Cole Palmer: 4 Unique Stats That Prove Chelsea Man Is the Bargain of the Season

• Cole Palmer helped Chelsea beat Newcastle 3-2 on Monday, March 11
• The forward was highly influential in the victory with a goal and assist
• Stats show Palmer is one of the best players in the league in 2023/24

Cole Palmer continued to show why he is arguably the best Premier League signing this season with another masterful performance, this time against Newcastle United.

The England international was crucial for his team as they continued their Premier League resurgence with a 3-2 win over Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United.

Chelsea got an early lead by capitalizing on a mistake by Sven Botman, whose clearance fell the way of Palmer for the 21-year-old to feed Nicolas Jackson, who scored his second goal in as many games.

The Magpies got back in the game thanks to Aleksander Isak’s powerful strike from the edge of the area just before half-time, but in the 57th minute, Palmer stole headlines again.

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The former Manchester City man expertly controlled a ball to set himself up before beating Martin Dubravka to give the Blues a 2-1 lead.

Substitute Mykhailo Mudryk made it 3-1 with 14 minutes of normal time to go after taking the ball off his teammate Conor Gallagher before weaving past several players and slotting home, per BBC.

Despite Jacob Murphy setting up a tense finale with his goal late on, Mauricio Pochettino’s men held on for the win, their 11th of the campaign.

Palmer’s impressive stats

At full-time, only one name rang among fans both on the pitch and social media.

That name was Cole Palmer, whose £40m fee to Manchester City for the young forward now looks like the bargain of the season.

1. In the All-time PL goal contributions in debut campaign

According to Opta, Palmer now has 10 goals and eight assists in the Premier League for Chelsea this season, putting him fifth in the all-time Premier League charts for goal contributions in his debut campaign.

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2. Palmer’s Stamford Bridge connection

In addition, Palmer has scored in five successive Premier League starts at Stamford Bridge.

3. Ahead of De Bruyne

More impressively, the 21-year-old has scored and assisted in the same Premier League game five times this season. No other player has achieved this feat in the league, not even Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne.

4. Top U21 player in Europe’s top 5 leagues

Finally, his 19 goal involvements in all competitions for the Blues this season means he ranks first alongside Jude Bellingham for players under 21 years with the most goals and assists across Europe’s top five leagues.

Supercomputer predicts Premier League winners

Sports Brief also looked at a supercomputer’s take on the plausible Premier League champions for the 2023/24 season.

After Manchester City’s 1-1 draw against Liverpool, only one point separates first from third place with 10 games to go.

According to the supercomputer's prediction, the Citizens remain the favourites to retain the crown in May.