5 most underrated strikers in the English Premier League

#3 Oumar Niasse (Everton)

Oumar Niasse is the unsung hero at Goodison Park

Niasse is a player you really have to feel sorry for, as his talent is going unnoticed not only in the league but at his club as well, which is a big shame.

The Senegalese striker, who joined in the 2016 January transfer window, was frozen out from the team by Ronald Koeman, who arrived a few months later, as Niasse famously didn't even have his own locker in the dressing room during the Dutchman's first year in charge. However, he went from zero to hero real quick.

Everton was playing some really dire stuff at the start of the season before Niasse was suddenly inserted into the lineup and he scored his first two Premier League goals in a comeback win over Bournemouth. He went on to have a nice streak of five goals in seven games before Sam Allardyce arrived and sadly he was out of the team once again.

Allardyce brought in Cenk Tosun from Besiktas in January, pushing Niasse down the pecking order, but he has still performed well when given the chance. He has two goals in seven appearances in 2018, mostly as a sub.

With seven goals, Niasse is still the second-best scorer at the club behind Wayne Rooney, even though he's played just 925 minutes thus far, which makes his goals ratio 132 minutes. For comparison, Javier Hernandez is fifth on the league's all-time list, recording 130.2 minutes per goal.