Real Madrid's midfield has rediscovered their goalscoring touch Real Madrid More than last season already

Luis Aragones always called on his midfielders to contribute when it comes to scoring goals.

Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and David Silva are examples of this, finding the net with relative frequency in their prime years.

"It's very good that they make assists, but you have to end the season with around 10 goals," Aragones would say.

Zinedine Zidane has had a similar impact on his Real Madrid midfielders, who are producing better numbers in front of goal than they did last season.

The latest example of this was in the victory over Sevilla on Saturday as Casemiro netted twice in a 2-1 win at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

It was a similar story this time last year, with Casemiro and Luka Modric scoring against Sevilla on January 19, 2019. By then, Real Madrid's midfielders had scored just nine goals.

Catching up to Karim Benzema

This season, Real Madrid's midfielders have already scored 16 goals: five from Modric, four from Casemiro and Toni Kroos, two from Fede Valverde and one from James Rodriguez.

Isco and Lucas Vazquez have also scored one each, but they're seen as more attacking players.

This tally is greater than the 14 that Real Madrid's midfielders scored over the course of the whole of last season (14) and equal to the season before (16).

Waiting for James

James is arguably the most potent of Real Madrid's current midfield crop when it comes to goalscoring, but he hasn't been able to notch consistently.

In fact, he's only played 13 minutes of football since October 22 - during the Supercopa de Espana semi-final against Valencia.

Before October, James played eight games and scored his only goal of the season in the 4-2 win over Granada.