Who is the best-form and attacking team in Europe? Is it Bayern, Real Madrid or Inter? The answer may surprise you, as Fulham, who currently lead the Championship table, have scored 64 goals in 26 league games, the top European team.
How good are Fulham's? After 6-2 wins over Bristol, Birmingham and 7-0 wins over Reading, Fulham became the first English team in 88 years to score more than six goals in three consecutive league games.
Following a 7-0 win over Blackburn in November, the victory over Reading made Fulham the first English team to win 7-0 away twice in the same season since 1890.
Not only did Fulham score wildly, but they were also good at blitzkrieg. Against Reading and Bristol, Fulham scored four goals in the first 13 minutes, while Birmingham scored three goals in eight minutes.
After 26 rounds, Fulham have a whopping 47 goals on goal difference, and with 20 rounds left in the season, Fulham is expected to break the All-Time Record for a Single Season Goal Difference of 79 goals set by Manchester City four seasons ago.
Among European teams, Fulham scored 64 goals to the top of the list, followed by Real Madrid with 61 goals, Liverpool with 55 goals and Inter Milan with 54 goals, Real Madrid and Toulouse ranked fifth with 45 goals, and the top 10 teams also included Darmstadt, Paris Saint-Germain, Almeria and Benevento.
As Fulham's top scorer, Mitrovic has finally found a shooting boot this season. In the previous three seasons, Mitrovic had scored only 11 goals in the league, and Mitrovic had completely lost his self-confidence by conceding penalties against Scotland, causing Serbia to fail to qualify for the European Championship.
However, after Silva took charge, Mitrovic was fully restored, scoring 27 goals in 25 appearances this season, averaging more than 1 goal per game.
Fulham are expected to advance to the Premier League as Champions League champions at the end of the season, which also makes them the first team in history to hover in the Premier League and Championship for five consecutive seasons, which is the first elevator in history.
Fulham's back-and-forth relegations just reflect the huge gap between the Premier League and the Championship. In the 2020-21 season, Fulham scored just nine goals in 19 Premier League home games, while this season they have scored 36 goals in 14 home games.
After basically finalizing an upgrade, the biggest challenge for next season for Fulham is to keep the Premier League place at the end of the season.