[Sports] Cole Palmer: Can Chelsea midfielder win the Premier League Golden Boot?

[GL HERO SHIMA]

You'd have got good odds on him winning the golden boot."

That is what former Arsenal striker Alan Smith said of Chelsea's Cole Palmer on Sky Sports after the midfielder struck four goals in his side's 6-0 thrashing over Everton.

Palmer was simply sensational, netting a hat-trick inside 29 minutes and adding his 20th Premier League goal of the season in the second half to move him level with Erling Haaland in the race for the Golden Boot.

It is all the more remarkable considering before Palmer moved from Manchester City to Chelsea this summer the 21-year-old had never scored a league goal.

Palmer also has nine assists from his 28 Premier League games this season, a chance conversion rate of 33% and a high shot accuracy of 67%, level with Newcastle's Alexander Isak. Both on-form forwards score a goal on average every 104 minutes played.

Fast forward seven months and the England star could be on course to finish as the division's top scorer.

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