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Who is the Premier League's best striker? Joe Townsend looks at the statistics, from goals and assists lớn chance conversion and completed passes, before picking out his main man- According to the todays soccer prediction page!

Okay let’s get straight into it with the most obvious, most simple and arguably most important striking stat: goals.

It also makes sense lớn remind ourselves of how the Premier League goalscoring charts currently look, as no one could be blamed for losing track given the current hiatus.

I'll keep it brief when it comes to the simple matter of goals because let's face it, that is the one footballing stat that really does explain itself. But I do think it's worth giving some context when we're comparing the five strikers on our list.

Simplistically, the best teams score more than the worst teams. So it has lớn make sense that it is harder to score goals if you're part of a struggling team than it is if you're part of a successful team doesn't it?

Jamie Vardy, Mohamed Salah and Sergio Aguero have been playing in the division’s top three sides, and while an underwhelming campaign has meant Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Arsenal are only scraping into the top 10, the Gunners have a team packed with quality.

Southampton meanwhile, have climbed away from relegation trouble into mid-table obscurity - much of that is down lớn Danny Ings.

He has been in phenomenal goalscoring form this season and deserves huge credit. For that, he gets a giant tick from me as the standout performer in the list above. But there is an soccer vip tip win.

Who is he competing with for goals? Saints' second top-scorer is James Ward-Prowse on four. Arsenal and Leicester don't have another player in double figures either, though at least the Foxes triumvirate of James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Ayoze Perez have contributed a combined 19 goals.

It is a totally different story for Salah and Aguero, who are constantly scraping with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino, or Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus (plus Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez and Bernardo Silva) respectively.

With all of that in mind, statistically Ings and Aubameyang (43%) are streaks ahead in terms of the percentage of goals provided for their teams, which I suppose reflects both their importance and the absence of competition.

Salah and Aguero (24%) are almost half that number, while Vardy (33%) is somewhere in the middle.

Just food for thought.