Four under-the-radar Premier League stars having tremendous seasons

All great players impact games, but not all see their praises sung every day across the Premier League world.

And while there certainly can be arguments made that the best teams’ brightest stars, names like Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah, and Martin Odegaard, could have their names mentioned even more often, there are always names that threaten to fall through the cracks.

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That’s especially true when a player isn’t even highlighted more than one of his teammates on a non-title contending club.

We could certainly sing the praises of Brentford’s Ivan Toney or Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes as underappreciated, but there are stats out there that say they have teammates who are carrying more water than even those players.

And so we choose today to highlight four players doing incredible work this Premier League season.

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The Newcastle fullback is, for the moment, FotMob’s top-rated performer in the Premier League this season.

Yep, that’s him ahead of top-five members Rodri, Erling Haaland, Bukayo Saka, and Kevin De Bruyne.

The 32-year-old is second to De Bruyne in chances created, big chances created, and expected assists per 90 minutes.

Bruno Guimaraes might be Newcastle’s most valuable player and Sven Botman viewed as nearly as indispensible, but Trippier has been so influential in driving the Magpies’ over-performance this season.

There’s a reason the Bees’ Spanish keeper is being linked with essentially every big club who might need a new star between the sticks.

Raya’s stopping balls both efficiently and often, with an almost-absurd 97 saves on the season coming at an average of 4.4 per 90 minutes. He’s