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Diego Costa is TWICE striker that Olivier Giroud is… even Carlton Cole has better stats!

GOAL-GETTERS: Olivier Giroud and Diego Costa [REUTERS] And the figures show that Diego Costa is twice the hitman the Frenchman is. Since the start of his Arsenal career, there are 14 Premier League strikers who have scored goals from open play at a faster rate than Giroud. The 28-year-old has needed an average of 194 playing minutes to net each of his 35 strikes. This is a full 90 minutes longer than Costa has needed to find the back of the net for Chelsea on average this season. RIVAL: Carlton Cole has a better conversion rate than Giroud [GETTY] Even worse, there are 19 strikers who have converted shots into goals more efficiently in this period. Giroud's conversion rate of 13.9 per cent...
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