Finding one star striker to power a title charge or Champions League campaign is hard enough for any Premier League manager to achieve, but get a pair of players banging in goals for fun and you really have a chance of a very special season.


Liverpool pair Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge have provided a timely reminder that the in-vogue 4-5-1 is not a formation that deserves all-encompassing attention from modern managers, quickly forming an understanding that provides pace, purpose, power and guile in the final third.

As Suarez and Sturridge close in on a record-breaking campaign GMS has decided to profile the eight most profitable partnerships in Premier League history, with an absolute minimum of 42 goals for the campaign required for consideration, raising the bar very high indeed.

Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool fans will all find fond memories in our countdown, which features a surprise winner that might not immediately spring to mind.

8=. Robbie Fowler and Stan Collymore  

Goals: 42  

Fowler - 28 
Collymore - 14

7=. Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge

Goals: 42

Suarez - 24
Sturridge - 18

6=. Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn

Goals: 44

Phillips - 30
Quinn - 14

5=. Thierry Henry and Robert Pires

Goals: 44

Henry - 30
Pires - 14

4. Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez

Goals: 45

Ronaldo - 31
Tevez - 14

3. Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton

Goals: 49

Shearer - 34
Sutton - 15

2. Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard

Goals: 51

Drogba - 29
Lampard - 22

1. Andrew Cole and Peter Beardsley

Goals: 55

Cole - 31
Beardsley - 24