UEL: Europa League top scorers, most assists as eight teams qualify for quarter-finals

Following the conclusion of this week's UEFA Europa League round of 16 second-leg fixtures on Thursday night, below are the leading top scorers and assists in the Europe second top-flight competition so far.

Recall that the likes of Sporting Lisbon, Feyenoord, Juventus, Manchester United, Roma, Sevilla, Union Saint-Gilloise and Bayer Leverkusen have all qualified for the Europa League quarter-finals after winning their games over the last-16 two legs on Thursday.

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford is currently the top scorer in the Europa League with six goals.

The England international scored the only goal as Man United defeated Real Betis 1-0 in Spain to advance to the last-8 on a 5-1 aggregate win.

Top scorers in the 2022/2023 Europa League so far:

6 goals - Marcus Rashford (Man United)
5 goals - Santiago Giménez (Feyenoord) and Victor Boniface (Union SG).
4 goals - Vitinha (Braga), Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Ángel Di María (Juventus) and Robin Knocke (Union Berlin)

Most assists in 2022/2023 Europa League:

5 assists - Evander (Midtjylland)
4 assists - Anastasios Bakasetas (Trabzonspor)
3 assists - Diego Rossi (Fenerbahçe), Amine Gouiri (Rennes), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Juan Miranda (Real Betis) and Cody Gakpo (PSV)