Having dominated the tournament goal charts in each of the last seven seasons, the familiar foes are expected to battle it out for the honour once again.Having topped the Champions League scoring charts in each of the last seven seasons, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi remain neck-and-neck once again in this year's race for the tournament Golden Boot.Joint all-time top scorers in
European football with 75 goals to their name each, the bitter rivals are also tied on eight apiece in this season's competition - one adrift of current leader Luiz Adriano.However, Shakhtar Donetsk's last-16 exit leaves the Brazilian as a 9/1 (10.00) outsider with Sportingbet to finish top of the pile, with the superstar duo strongly expected to overtake him.Top scorer in each of the last two seasons, Ronaldo is the marginal 6/5 (2.20) favourite to make it three in a row this campaign, despite failing to score in either leg of the last round against Atletico Madrid. The 30-year-old did notch a hat-trick in his last La Liga game, though, and comes into the last four in good form.In fact, Messi has actually gone four European fixtures without finding the net himself, but is on offer at 13/10 (2.30) to rediscover his scoring touch and earn his first Champions League Golden Boot since 2012 – the last of four successive triumphs.This slight disparity may seem surprising seeing as Barcelona are actually the current favourites to win the competition after being drawn in the semi-finals against an injury-plagued Bayern Munich team that conceded four against Porto in the last round.
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