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Brentford duo Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa can make a fast start at Arsenal

Who is in form in the Premier League right now? Paul Higham takes a look at some of the best player peformance stats to keep an eye on ahead of the weekend fixtures to mark your card for player props bets.

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Aston Villa' January  Transfer Window signing Marco Asensio has enjoyed a fine start at his new club, becoming one of Villa's key goalscoring threats.

The Spaniard has registered 11 shots on target in his last seven games, and on Saturday, against the Premier League's bottom club Southampton you can back him at the super-boosted price of 1/1 (from 2/5) to have at least one shot on target.

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Who is in form in the Premier League right now? In our Betfair player stats watch column we look at some of the best player performance stats for betting, the key players to watch this weekend and trending players to keep an eye on.

Follow rampant Rashford and streaking Strand Larsen for Shots on target

With no Erling Haaland expect Omar Marmoush to maintain his recent run of hitting the target, but his run of four straight games with a shot on target can be matched by a number of other players.

The Egyptian leads the way with nine total shots on target within that span, but not far behind him is Aston Villa's Marcus Rashford, who has seven shots on target in his last four games in all competitions heading into this week's Champions League game.

And with Villa visiting relegated Southampton on Saturday then Rashford will be a good bet to get even more joy down at St Mary's.

Just behind Rashford we have Wolves' Jorgen Strand Larsen, who we mentioned in this column a couple of weeks ago, and he hasn't disappointed as he too has a shot on target in four straight games (six SOTs in total) and has scored in his last three matches.

Wolves are at home to Spurs on Sunday so back Strand Larsen to continue his scoring streak against that defence - or just keep him on side to extend his shots on target streak.

Premier League Shots on target: Players to watch

Two other players on the current hot list include Ipswich's Liam Delap and West Ham's Jarrod Bowen, who have both hit the target in their last four games. Both will be big prices to continue that run in tough away trips to Chelsea and Liverpool respectively.

Neither of those two defences are water tight though, especially runaway leaders Liverpool after some calamitous defending at Fulham last time out.

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Plenty of buzz around fast-starting Bees

We could have nice route to profit at the Emirates on Saturday evening when Brentford visit and bring with them more than a sting in the tail, as they're one of the quick-strike masters of the Premier League.

Bryan Mbeuno and Yoane Wissa have struck early plenty of times this season and, with the Gunners in midweek Champions League action, there's every chance Brentford could catch them cold. I'd be interested in either of them for first goalscorer or even just Thomas Frank's side to score first.

The pick of the stats though is in their first-half shots, as Wissa has had a first-half shot in his last 15 Premier League matches, with eight of those being multiple shots.

And Mbeuno has matched his strike partner in 13 of those 15 games, so you should back the pair in first-half shots and shots on target markets as they'll no doubt make another fast start.

Premier League first-half shots: Players to watch

Bruno Fernandes has had a first-half shot in his last seven games, while team-mate Patrick Dorgu has gone under the radar with a first-half shot in his last five games in all competitions and in four of five Premier League games.

Dorgu had three first-half shots in his last away league game at Forest and he'll look to repeat that for Man Utd's trip to Newcastle at the weekend.

English Premier League - Top 5 Shots

Beto leading recent foul play stakes

Everton's muscular forward Beto has committed at least two fouls in his last four run-outs and in six of his last eight in the Premier League.

His form line of 4-3-2-2 for fouls is more than enough for you to consider backing him for multiple fouls again - and when you bear in mind the Toffees are away at Nottingham Forest then it makes even more sense.

We know exactly how Forest play and David Moyes has brought a more physical and direct style back to Everton, so this could be a throwback game with plenty of tackles and fouls involved.

Sometimes the stats only tell half the story and the match-up is very much one to take into account at the City Ground.

Premier League fouls committed: Ones to watch

Our old friend Jorgen Strand Larsen pops up here again as he can match Beto's four in a row with multiple fouls and just one less in total.

The Wolves man may be worth a big stats-based Bet Builder of his own given his scoring, shooting and fouls stats of late.

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A first-half fouls double at the City Ground

As mentioned, match-ups can be just as important as stats, and when the two collide we have the perfect storm, which could describe the Forest v Everton game pretty nicely if all goes to plan.

Beto's foul stats above are good, but his first-half foul numbers are even better, with at least one in his last four and a form line of 4-2-2-1 for first-half fouls in the last four league matches.

And in the red corner....Elliot Anderson can match Beto's first-half foul streak of four games, even though he can't live with the total as he's tallied 2-1-1-1 - but in this scrap against Everton a first-half fouls double for the pair of them looks a great bet.

This could also be a nice Build Up bet by pitting the pair head-to-head in a Match Up or even a Link Up for the two to combine.

Premier League first-half fouls: Ones to watch

There's no massive surprise to see Sasa Lukic leading the way in recent first-half fouls as the best of the rest, and he's just one behind Beto with a return of 2-1-2-3 ahead of Fulham's Monday night visit to Bournemouth.

Two Hammers to get hit at Anfield

Liverpool are a decent team to back for giving fouls away, despite dominating possession in most games, and so having West Ham visiting Anfield with two of the best players in the league for drawing fouls looks a nice combination.

Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen are the only two players to have had 2+ fouls against them in five straight Premier League games, but their streaks are even more impressive than that.

As Bowen has been fouled at least twice in 11 straight Premier League games, and Paqueta is not far off as he's suffered the same in 10 of those 11, so you'd back both to be fouled at Anfield and even both to suffer multiple fouls going on that recent run.

Premier League fouls drawn: Ones to watch

Arsenal's Myles Lewis Skelly has had multiple fouls against him in four straight league games ahead of Brentford's visit to the Emirates, while Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa is a nice fouls magnet with a recent league record of 2-2-2-3-1-4-1-2 - so he'll have to be on your shortlist for props bet as they visit Southampton.

English Premier League - Top 5 Fouls Won