5 Premier League Strikers That Have Overperformed This Season

2. Romelu Lukaku (Everton)

Again, some people might be a little bit surprised to see Romelu Lukaku included in this list, because we all know that he is a top quality striker. However, his second loan spell in the Premier League was always going to be a big test. Let's remember that he is still only 20 years old, and things were always going to be a lot harder now people know what he is capable of at this level. It also says a lot about his character that he was the one that wanted to leave on loan; he wanted to go out and play rather than stay in the comfort zone at Chelsea. It's because all of that, I wanted to mention him in this slideshow. This season the Belgium forward has scored eight goals from the eleven league games he has started. Starting games in the Premier League is another area where the youngster has progressed. Although, Lukaku scored 17 goals while being on loan at West Brom last season, he did it from only starting 20 league games. This is very interested data because it shows he is progressing from an impact sub to someone that can be seen to reliably play to a high standard when starting games. He will also being taking delight at outperforming fellow Belgium Christian Benteke so dramatically just now.