Which Premier League players have been surprise packages?

The Premier League returns this weekend, with each nine having played 7 matches.

Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal are occupying the apical 3 spots and each 3 finished successful the apical 3 past season, portion the 3 recently promoted teams are successful the bottommost six.

However, portion determination are not immoderate surprises astatine the apical oregon bottommost of the table, determination person been a fig of players whose signifier this run has been a pleasant surprise.

BBC Sport has looked astatine 8 players that person performed amended than fans whitethorn person expected this season.

Liam Delap had lone made 2 substitute appearances successful the Premier League earlier Ipswich Town paid Manchester City an archetypal interest of £15m, successful a woody that could emergence to £20m, this summer.

But that is looking a bargain arsenic 21-year-old Delap has already scored 4 goals contempt his caller broadside struggling successful their archetypal top-flight run since 2001-02.

If Town are to enactment up past the signifier of the England Under-21 striker volition beryllium key, with him already scoring successful the 1-1 gully with Fulham, doubly successful the 2-2 gully with Aston Villa and successful the 4-1 nonaccomplishment to West Ham.

Did you know? With 4 goals from 11 shots, Liam Delap has the third-highest changeable conversion complaint of immoderate subordinate with 10 oregon much attempts successful the Premier League this season.

Like Ipswich, Southampton are yet to grounds a Premier League triumph aft winning promotion from the Championship past season.

But 1 of the main plusses for Russell Martin's broadside has been the signifier of 18-year-old originative midfielder Tyler Dibling.

He had lone made 1 substitute quality successful the league earlier this season, but instantly has looked astatine location successful the apical flight. He scored his archetypal Saints extremity past period erstwhile helium linked up with 36-year-old Adam Lallana and netted successful the 1-1 gully with Ipswich, and won a punishment against Manchester United.

Did you know? No teen has created much chances successful the Premier League this play than Tyler Dibling (seven).

As back-up to Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran needs to marque an content each clip helium gets a chance.

That's what the 20-year-old Colombia planetary has done this season, often arsenic a high-impact super-sub.

He is yet to commencement a league crippled this play but has 4 goals from substitute appearances, including decisive goals successful wins against West Ham, Leicester and Everton.

Duran besides got the victor successful Villa's unthinkable 1-0 Champions League triumph implicit Bayern Munich, again coming disconnected the seat to people successful memorable fashion.

Did you know? Jhon Duran has scored 3 match-winning goals arsenic a substitute successful the Premier League this season; nary subordinate has ever scored much successful a play successful the competition.

Liverpool were adjacent to signing a antiaircraft midfielder successful the summer, lone for Martin Zubimendi to cull a determination from Real Sociedad - but present it looks similar they did not request him anyway.

Ryan Gravenberch, 22, lone started 12 games successful Jurgen Klopp's past play astatine Anfield, but the all-action Netherlands midfielder has looked a antithetic subordinate this play and thrived nether Dutch brag Arne Slot.

Gravenberch has been instrumental to the Reds' commencement to the run that has included six wins successful 7 matches successful the Premier League, arsenic good arsenic victories successful some their Champions League games.

Did you know? Ryan Gravenberch is the lone subordinate successful the Premier League this play to play 300 oregon much passes (476), marque 100 oregon much carries (123), triumph possession 40 oregon much times (42) and triumph 40 oregon much duels (41).

It has been an awesome commencement to the run for 33-year-old Mexico striker Raul Jimenez, who has 3 goals and an assistance to his sanction for Fulham.

This play has been a invited instrumentality to signifier aft helium went 33 games without a league extremity betwixt March 2022 and November 2023, firstly with Wolves and past successful his archetypal 3 months astatine Craven Cottage.

In 2019-20 helium scored 17 league goals for Wolves, but past successful November 2020 suffered a fractured skull wounded that threatened not lone his career, but his life. He went 8 months earlier helium could play shot again and his instrumentality to goalscoring has been 1 of the stories of the play truthful far.

Did you know? Raul Jimenez has either scored (three) oregon assisted (one) a extremity successful his past 4 Premier League games, the archetypal clip helium has registered a extremity engagement successful 4 consecutive appearances successful the part since December 2019.

At lone 19 years old, Rico Lewis has already rapidly established himself arsenic an important portion of the Manchester City and England acceptable up.

The teen tin run excellently astatine near oregon right-back and has besides been utilized successful a antiaircraft midfield relation aft Rodri sustained a season-ending wounded erstwhile helium ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.

Three of Lewis' 4 England caps person besides travel this season, and his versatility is going to beryllium captious for nine and state successful 2024-25.

Did you know? Rico Lewis is 1 of 3 teenagers to commencement six oregon much Premier League games this season, on with Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo and Brighton's Jack Hinshelwood.

What a mates of months it has been for Chelsea winger Noni Madueke.

He was an unused sub for the opening crippled of the play against Manchester City, but past scored successful the 2-0 Europa Conference League triumph against Servette and been successful good signifier ever since.

A hat-trick against Wolves, his archetypal successful the Premier League, followed earlier helium made his England debut and past scored a peculiar equaliser for Chelsea successful a 1-1 gully against Nottingham Forest.

Did you know? Noni Madueke has 4 goals successful six Premier League appearances this season, conscionable 1 less than helium netted successful the full of past word successful the contention (five successful 23 appearances)

Bournemouth paid much than £10m to motion Ghana guardant Antoine Semenyo from Bristol City successful January 2023, but helium past lone scored doubly successful his archetypal 17 matches successful the Premier League.

However, Cherries fans are present seeing the champion of the explosive and skilful attacker, who has entertained supporters with goals against Nottingham Forest, Everton and Southampton.

Bournemouth brag Andoni iraola has present challenged the 24-year-old to support his form, saying: "Antoine is doing well. He's scoring goals and been a threat, but helium has to continue. He has to amusement his signifier tin beryllium much accordant and helium tin adhd much than the goals arsenic well."

Did you know? Antoine Semenyo has been progressive successful much shots pursuing a shot transportation than immoderate different subordinate successful the Premier League this play (16 - 10 shots, six chances created).