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Modified Dec 11, 2020 14:24 GMT

Christian Benteke has been in horrendous form this season

#2 Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace)

Crystal Palace v Newcastle United - Premier League — Christian Benteke has struggled for form all season

Just a handful of seasons ago – particularly during his peak years at Aston Villa – Christian Benteke was one of the most feared hitmen in the Premier League. The Belgian bulldozer scored an impressive 42 goals over his three seasons at Villa Park and seemed to be regaining his form last season when he hit 15 at Crystal Palace in his first term at the club.

This season though hasn’t quite gone as planned. Benteke has played in 20 Premier League games for Palace, starting in 18 of them, and he’s only scored a measly two goals.

Granted, he missed almost two months between late September and late November with an injury, but since then he’s practically been ever-present and still appears to be misfiring, even if three assists in recent games is a slight comfort for him.

While Palace have climbed from the bottom of the table up to a respectable 14th place currently under the new stewardship of former England boss Roy Hodgson, Benteke has hardly helped matters.

Palace’s most prolific goalscorers are all midfielders like Luka Milivojevic and Wilfried Zaha, and if those goals dry up and Benteke doesn’t find his shooting boots soon, they could well find themselves sucked back into a nasty relegation battle.

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