FIFA World Cup | Golden Boot race: Kylian Mbappe leads the way

France’s superstar Kylian Mbappe is the player to catch in the race for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot award.

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Mbappe scored a brace in helping his country ease past Poland 3-1 in the Round of 16.

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France will next take on England in a mouth-watering quarter-final clash on Saturday, 10 December at 21:00 (SA time).

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WORLD CUP LEADING GOAL SCORERS

5 goals: Kylian Mbappe (France)

3 goals: Enner Valencia (Ecuador), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Marcus Rashford (England), Alvaro Morata (Spain), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Olivier Giroud (France), Bukayo Saka (England)

2 goals: Bruno Fernandes (Portugal), Mehdi Taremi (Iran), Cho Gue-sung (South Korea), Andrej Kramaric (Croatia), Mohammed Kudus (Ghana), Richarlison (Brazil), Ferran Torres (Spain), Ritsu Doan (Japan), Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon), Salem al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia), Niclas Fuellkrug (Germany), Kai Havertz (Germany), Breel Embolo (Switzerland), Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay), Julian Alvarez (Argentina), Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

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