Cyle Larin’s fast start puts him ahead of elite names | OneFootball

Cyle Larin has exploded out of the blocks for Southampton, his scoring rate eclipsing Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland and reviving memories of Rickie Lambert.

According to Sainstmarching.com, the Canadian has seven goals from seven Championship matches, a strike every 73 minutes. At this pace, a 30-goal season does not feel outlandish.

Southampton have long housed prolific forwards, from Matt Le Tissier to Graziano Pelle and Danny Ings. Adam Armstrong’s best work came in the second tier, with 32 of his 42 Saints goals in the Championship.

Larin is being measured against Lambert’s promotion-era heroics, the latter hitting 38 league goals across two seasons to lift the club from League One to the Premier League. Larin is aiming for a similar return in his second campaign to take Tonda Eckert and colleagues back up. If he sustains this, he could be remembered in similar terms.

He currently edges Kylian Mbappe’s six La Liga goals at a 75-minute clip and Erling Haaland’s four in four Premier League games at 90 minutes. Larin’s return is quicker.

Bowen is touted as the Championship’s finest on his day, with 65 Premier League goals and seven contributions this season for Nuno Espirito Santo’s giants, yet he still trails Larin’s minutes-per-goal return. West Ham United lead the way on 20 team goals, and Larin, a blistering 31-year-old, is in a league of his own right now.

In August, Eckert declared the number nine the best striker in the Championship. With Larin hungry for more, that conviction now looks shrewd as Southampton enter pivotal months of the promotion race.

Source: Sainstmarching.com

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