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Martial beat Sane to EPL most-lethal finisher and Higuain, 2nd most wasteful

  /  autty

The Premier League Golden Boot may have been shared among three players - but when it comes to the most deadly finishers, one name stands alone. Well, just.

Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were the most prolific scorers over the course of the 2018-19 season, all finishing with 22 goals.

Liverpool star Mane is also one of the most efficient strikers in the division - scoring with more than one in every four shots he takes (25.3 per cent).

But that isn't enough to secure him top spot. Manchester United's Anthony Martial is statistically the most clinical of all the players in the Premier League with at least five goals to their name.

The France international netted 10 goals this season, having taken only 39 shots in his 27 appearances for United this season.

That gives him a shot-conversion rate of 25.6 per cent, which is higher than anyone else in the English top flight. That wasn't enough to take Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side into the top four, though.

Mane is second, with Glenn Murray of Brighton the surprise name in third on 24.1. Just behind him in fourth is Aubameyang, whose 22 goals came from only 94 shots (23.4 per cent).

But alongside them in the top 10 are some familiar faces as well as some more surprising names.

Raheem Sterling has gained a reputation for being wasteful in front of goal but he scored with more than one in five of his shots (22.1 per cent) and sits seventh in the overall standings.

Callum Wilson (21.5), Romelu Lukaku and Callum Wilson (both 21.8) also sneak into the top 10 while Xherdan Shaqiri of Liverpool (23.1) and Leicester's Jamie Vardy (22.8) are among the more deadly finishers.

At the other end of the scale, however, the numbers are markedly less impressive. Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic was statistically the Premier League's most wasteful finisher, having netted with just 8.4 per cent (11) of his 131 shots.

And alongside him in the bottom 10 sit some of the most highly-rated forwards in the division.

Gonzalo Higuain was parachuted in to Chelsea in January to help fix their issues in front of goal.

But the Argentine striker managed just five goals from 46 shots, giving him a pitiful conversion rate of just 10.9 per cent - the second worst in the Premier League.

That puts him only slightly below Wolves' Raul Jimenez (11.7) and Everton pair Dominic Calvert-Lewin (11.5) and Theo Walcott (11.6), all of whom score with just over one in every 10 shots they fire at goal.

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, meanwhile, has developed into one of the most promising forwards of his generation but he, too, scores with fewer than 12 per cent of his shots.

Alongside him in the bottom 10 sit the likes of Salomon Rondon (12.4), Danny Ings (12.7) and Pedro (14).

Wilfried Zaha, who is chasing a move to a Champions League club, has also proven to be wasteful in front of goal, his 10 goals coming from 73 shots.