Barcelona's Lionel Messi tops Sky Sports Power Rankings again
Monday 4 May 2020 09:09, UK
Lionel Messi has topped the Sky Sports Power Rankings for a 17th week this season.
Barcelona retained their Invincible status in La Liga after holding Real Madrid 2-2 on Sunday, despite playing the entire second half with 10 men - with Luis Suarez (No 10, up 10 places) breaking the deadlock and man-of-the-match Messi scoring after the interval.
Levante had won only three out of 26 games in early March, but have won seven of their last 10 since - winning 3-0 at Leganes on Monday, with Enis Bardhi (No 2, up 11 places), Jose Luis Morales (No 4, up two places), Coke (No 8, up 55 places) and Jose Campana (No 9, up one place) among the top performers.
Villarreal striker Carlos Bacca slipped one place to No 3 after a 1-0 win against Valencia, while Gerard Moreno retained his place at No 5 after Espanyol won 2-0 at Atletico Madrid.
Alaves 'keeper Fernando Pacheco (No 7, up eight places) kept his 12th successive league clean sheet of the season during a 3-0 win at Malaga, while Real Betis midfielder Fabian Ruiz slipped three places to No 6 after his side suffered a 2-0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao.
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The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player's performance over the last five La Liga matchdays by awarding points to players for 32 different stats.
Below, we present this week's Power Rankings, your club's top points scorer and the accumulative season rankings.
The Sky Sports Power Rankings will be updated every week during the season, so be sure to keep an eye on the big movers...
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