Why Chelsea striker Diego Costa is the third most valuable striker in the Premier League

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Without Diego Costa's nine league goals this season Chelsea could be nine points worse off and in a real relegation fight.

We have taken away each Premier League side's top goalscorer's strikes away and calculated how many points the team would have won without them.

Costa has scored nine goals for Chelsea this season, without which they'd have nine fewer points and potentially be even further in the mire.

Only two other clubs' top scorers have had a bigger influence this season.

Jamie Vardy has been the biggest influence.

Taking his goals away from Leicester would leave Claudio Ranieri's side 18 points worse off than where they are now.