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Who has the best goals per minute ratio at Everton?

It’s not top scorer Romelu Lukaku. Nor in-form forward Kevin Mirallas. And with just one match played in his Everton career so far, it would be unfair to include Lacina Traore.

The answer is Steven Naismith, with a goal every 164 minutes this season, better than Lukaku (182) and Mirallas (398).

So how about chance conversion?

Once again it’s the little Scot. While Lukaku converts 20 per cent of his chances and Mirallas 11 per cent, Naismith is way out in front with a hugely impressive 40 per cent chance conversion.

What about shooting accuracy then?

Yet again Naismith leads the way.

He has a superb accuracy ratio of 73 per cent – compared to Lukaku with 62% and Mirallas’ 49%.

It all suggests that – used in the central role he occupied for Kilmarnock and Glasgow Rangers, rather than the wide positions he has so often taken up in his Everton career – Steven Naismith could be so much more than a supersub.

“He has played in different positions but when he is central he is at his very, very best,” said Roberto Martinez after Sunday’s scoring performance.

It could still be time for Steven Naismith to claim centre stage at Goodison.

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