Think Torres is bad? Well, he's prolific compared with these strikers in the Premier League... but who tops the (not) scoring charts?

Manchester United might be storming their way to the title with a star-studded attacking line-up, but Sir Alex Ferguson also has the Premier League's worst striker in terms of minutes per goal in his ranks.

Danny Welbeck has scored just once in the league all season - a header for United's fourth goal in October's 4-2 win over Stoke - in 1204 minutes of football, the equivalent of 13 games.

Sportsmail has ranked the top flight's strikers by minutes per goal in Premier League matches, and England striker Welbeck tops the unfortunate list.



Misfiring: Manchester United's Danny Welbeck (left) has scored just once in 1204 minutes in the league

Disappointing: But Welbeck is often one of the first names on Sir Alex Ferguson's teamsheet for big games



However, United manager Ferguson has highlighted Welbeck's work ethic and contribution to his side's play - which was enough to give him nod for the crucial Champions League quarter-final loss to Real Madrid over Wayne Rooney.

Welbeck grabbed United's away goal in the first leg in that tie, but has found goals harder to come by on home soil.



Five of the ten most goal-shy strikers are English, with Carlton Cole, Danny Graham, Grant Holt and Peter Crouch all just in front of Welbeck.

THE TEN WORST STRIKERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE BY MINUTES-PER-GOAL

Player

Minutes Played

Goals

Minutes per goal

Danny Welbeck 1204 1 1204 Carlton Cole 1306 2 653 Jonathan Walters 2876 6

479.3 Danny Graham 1407 3 469 Grant Holt 2124 5 424.8 Emmanuel Adebayor 1226 3 408.7 Franco Di Santo 1978 5 365.6 Peter Crouch 1921 5 384.2 Djibril Cisse 1106 3 368.7 Kenwyne Jones 1035

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Home disaster: Five of the worst 10 strikers are English, including Grant Holt (left), Danny Graham (centre) and Peter Crouch, while Emmanuel Adebayor (below) also features for his lack of goals for Tottenham Hotspur



ANICHEBE IMPRESSES REDKNAPP

Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp lauded the impact of Everton’s Victor Anichebe in his Monday column .

Statistically he might not be the most prolific striker, but his work off the ball has made him an integral part of Everton's recent good form which has seen them earn 13 points from their last five games.

'Victor Anichebe must be a dream to play with,' said Redknapp. 'If Everton want to play direct, he pins back defenders and eases the pressure on his own team.

'He reminds me of one of my team-mates who wasn’t prolific but who was appreciated in the dressing room: Emile Heskey.'

Former Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill splashed out £5 million on Graham in January, but the former Swansea striker has scored just three times in the Premier League - none of them for his new club.

Stoke forward Jonathan Walters has played for the most amount of time of anyone on the list, but sits in third in the goals-to-minutes hall of shame.



Emmanuel Adebayor's lack of goals has been a sore point in Tottenham's challenge for Champions League qualification.



Fresh from his awful penalty sending Spurs on their way out of the Europa League against Basle last week, the Togo striker is in the top 10 of misfiring forwards with just three goals in 1226 minutes of Premier League football this season.



Big difference: Newcastle fans have watched Papiss Cisse (left) misfire while Demba Ba (right) scores



Newcastle fans will also point to the stats as reason for their disappointing league form. Toon hitman Papiss Cisse is named as the 14th worst striker, while Demba Ba, who left St James' Park for Chelsea in January, just misses out on the top five.

It is a Chelsea striker who tops the list - but all of his 13 goals have been for West Brom. Romelu Lukaku has netted every 119 minutes while on loan for the Baggies, just over a goal a game.



Loan ranger: Romelu Lukaku has been prolific for West Brom while his Chelsea team-mate Fernando Torres (below) hasn't scored in the league since before Christmas despite netting 19 times in all competitions

Ahead of his team-mates at parent club Chelsea, with £50 million flop Fernando Torres sitting 15th in the list of non-scoring strikers, Lukaku sits just ahead of Manchester City's Edin Dzeko, Robin van Persie, Luis Suarez, and Reading's supersub Adam Le Fondre.

Torres' strike in Chelsea's Europa League tie at Rubin Kazan last week was his 19th in all competitions, but he has netted just seven times in the league, and not since scoring in the 8-0 mauling of Aston Villa just before Christmas.

The table in full - where do your club's strikers rank in the Premier League's minutes per goal tally?