Champions League Matchday 2 Creative Stats: Assists, Most Chances Created, Big Chances Created, Through Balls & More

There were goals galore on matchday two of the 2026/27 Champions League campaign. Fans saw nine in Liverpool’s 6-3 win at LASK, seven in Inter Milan and Real Madrid’s respective wins over Club Brugge and Roma.

And Premier League pair Manchester City and Aston Villa played out six-goal thrillers against Paris Saint-Germain and Fenerbache, respectively.

With plenty of goals scored over the course of the matchday, we take a look at those who provided the ammunition for the forward players to net.

Champions League Assists: Dibango shines despite Liverpool loss

Liverpool bounced back from their 3-0 loss to Manchester City on Sunday with a fine 6-3 win at Austrian side LASK on Wednesday evening.

The hosts, though, made things uncomfortable for Andoni Iraola’s side from the hour mark, netting three times as they sought to mount a comeback.

Yvan Dibango was key down the left side as LASK pushed to punish their Premier League counterparts having provided all three assists for his team.

Seven players, including Liverpool pair Kostas Tsimikas and Jeremie Frimpong, all registered two assists in midweek.

Champions League Chances Created: Thauvin does all he can to help Lens

Lens may have fallen to a 2-0 home defeat to Sporting CP on Tuesday night. However the French side would have claimed all the spoils had they sported their shooting boots.

That’s because experienced attacker Florian Thauvin created more chances (9) than any other Champions League player on matchday two.

Lamine Yamal, Enzo Fernandez, Federico Dimarco and Tsimikas were Thauvin’s closest competitors here, the quartet having created six chances in their respective matches.

Champions League Big Chances Created: Dibango again leads the way

Not only did Dibango come out on top for assists, the LASK left-back also created more big chances (4) than any other player in the Champions League in midweek.

On another day, LASK would have come out on top as they gave Liverpool something of a late scare in an eventual 6-3 defeat.

Yamal, meanwhile, created three big chances, while a further eight players, including Youri Tielemans and Desire Doue, all managed two.

Champions League Through Balls Attempted: Pedri looks to split Galatasaray apart

Barcelona came from behind to claim a 4-1 win over Galatasaray in Istanbul on Tuesday night as goals from Joao Cancelo, Fermin Lopez, Anthony Gordon and Karim Adeyemi cancelled out Aleksey Batrakov’s opener.

And it was Pedri who did everything in his power to pry apart the Galatasaray backline having attempted more through balls (5) than any other player on matchday two.

Thauvin and Elliot Anderson each attempted three in respective meetings with Sporting CP and PSG, while a further six players managed two attempts.

Champions League Passes: Rodri dictates the tempo

Remaining at Galasataray, and it was pass-master Rodri who shone in Istanbul in midweek.

Barcelona managed 71% possession at RAMS Park, with Rodri at the heart for the Blaugrana as he made 116 passes.

Maximo Perrone did all he could to help Como to a result at Feyenoord, as he managed 106 passes.

VfB Stuttgart’s Angelo Stiller rounds off the top three having managed 96 passes in the German side’s 3-0 win at Slovan Bratislava.