EPL surprise packets: Diafra Sakho, Graziano Pelle, Stewart Downing, Said Berahino, Ayoze Perez A full wrap of round 11 of the EPL. Sakho, Pelle, Berahino and Perez have been unearthed this season. THEY might not enjoy the same high profile of a Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Aguero, Alexis Sanchez or Angel Di Maria, but this seasons Barclays Premier League has birthed a host of hidden gems as good as weve seen in recent times. West Ham United's Diafra Sakho is the perfect example. Six months ago he was playing for Metz in the second tier of French football. Now the Senegal striker now boasts goals to game ratio this season to match Costa and Aguero. Graziano Pelle and Dusan Tadic have been central to Southampton's giant-killing effort, though not many people would have heard of them before they joined the bright lights of English football. As the league takes a breather for the international break, we look at the surprise packets to have taken the competition by storm through the first 11 games. Diafra Sakho - West Ham United Before injury curtailed his barnstorming run, Sakho was arguably the form player in England, becoming the first West Ham player to score in six straight games - including strikes against Liverpool and Manchester United. Sam Allardyce's signing has been an inspired one, though the 24-year-old's pedigree had been there to see for everyone - he was named voted Ligue 2 Player of the Year last season after finding the back of the net 20 times in 26 games. A huge reason the Hammers are perched in the top four. &lt;a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/8439413/"&gt;Which EPL surprise packet has impressed you most?&lt;/a&gt; Graziano Pelle - Southampton Pelle arrived in English football with the same warning thrown up every time a striker signs on the back of a strong goalscoring record in the Netherlands (think EPL flop Afonso Alves). But the Italian striker has defied such cynicism, scoring six times to help the Saints keep pace with Chelsea at the top of the table. Like Sakho, Pelle's strong start was rewarded with a call-up to the national team while who could forget his acrobatic goal against QPR, a worthy contender for goal of the season. Southampton's Graziano Pelle has taken the EPL by storm since arriving from the Netherlands. Saido Berahino - West Bromwich Albion Never mind Wayne Rooney or Daniel Sturridge, Baggies Burundi-born striker Berahino is the top scoring Englishman through the first 11 games of the season. A clinical finisher with ice-cold nerves from the penalty spot, the 21-year-old seven goals sees him trail only Aguero, Costa and Sanchez in the scoring charts. The youngster is hot property on the back of an England call-up, leading West Brom to open contract negotiations to him to ward off Liverpool and Tottenham's advances. Stewart Downing - West Ham United The second Hammers player on our list, 30-year-old Downing, at his fifth Premier League club is no spring chicken, but has found a new lease on life playing in a more central role under Allardyce. Maligned for failing to score or notch an assist for the Reds in the 2011-2012 season, the traditional winger has formed a prolific combination with Sakho and fellow summer signing Enner Valencia, as the Hammers find themselves outshining the big boys. Nathaniel Clyne - Southampton Pelle might steal the headlines with his goals, but the foundation of the Saints" success has been a rock-solid back four, a defensive unite only Bayern Munich and Juventus have conceded less goals than this season. Right-back Nathaniel Clyne has been an ever-present - along with Jose Fonte and Ryan Bertrand - in a side that have picked the ball out of their own net just five times in 11 matches. Clyne continues the trend of players" club form awarded with a national call-up with England, but it's not just his defence, he's also handy and getting forward contributing to the attack. Nathaniel Clyne has been an integral part of Southampton's stingy defence. Gylfi Sigurdsson - Swansea City By no means a new face, there's something about the Swansea City jersey that brings out the best in Sigurdsson. The midfielder contributed seven goals and three assists in 18 Premier League appearances on loan at the Swans in 2012 before struggling to reach the same heights in two seasons at Tottenham. Now back in Wales, the 25-year-old has been at the centre of everything good fifth-placed Swansea have achieved in attack this season, directly involved in nine of their 15 league goals (two goals and seven assists), even joking it would be good if his teammates started setting him up. For plenty more EPL debate, listen here to the Fox Football Podcast, where the gang are joined by Fox Sports European correspondent Daniel Garb from London. Ayoze Perez - Newcastle United Rejuvenated Newcastle United is flying on the back of four straight league wins and Spaniard Ayoze Perez has had a lot to do with it. The 21-year-old striker scored his third goal in as many games against West Brom on the weekend, a brilliant return on the measly $2.75m Alan Pardew spent to bring him from Tenerife. His back-heel goal against the Baggies was a classy finish, though he's not the only youngster behind the Geordies" rise to eighth on the ladder, with honourable mentions going to Mehdi Abeid and Sammy Ameobi. Ayoze Perez's backheel for Newcastle bamboozled the Baggies. Dusan Tadic - Southampton Only Sigurdsson and Fabregas have more assists this season than Tadic, the Serbian winger lured from Twente as Ronald Koeman's first Saints signing. His two-footedness makes him a dangerous prospect coming in off the left wing, something Sunderland discovered when the 25-year-old set up three goals against them in an 8-0 rout in October. If he and Pelle continue to develop their burgeoning partnership there's no reason why the south coast club can't keep their spot in the top four. Originally published as The EPLs biggest surprise packets