The Gabon international’s sparkling form isn’t going unnoticed.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has moved up to joint-top scorer in the Premier League and now has the best minutes-to-goal ratio in the competition’s history of those who have scored ten or more goals (every 104.6 minutes on average).
He shone in his team’s masterclass against Leicester City on Monday, scoring twice off the bench. After netting his seventh league goal of the season for Arsenal against Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon, the markets have responded.
Priced as far out as 20/1 to finish up top scorer in the league earlier this month, he's now as short as 5/1 with some bookies, and a best price of 6/1. He currently sits as fourth favourite in the market ahead of Eden Hazard and teammate Alexandre Lacazette.
Accruing over 36% of bets on the top scorer market in the last week, punters are getting their bets in early on the 29-year-old.
Aubameyang finished up as top scorer in the Bundesliga in the 2016/17 season with 31 goals, prior to making his switch to the Emirates.
Arsenal were going after the twelfth consecutive win until their 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace. However, if Unai Emery’s side can maintain this kind of consistency, it might just be a Gunners striker that ends up at the top of the pack come the end of the season.
Oddschecker spokesperson George Elek: "Aubameyang has hit the ground running recently. Having been tipped as one of the favourites for the Golden Boot before the season, he's performing like a real contender now."
"He's proved to be a bit of a super-sub for Arsenal, but it will be hard to keep him out of the starting eleven from now on."
