The Premier League top goalscorer often offers serious value if you’re brave enough to take on the frontrunners.

Those who dominate the short prices often do so with good reason. Mohamed Salah has a proven track record of finding the net in England’s top division, and he is joined at the head of the market by other forwards from the very top teams. That’s hardly a surprise, those who see the most chances will naturally have the best opportunities to score and find the net.

Arguably the biggest signing of the summer, Manchester City won the race to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund.

He is a goalscorer and found the net on a regular basis during his time in the Bundesliga. However, there are two reasons why we are opposing him to pick up the accolade this season.

It would not be a surprise to see him score the most this season - the guy is beyond human when it comes to this ability - but it could well take him a season to adjust. Jack Grealish joined for £100m last summer but his impact was disappointing. It doesn’t make him a bad player, just one who needed some time to get used to new surroundings.

The second reason is Haaland’s injury record - which is a concern.

The forward missed 16 games across all competitions last season and only started 21 of Dortmund’s 34 Bundesliga games. Throw in City’s rotation - nobody is immune to that - and he may not get as many games as his scoring rivals.
While there is value in backing some of the bigger prices in the market, it’s difficult to overlook the 6/1 with multiple bookmakers on HARRY KANE TO BE TOP GOALSCORER.

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Tottenham improved following Antonio Conte’s arrival at the club and Kane was one of those who benefitted greatly from the appointment.

In the 28 Premier League games with Conte at the helm, Kane scored 16 goals from an xG of 18.1.

That translates to an xG/95 of 0.64, with an actual tally of 0.57. A repeat of those levels will see him well in the running for the top goalscorer accolade - something he achieved in 2016, 2017 and 2021.

Onto those considered outsiders and we like KAI HAVERTZ TO BE TOP GOALSCORER.

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Romelu Lukaku’s return to Inter has given Havertz a real opportunity to have the permanent centre forward role at Chelsea and he has demonstrated in the past that he can deliver when playing this position.

Havertz featured as a centre forward in 26 games last season, scoring 11 goals and providing a further three assists. That’s considerably more than the three goals he scored from 18 games as an attacking midfielder.

The next selection depends on circumstance. That circumstance being if Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Manchester United.

If he does, the each-way value available on ANTHONY MARTIAL TO BE TOP GOALSCORER is huge.

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The 26-year-old found the net in pre-season games against Liverpool and Melbourne Victory and new boss Erik ten Hag has made clear Martial is in his plans.

This is a big outsider selection but if he is a regular starting striker in a side expected to finish in the top six then it may prove to be value if he can go past 15 goals.

Finally, although difficult to expect huge things from any of the promoted sides’ forwards, given his remarkable scoring rate in Fulham’s successful Sky Bet Championship campaign, it may well be worth taking an interest in the huge-priced ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC TO BE TOP GOALSCORER as an each-way selection.

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It’s different this time around for Mitrovic. He has a coach in Marco Silva who clearly knows how to get the best out of him and is playing in a Fulham team with remarkable strength in attack - they scored 106 goals from 93.8 xGF on their way to the title.

In 44 games, Mitrovic scored a ridiculous 43 goals from 34.69 xG. On top of that, he added seven assists from 5.14 xA.

He can continue that momentum in the division above, enough so to get into contention.