Premier League: 5 contenders for August player of the month ahead of the weekend fixtures

#4 Richarlison - Everton

Richarlison celebrates his goal against Wolves

Another player with three goals in two games, Richarlison has started life at Goodison Park with a couple of outstanding performances.

Reunited with Marco Silva this summer after a massive fee of almost €50 million, the Brazilian has recaptured his form from the first half of last season. He has collected the Man of the Match award in both of his starts for Everton so far and will hope to add a third this weekend.

He scored with his very first shot in Toffee colors and now has more goals in his first two games at Everton than he had in his last 31 Premier League games for Watford. Surely the signing of the season so far, the forward will hope to keep this form up when Everton meet Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

Should he bag another Man of the Match performance it would be very difficult to look past the rising star as August's Player of the Month.

1 - Richarlison has scored with his very first shot as an Everton player; this after failing to score with each of his previous 53 with Watford in the Premier League. Rejuvenation. pic.twitter.com/i8EdsmOtRA

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 11, 2018

3 - Richarlison has scored three goals in his opening two Premier League games for Everton, more than he did in his last 31 PL games for Watford. Rejuvenated.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 18, 2018