Mayra Madrigal
The Bundesliga will kick off the 2022-2023 season this Saturday, August 6, ending the summer soccer break of just over two months. Teams have been making moves to take advantage of the transfer market during that time, and while there will be some significant absences, there will also be new players who promise to offer the entertainment that fans have come to expect.
Every soccer team fan eagerly awaits the start of a new season, hoping for the best, and they rank their team as favorites for the title for their love of the jersey, rather than because of objectivity. They are hopeful that the players, especially the forwards, will perform well and score many goals.
The bookmakers are also getting into the mood for the new Bundesliga season, and they already have their favorites to be the best scorers in a league that has lost two of its star forwards, Robert Lewandowski and Erling Haaland. Here at JefeBet we tell you who the strikers are.
5 Favorites for Goalscorers in the 2022-2023 Bundesliga Season
Sadio Mane (Odds 6.0)
Senegalese striker Sadio Mane left Liverpool this summer to join Bayern Munich. During the six seasons he played in the Premier League, he made 196 appearances and scored 90 goals, recording his best record in the 2018-2019 season with 22 goals to his name. He is the top favorite to be the best scorer in the German league, due to his success in the English league, and because he is expected to become a benchmark for Bayern so that Polish Robert Lewandowski will not be missed.
Patrik Schick (Odds 8.0)
Czech striker Patrik Schick, who plays for Bayer Leverkusen, was the second-best scorer of the 2021-22 Bundesliga season with 24 goals and three assists in 27 games. His record is admirable, but he was up against Robert Lewandowski, who won the Golden Boot with 35 goals and three assists. This time, the Pole will no longer be there, and that is the main reason why the Czech is one of the favorites to be the scorer of the tournament.
Christopher Nkunku (Quote 9.0)
The 24-year-old French striker Christopher Nkunku was named the Bundesliga’s best player of the 2021-22 season for his strong performance. The journalists who took part in the voting considered the RB Leipzig player to be the best of the lot, registering 20 goals and 13 assists in 34 games. With those numbers he finished in fourth place in the scoring charts, behind Lewandowski, Schick and Haaland. He is one of the favorites to be the tournament’s top scorer, since he will be eager to outperform his greatest season in German soccer thus far.
André Silva (11.0)
Portugal’s André Silva is about to begin his fourth season in the German league, his second with RB Leipzig. Last season, he was the team’s second-leading scorer with 11 goals and three assists in 33 games, behind only Christopher Nkunku. Considering that in his second season with Eintracht Frankfurt he recorded a total of 28 goals in 32 games, he is expected to replicate or surpass similar numbers this 2022-23 season.
Karim Adeyemi (13.0)
The 20-year-old German striker Karim Adeyemi joined Borussia Dortmund this summer from RB Salzburg in Austria, where he scored 19 goals in 29 games. He arrives at Dortmund to replace the departure of Erling Haaland, which is a big challenge, but that is precisely why he is part of the five strikers in the betting to be goalscorers this season.
