JAMIE VARDY is the Premier League’s ultimate Big Six Slayer – and the stats prove it.
The Leicester strike ace has scored more goals against the top sides than any other player over the past three years.
Jamie Vardy is the PL’s most-lethal finisher against Big Six opponents
Vardy has scored an average of 0.62 goals per game against Big Six clubsCredit: Reuters
Vardy does it at a better rate than any rival, too.
In 34 top-flight matches against Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham, Vardy has found the net 21 times.
That works out at 0.62 goals per game – boosted by his hat-trick in the 5-2 win against Man City last month.
And he is even more deadly against the Gunners, with seven goals in his last six clashes with the North Londoners.
That bodes well for the Foxes as they prepare to take on Arsenal on Sunday night.
There’s good news for Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate, too.
Two of the three men immediately behind Vardy in the chart are Southampton’s Danny Ings and England skipper Harry Kane.
Ings has scored 11 in 18 games against the Big Six since he moved to St Mary’s at a rate of 0.61 – and most-recently scored in the 3-3 draw with Chelsea.
Danny Ings is the second-most-lethal striker vs Big Six teamsCredit: Reuters
Harry Kane ranks fourth in the goals per game vs Big Six standingsCredit: EPA
Kane, meanwhile, has found the net 12 times in 26 matches at 0.46.
Sergio Aguero is sandwiched between the two at 0.48 goals per game against a Big Six club.
Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino come in fifth and seventh with rates of 0.45 and 0.39 respectively.
Man Utd star Marcus Rashford is sixth on 0.42, with team-mate Anthony Martial tenth with a rate of 0.38.
Man City duo Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne come in eight and ninth with rates of 0.39 and 0.38 respectively.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
