The forward has scored six goals in four consecutive games and is one away from equalling the club’s best record in the top flight

Nico Jackson is on a roll. The Senegalese striker scored a brace against Athletic Club (5-1) and has now scored four consecutive goals, having also scored against Valencia, Celta (2) and Espanyol.

If he scores again against Girona, Nico Jackson will equal the best run by a Villarreal player in the First Division, which belongs to Diego Forlán. The Uruguayan striker scored seven consecutive goals in five games (Gameweeks 15-19) in the 2004/05 campaign. The Uruguayan’s victims were Getafe, Málaga, Albacete, Barcelona (2) and Levante (2).

The best goalscoring runs of Villarreal players in LaLiga

Diego Forlán: seven goals in five games (15 to 19 of the 2004/05 season)

Nico Jackson: six goals in four games (31 to 34 of the 2022/23 season)

Carlos Bacca: six goals in four games (31 to 35 of the 2017/18 season*, Gameweek 34 was postponed)

Gerard Moreno: five goals in four games (1 to 4 of the 2019/20 season)

Giuseppe Rossi: four goals in four games (8 to 11 of the 2008/09 season)