For all of its intricacies and the rhetoric that surrounds the game, there is still one universal truth in football that will remain solid until the end of time – the players and teams that perform best are the ones who put the ball in the back of the net most regularly.
Nowhere is that more true than in the Premier League, where we have already seen 870 goals this season.
With that in mind, players who can put the ball in the back of the net are like gold dust, and those that can do so with efficiency are even more precious still.
BettingOdds.com have conducted research into which Premier League players have registered the fewest touches per goal in the top flight in 2020/21 – and there are some surprising names in the top 20.
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1. Mohamed Salah - Liverpool
Goal Involvements: 23 Touches: 1,617 Touches per-goal-involvement: 70.3 (Photo by David Klein - Pool/Getty Images) Photo: Pool
2. Dwight Gayle - Newcastle United
Goal Involvements: 2 Touches: 139 Touches per-goal-involvement: 69.5 (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Photo: Stu Forster
3. Dominic Calvert-Lewin - Everton
Goal Involvements: 14 Touches: 926 Touches per-goal-involvement: 66.1 (Photo by John Walton - Pool/Getty Images) Photo: Pool
4. Chris Wood - Burnley
Goal Involvements: 13 Touches: 847 Touches per-goal-involvement: 65.2 (Photo by Oli Scarff - Pool/Getty Images) Photo: Pool