De Bruyne sets the pace for assists in 2023/24 | OneFootball

Despite playing just 21 times in 2023/24 due to injury, Kevin De Bruyne has this season provided more assists than any player at any Premier League club.

The Belgian set up both Josko Gvardiol and Erling Haaland in Sunday's crucial 2-0 Premier League win at Nottingham Forest.

That took him to 15 assists across all competitions this term, moving ahead of Arsenal's Bukayo Saka on 14.

Pep's stats after 300 Premier League games

De Bruyne has amassed eight assists in just 14 Premier League appearances.

A further five have come in four FA Cup games, two in the Champions League and one in the Community Shield.

Our midfielder has been the Premier League's outstanding creative force since his arrival in 2015 - racking up a total of 114 assists in 257 games.

He reached three figures in record quick time, a whopping 56 games faster than previous holder Cesc Fabregas.

The 32-year-old has won the Premier League's Playmaker award three times, with no other player picking up the gong more than once.

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De Bruyne's connection with Haaland has proved particular fruitful, with the former now setting up the latter 11 times in the Premier League.

No other player has set up a team-mate more than eight times since the start of last season.

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In this particular game at Forest, De Bruyne created a game-high three chances according to Opta's data.

City had the clinical nature of the finishes by Gvardiol and Haaland to thank for the victory.

While we had 11 shots, in total they came to just 0.84 xG.

Our hosts looked dangerous all afternoon, with 14 shots and an xG of 1.64.

Gvardiol's goals

Gvardiol's header was his third goal in his last five appearances after going without scoring in his first 32 games for the Club.

The left-back was in fine form going forward throughout the game, completing 60 passes - eight of which went into Nottingham Forest's final third.

That's not to say he didn't do his defensive work, winning three ground duels, three aerial duels and making two important blocks.

The Croatian is playing a vital role in the season run-in for Guardiola's team.

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Premier League stats so far this season

Erling Haaland leads the race for the Premier League Golden Boot with 21 goals.

He's one ahead of Cole Palmer and two ahead of Alexander Isak and Ollie Watkins.

Julian Alvarez is leading in terms of Premier League assists when it comes to City players, with nine. However, he's three off leader Watkins.

Rodrigo is the league's leader in terms of passes with 3,221. He's 171 ahead of Lewis Dunk, who is next across all 20 clubs.