The word "scoring" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of accumulating points or obtaining something, or to the process of evaluating something. Example: John scored high marks in his exams, making him one of the top scoring students in his class.
They expect me to put the ball in the net, stop the headers going in, stop the opposition from scoring.
"The thing that makes Trotty so special, as everyone knows, is that he is very driven by scoring runs – and that's the thing that he maybe lost a little bit when he was struggling at the start of the summer.
It was on that trip that the 33-year-old demonstrated to the Lions coach, Mark Robinson, he was back to his best, both on and off the field, scoring an unbeaten 211 in Paarl in the first of two unofficial Tests against South Africa.
He might just have won over one or two new admirers by scoring the winner against Sampdoria on Tuesday, in a game that otherwise might easily have finished as a goalless stalemate between uninspired teams.
Few people will be surprised that Australians have the best reputation, with Americans and west Europeans also scoring well.
The following season Vardy blossomed, scoring 16 times as Leicester were promoted as champions.
Despite being an unknown on the move up to the Conference, Vardy had another flying season, scoring 31 times in 36 games.
His second arrived on 66 minutes, smashing home a rebound, before the 29-year-old completed Real's 18th straight win by slotting home at the far post 28 Real Madrid 9-1 Granada, La Liga, 5 April 2015 Ronaldo reached new heights against Granada, scoring a hat-trick in eight first-half minutes.
As well as scoring eight times, they also hit the post twice, once in each half, and missed at least four more chances to run up double figures.
Not that Milan are the only ones with such concerns, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent out mixed messages about his Inter future after scoring twice in their 4 3 win over Atalanta – including this impudent backheel winner – to become Inter's first foreign Serie A Capocannoniere (top scorer) in 50 years.
On an evening laced with sub-plots, Álvaro Morata, the Madrid-born, former Real striker – who played as a substitute in the Spanish club's Champions League final victory over Atlético last season – had opened the scoring.
