Robin Van Persie's goalscoring record in recent times has been nothing short of exceptional but despite this he is still available at value prices with bookmakers.
Robin Van Persie is the best striker in the Premier League right now and this is a very good news for punters that usually back Arsenal: if you have put your money on the flying Dutchman in the goalscorer market than you are in a very good position. There are no signs that this great scoring run will stop anytime soon: Arsenal will have some relatively easy fixtures in the next weeks and stats indicate he is excellent value as first goalscorer.
Since Robin Van Persie returned from injury last year he has been first goalscorer in eight of his 29 Premier League starts: he was able to score at any time 19 times out of 66 and if you count year to date he has already recorded 31 league goals (closing on Shearer's 1995 record of 36). When fit, there isn't anyone else better than the Dutchman in the Premier League.
After the departure of Cesc Fabregas, Van Persie has now established himself as the leader of Arsene Wenger's team and since the start of the season his anytime goalscorer rate has been at 63 per cent. The most important difference with the previous years is that he has been injury-free for long time. This makes him the favourite in the Top Goalscorer market at 3.00: considering what said above those odds looks particularly good especially if you can also receive some Free Bets to invest on this market.
Again looking at the stats we can see that when playing at home it is usually better to back him as first goalscorer (6 times in 13 league starts in 2011). This is not surprising if you think that Arsenal nearly always have an high share of possessions and therefore create most of the chances. Van Persie is also the team's main penalty-taker which obviously help him to boost his personal goalscorer record. Bookmakers always consider him as a strong favourite however given the nature of the markets there is still value to be had for backers.
When Arsenal play away the best option seems to pick him to score at anytime. His strike-rate on the road has been as high as 73 per cent in 2011, and he only falied to score in 4 out of 15 Premier League starts. As Arsenal are involved in many competition, he is less likely to be first goalscorer in away games however the Gunners play some attacking football also on the road and this increase the chance of their main striker to score at some point during that match.
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