Is Villa's Duran the ultimate impact sub?

"When Jhon Duran comes connected to nan transportation you conscionable cognize what's going to happen."

The Aston Villa guardant has scored 4 goals successful 5 Premier League matches this season, each of them arsenic a substitute.

As ex-Premier League defender Nedum Onuoha suggested connected BBC Radio 5 Live, Duran scoring goals disconnected nan chair feels inevitable.

The Colombian has scored winners against West Ham, Leicester and Everton successful this run and connected Saturday, arsenic a substitute, added his side's 3rd successful a 3-1 triumph complete rivals Wolves.

Duran is good connected his measurement to becoming nan subordinate pinch nan astir winning goals aft starting arsenic a substitute successful nan Premier League. Seven players stock nan all-time grounds of five.

Duran whitethorn beryllium uncovering it difficult to displace prima striker Ollie Watkins - who scored 27 goals for Villa past play - and netted his side's equaliser against Wolves.

But, pinch him banging them successful from nan bench, Duran is accelerated becoming nan eventual effect sub.

Villa were having an off-day, 1-0 down to rivals Wolves connected Saturday erstwhile Duran replaced Jacob Ramsey successful nan 62nd minute.

The location fans greeted his presence pinch a wall of noise.

Just 11 minutes later he won a loose shot connected nan separator of nan container and fed Morgan Rogers who successful move group up Watkins for Villa's equaliser.

After Ezri Konsa put nan hosts up successful nan 88th minute, Duran struck successful nan 4th infinitesimal of added clip pursuing a well-timed tally and calm decorativeness aft Morgan's walk crossed goal.

"He's a large talent," team-mate Konsa told BBC Match of nan Day. "We spot it each time successful training. It's important for him to enactment humble and we'll thief him do that. He's still young."

The stats make awesome reading.

Six of Villa's past 12 Premier League goals person been scored by Duran aft he came disconnected nan bench.

The 20-year-old has scored a extremity each 80 minutes crossed his convention career. Only Manchester City's Erling Haaland has a amended ratio pinch a onslaught each 79 minutes (minimum 2 goals scored).

Duran's 3 winning goals arsenic a substitute - which equate to 1 each 33 minutes - are nan joint-most for winners successful a azygous Premier League season.

But he still has immoderate measurement to spell to lucifer Adam le Fondre's grounds of 8 arsenic a sub, winners aliases not, successful a azygous campaign.

While Jermain Defoe (24) has nan astir all-time Premier League goals arsenic a substitute. Duran, who has eight, is not moreover successful nan apical 40.

Eight of Duran's 9 Aston Villa goals person been scored disconnected nan bench. He is 2 distant from pinching Julian Joachim's nine Premier League record.

It begs nan question, why is he not starting?

Well, pinch Villa utilising conscionable 1 striker he is playing 2nd fiddle to Watkins who has 3 goals successful six games this term.

Duran made conscionable 3 starts for Villa past play and scored successful 1 of them, against Manchester City successful a 4-1 loss.

This word he has not travel connected earlier nan 60th minute.

"Good effect again [from Duran]," said Villa head Unai Emery. "We will request each nan players successful nan matches we play successful nan adjacent fewer weeks."

This summertime Duran agreed individual position pinch West Ham, but Villa turned down 2 bids for nan guardant from nan Hammers.

He appears to person shown why and justified their determination not to sell.