Benfica’s Paraguayan Oscar Cardozo (pictured) scored twice yesterday as the Portuguese demolished Everton 5:0 in the Europa League, boosting his overall FTBL rating to 95.32 rating points and setting sight on the top spot in our ranking of strikers in the Portuguese league.

Benfica’s next game against C.D. Nacional could give Cardozo the opportunity to finally move to the top of the ranking: he will face a plank of less than a rating point, a plank he set in the 0:1 loss to Greek side AEK Athens in the Europa League on October 1. The current leader in the FTBL ranking of strikers in the Portuguese league is FC Porto’s Radamel Falcao with a tally of 123.21 points.