With Hogh and El Kaabi not able to add to their numbers again this term, a goal for Fernandes in Wednesday's 20:00 BST kick-off would put him in pole position to take the award outright, but he's not the only finalist with a realistic shot at topping the standings.
His United team-mate Rasmus Hojlund provides healthy competition just one behind on six goals for the European campaign, while Spurs striker Dominic Solanke is also among the list's top-16 marksmen having notched five times on our opponents' road to Bilbao.
Bruno only opened his account in our seventh European outing of 2024/25 with the last-gasp decider in January's league-phase win over Rangers, but has since scored this term's only Europa League hat-trick in our last-16 victory at home to Real Sociedad and from the spot in the epic Old Trafford quarter-final comeback against Lyon, before netting twice in the semi-final first-leg triumph away to Athletic Club.
The brace at San Mames took our no.8 two goals clear of Hojlund, but the Dane reduced that deficit to one with his close-range finish in the second-leg success over Athletic, as we confirmed our place in tonight's final, which is of course taking place back at the Basque club's stadium.