The central player of Genoa and the national team, Ruslan Malinovsky, has been promoted to a prestigious statistical rating, which means the highest Vikonians for the number of goals from outside the penalty area in the top 5 European leagues. Opta informs you about this.

According to the statistical platform, since the Ukrainian's debut in Serie A in the 2019/20 season, only Lionel Messi (23) and Kylian Mbappe (24) have scored more such goals.

Malinovsky has 21 accurate shots from afar - just like Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane.

Apparently, earlier Ruslan Malinovsky scored a goal in the match of the 32nd round against Sassuolo, opening the lead and increasing his goalscoring lead against Genoa to 10 goals. The current season of the Series already has its sixth goal.