereas in Ligue 1, they are only multiplied by 1.5.

Suarez Reignites Barcelona's Title Challenge

After a series of poor results allowed Barca's La Liga rivals to close the gap, the Catalan giants needed an emphatic response and got one in style as they thrashed Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 and Sporting Gijon 6-0.

Suarez was key to both results as he grabbed stunning four-goal hauls in each, while Messi and Neymar also got on the scoresheet once apiece in both games.

Sky Sports La Liga shared the incredible highlights from the first match:

The Uruguayan also assisted three of the other four goals in that game, leaving his attacking partners with relatively simple finishes and picking out Ivan Rakitic to volley in with aplomb.

As noted by Spanish football expert Rafael Hernandez, the result and performance was just what Barca needed to keep their La Liga title hopes alive:

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Great win for the players to recover their confidence and belief after such a bad patch. Four more key matches remain, here's hoping.

— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) April 20, 2016"

They followed it up with a similar showing, though they benefited from some poor officiating along the way.

Per Sky Sports La Liga, Messi opened the scoring with a looping header from the edge of the area after Ivan Cuellar got caught in no man's land:

Sky Sports further revealed the significance of his effort as he reached yet another milestone in his glittering career:

Suarez bagged their second with a close range tap-in that had a suspicion of offside, and he doubled his tally from the penalty spot following a handball. Less than three minutes later, Suarez had his hat-trick with another spot-kick, this time from a less clear-cut challenge on Neymar by Antonio Sanabria.

A third penalty was scored by Neymar after he was ruled to have been pushed by Ognjen Vranjes—who earned a particularly harsh red card for his troubles—and Suarez rounded out the game with a smart finish off the post:

La Liga writer Andrew Gaffney believes the striker is the obvious candidate of the three of them to take Barca's duties from the spot:

Despite scoring in his last two, Neymar is still some way off his best, and a penalty was the only way he would get on the scoresheet on Saturday after missing a series of chances from open play.

Suarez and Messi are firmly back to their best, though, and if they can maintain their form for just three more games, Barcelona should be able to hang on to top spot in La Liga.

As for the Golden Shoe, Suarez looks likely to add to his tally in those final three matches, so Cristiano Ronaldo and Jonas will have their work seriously cut out for them if they're to overhaul him in the race for the prestigious honour.