Chelsea's Diego Costa is the best performing forward signed in the summer when it comes to goals.

The Spanish star finds the net every 103 minutes of Premier League football played and has 14 goals in total.

That statistic gives Costa has the best return of any new forwards to have played 450 or more minutes this season, equivalent to five full games,

After Costa comes West Ham's Diafra Sakho.

The Senegalese striker's eight goals have come at a ratio of one for every 128 minutes of play.

Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez (one every 159 minutes) is third, followed by Leicester City's Leonardo Ulloa (192 minutes) and Manchester United's Radamel Falcao (201 minutes).

Three new strikers to have played more than 450 minutes have failed to score in the league for their respective clubs so far - Newcastle's Emmanuel Rivere (598 minutes of play), Liverpool's Mario Balotelli (737 minutes) and Burnley's Lukas Jutkiewicz (812 minutes).

Though being a forward is not just about scoring goals - it's about creating them as well.

On this front, Sanchez is king.

The Chilean has created 52 goal scoring opportunities for his teammates - one every 30.5 minutes, resulting in six assists.

Stoke's Bojan Krkic has created a chance for his teammates once every 41.8 minutes (providing one assist), while Costa creates a chance for a teammate once every 48.1 minutes (one assist).