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Costa has eight Premier League goals already

Diego Costa has started just how Jose Mourinho anticipated when he splashed the cash on the Spaniard but can he win the Golden Boot?

The Premier League table is starting to take shape after just six games of the season.

With all the teams now in full flow, and the transfer window closed, fans can start to get a good idea of how their side will fare this campaign. It is also plain to see which strikers have hit the ground running and who are taking a little more time to get going.

Given the way he has started the season, the obvious prime candidate to win the Premier League Golden Boot this season is Diego Costa. The 32million striker has scored eight goals in six games to make a real statement of intent in the Premier League. Costa has been a revelation since arriving in west London and indeed the only league game he didn't score in was the draw with Manchester City - but he did come close as he hit the post.

After Chelsea's striking woes last season, the 25-year-old has been a breath of fresh air for the club. Long gone are the frustrating days of seeing Fernando Torres miss chance after chance, now the Chelsea fans will be confident that when Costa gets a sniff of goal, he will find the back of the net.

The Spanish striker boasts an impressive shot accuracy of 85 per cent and truly looks like the lethal scorer Jose Mourinho brought him in to be. He has the physical prowess to trouble Premier League defences all season and, if the Chelsea midfield continue to set him up, he looks capable of scoring for fun.

This is all subject to his fitness however, as Costa is still troubled by hamstring problems. Mourinho has admitted he is barely training and cannot play more than one game a week. He will have to be well managed, but if he can get up to full fitness then Premier League defences should be on red alert. If a hampered Costa can score like he has done so far, imagine what a 100 per cent fit Costa will be like?

Leonardo Ulloa currently sits second in the top scorers' chart with five goals, but even the staunchest Leicester City fan could not imagine the big Argentine continuing this level of strike-rate. However, his compatriot Sergio Aguero has four goals already and he is certainly more than likely to be there or thereabouts come the end of the campaign. There is no doubting the finishing ability that Aguero has, but he has struggled with injuries in the last 12 months. He can be the difference for Manchester City and they need him to be at 100 per cent and showing the kind of predatory instincts he has displayed throughout his career to date. It was Aguero's goals that helped City win their first Premier League title and it looks likely that he and Costa are going to play huge roles in this season's title race.

It would be a big shock if anyone outside those two topped the scoring charts come the end of the season, but there are a few big names out there that have yet to really get going. Daniel Sturridge scored goals for fun with Luis Suarez last season but now must survive without the Uruguayan by his side. The England striker has endured a slow start to the season through injury and it is difficult to imagine him matching the 21 goals he got last year.

Manchester United boast no fewer than three of the top strikers in the Premier League, in the shape of Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Radamel Falcao. Any of those three is capable of winning the Golden Boot, but their chances are subject to United making massive strides forward. Rooney leads the way with three goals so far yet it remains to be seen if he will play as a striker regularly under Louis van Gaal.

Admittedly it may be early days in the campaign, but it might already be the clear that whoever wins the goalscoring battle between Costa and Aguero might win their side the title and themselves the Premier League Golden Boot.