The impressive goals-scoring tally Celtic ace Kyogo has already reached

Add as preferred source on Google

It was another strong showing on Wednesday evening from Kyogo Furuhashi, as the striker added to his tally for the season.

The 28-year-old has been a key contributor for Ange Postecoglou’s side since his arrival from the J-League, just over 18 months ago.

Kyogo hit the ground running when the first joined the Hoops and quickly became a fan favourite throughout the Parkhead support.

The beginning of 2022 would have been a tough start for the striker after picking up a serious hamstring injury in December 2021.

However, since the Japanese return from injury last year, he has hardly looked back and continues to produce exceptional numbers in front of goal.

He has particularly been impressive in the 2022/23 Scottish Premiership campaign, and he currently finds himself at the top of the goalscoring charts.

Kyogo has 18 goals in just 22 games and leads the charts ahead of Hearts frontman Lawernce Shankland. The Celtic forward’s goal-scoring rate also equates to a goal every 82 minutes [BBC Sport].

His latest strike last night against Livingston took him two clear of Shankland as he eyes up the top scorer award at the end of the season.

You would imagine he is extremely keen to continue kicking on after missing out on last campaign’s award by just one goal behind Celtic teammate Giorgos Giakoumakis.

Kyogo’s goal-scoring rate already better than four of last five Scottish Premiership top goalscorers.

In years gone by, we have seen some incredible tallies at the top of the Scottish Premiership top goalscoring chart.

Many Celtic supporters may remember Leigh Griffith’s prolific season, which saw him score 31 times in the 2015/16 season.

And Kyogo Furuhashi looks like he could be well on his way to try and match that tally, with around 14 games left to play this year.

More impressively, after 24 games, Kyogo has already equalled or bettered the top goalscoring tally from four out of the last five seasons.

In 2017/18, 18/19, 20/21 and 21/22, the top scorer in the Scottish Premiership has finished on a tally of 18 goals or less [topscorersfootball.com].

The only man to better that number is Odsonne Edouard in the 2019/20 campaign, after a strong finish before the league was brought to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

If Kyogo continues his strong performances in front of goal, he will be well on his way to smashing those numbers and become the 2022/23 Scottish Premiership top goalscorer.

At this moment, the striker is on a rate of a goal every game. So, you would imagine he will be keen to keep that up in the final 14 fixtures.

He now has some competition in the number nine position after the arrival of Hyeongyu Oh in the January transfer window.

However, for now, Kyogo is the first choice striker option under Ange Postecoglou, and with the number of chances Celtic creates every game, you would imagine he is keen to keep extending his lead at the top.

In other news, Alistair Johnston picks the 2 most skilful Celtic players and hardest working in training.