Patrik Schick has scored in each of Bayer Leverkusen’s opening four Bundesliga games, and he sits joint-top of the early scoring chart after making it four goals from four appearances. He scored against RB Leipzig on Matchday 4, and the numbers behind the run are hard to ignore without dressing it up.
Schick's scoring run
Schick has four goals and 16 shots across those four matches, with the finishes arriving in 261 minutes. That is a pace Leverkusen have leaned on from the start, especially when the team itself has looked uneven around him.
He told bundesliga.com: "I could have scored a few more," after the Leipzig game. That comes with a fair bit of confidence attached, but also a clear sign that the run is being driven by a striker who is seeing chances and taking enough of them.
Leverkusen's mixed start
Leverkusen went into the Leipzig fixture three places and two points behind their opponents in 10th, yet Schick’s output has kept them in the upper half of the early Bundesliga table. The club are sixth, and that is a better starting point than their overall level of play has always suggested.
Schick also said, "But overall, we did a really great job." The tone fits the situation, because one forward has been the steady part of a start that has not been fully smooth.
The next league match is away to Mainz, and Schick goes into it with four goals already on the board.
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