Costa has struggled for goals this season (Picture:Getty)

Diego Costa began last season on fire with seven goals in his first four Premier League games and he finished with 20 in total as he guided Chelsea to the title.

This season, however, the £32million striker has struggled, much like the rest of his Chelsea team-mates, and with more yellow cards (3) than goals (2) in the league, his form is most definitely a cause for concern.

With the focus seemingly on scrapping rather than scoring, the volatile Spaniard has now gone 300 minutes without a goal – his last coming against rock-bottom Aston Villa, while his other strike came against West Bromwich Albion.



Costa currently has a minutes-per-goal ratio of (440) – even worse than that of £50m flop striker Fernando Torres back in 2011-12 (317), 2012-13 (321) and 2013-14 (314).


Only Torres in 2010-11, his debut with the club – (762) stops Costa from being worse than the club’s record signing.

Unable to find the back of the net, Costa has also dried up in the creative department, turning provider only once for full-back Cesar Azpilicueta to score against West Brom.

And we thought Torres was bad at Chelsea (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Spearheading Spain’s attack in the victory over England, Costa was again goalless, before being hauled off after 65 minutes.

When the striker returns to the Premier League, Chelsea will be desperate for Costa to rediscover his form and help them climb back up the table.

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