SAINTS could be facing the Premier League's top marksman in the League Cup final at Wembley later this month.

Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic is currently the highest scorer among top flight players with 2o goals in all competitions.

Fifteen of those have come in 24 league games, while two have come in the Europa League and two in the League Cup.

The Swedish legend's other goal came on his United debut - the Community Shield victory over Leicester City at Wembley last August.

Ibrahimovic has one more goal than Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, who has struck 17 of his 19 goals in the league.

The Chilean's double against Hull City last weekend took him above Everton's 16-goal Romelu Lukaku into first place in the race for the Premier League's Golden Boot.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero grabbed his 18th of the season at Bournemouth on Monday night.

Eleven of those have come in the league, with six in the Champions League and one in the FA Cup.

Ex-Saint Theo Walcott has 14 goals for Arsenal - including six in Europe and the cups. That haul included an FA Cup treble against his former club at St Mary's at the end of last month.

Leading goalscorers (all competitions): Ibrahimovic 20, Sanchez 19, Aguero 18, Lukaku 17, Kane 16, Costa 15, Defoe 14, Walcott 14, Alli 13, Benteke 11, Giroud 11, Mane 11, Son 11, Hazard 10, Austin 9, Firminho 9, Mata 9, Ozil 9, Pedro 9, Sigurdsson 9, Snodgrass 9.

Leading goalscorers (just Premier League goals): Sanchez 17, Lukaka 16, Ibrahimovic 15, Costa 15, Defoe 14, Kane 14, Alli 11, Mane 11, Hazard 10.

Saints loanee Sam Gallagher remains one of the leading scorers in the Championship.

The 21-year-old has struck 11 times in his season long loan spell at struggling Blackburn Rovers so far.

Bristol City's Tammy Abraham - on loan from Chelsea - has 21 goals in all competitions - the same as Leeds' Chris Wood.

Both of those strikers have 18 second tier goals to their name.

Newcastle's Dwight Gayle is the leading marksman in terms of just league goals, though - he has 20.

Former Saints striker Billy Sharp has become the first player to reach 20 League 1 goals this season.

The Sheffield United man is eyeing a return to the Championship with the Blades top of the third tier.

Scunthorpe's Alex Morris has 18 league goals, the same as Bury's James Vaughan.

Dover's Ricky Miller is the leading league scorer in the top five divisions.

He has 27 National League goals to his name - nine more than anyone else in the section.

Barrow's Byron Harrison is next with 18 league goals, including a hat-trick against Eastleigh last October.

Braintree's Michael Cheek, who scored both his side's goals in their 2-0 win at Eastleigh on Tuesday, has 16 goals in all competitions now - 11 of them in the league.