MANILA – Spanish striker Bienvenido Marañon of defending champions Ceres-Negros FC was the leading scorer midway into the first round of the 2019 Philippines Football League.
The 33-year-old Marañon made 16 conversions. He was followed by Kaya Futbol Club-Iloilo main man Jordan Mintah of Ghana with 12 goal hits.
Both Marañon and Mintah also had three hat tricks to show for Ceres-Negros and Kaya-Iloilo, respectively. The two teams were currently tied on top of the League standings with 22 points each.
Marañon’s teammate Mike Ott and Jim Ashley Flores of Mendiola FC 1991 both had six goals each while Negrense John Celiz of Green Archers United Globe FC and Abou Sy of Stallion-Laguna had five goals each.
Ceres-Negros’ Stephan Schrock, meanwhile, was also way ahead in the assist department with nine passes while Marañon, Ilonggo Jovin Bedic of Kaya-Iloilo and Mendiola’s Hamed Hajimehdi had four feeds each.
Goal keepers Louie Casas of Kaya-Iloilo and Cameroonian Henry Bandeken of Green Archers United had four clean sheets each while Roland Muller of Ceres-Negros had three./PN
