Premier League Gameweek 6 Creative Stats: Assists, Most Chances Created, Big Chances Created, Through Balls & More

The Premier League finally returned on Saturday following the extended international break. It was a long hiatus, but the domestic action kicked back off with a bang.

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City all claimed huge wins over Leeds United, Bournemouth and Liverpool, respectively.

Elsewhere, Coventry City sprung a huge upset as they eased to a 4-1 home victory over Newcastle United on Monday night. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, meanwhile, played out an entertaining 1-1 draw on Saturday evening.

Here, we run through the creative stat leaders from gameweek six of the Premier League campaign.

Premier League Assists: Tonali and Rice among 25 players all get in on the act

A total of 25 players registered an assist in the Premier League in gameweek six, though nobody provided more than one over the weekend.

Among those to clock an assist include Sandro Tonali, who provided the ball into the box for Dominic Solanke’s late equaliser at Manchester United.

Declan Rice was another having played the pass for Bruno Guimaraes as Arsenal came from behind to beat Leeds United in Saturday’s early kick off.

Elsewhere, Cole Palmer, Matheus Cunha and Pascal Gross all boosted their assist haul for the 2026/27 campaign.

Premier League Chances Created: Gonzalez does everything in his power to help Newcastle

Nico Gonzalez was another to register an assist in gameweek six, albeit in Newcastle United’s 4-1 defeat at Coventry City.

It could have been so different for the Magpies had they sported their shooting boots. Indeed, Gonzalez created six chances in the Midlands, more than any other player.

Newcastle teammate Harvey Barnes created four chances at Coventry, while Sorba Thomas, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Noah Sadiki matched the winger’s return.

A further 12 players, including Jeremy Doku and Morgan Gibbs-White, managed to create three goalscoring opportunities in their respective outings.

Premier League Big Chances Created: Gross shines at Sunderland

Gross was one of those to create three chances as Brighton & Hove Albion claimed a solid 2-0 win at Sunderland on Saturday.

The German was also one of five players to have created multiple big chances in gameweek six as the Seagulls maintained their fine start to the season.

Gibbs-White, Thomas, Dewsbury-Hall and Josh King of Nottingham Forest, Hull, Everton and Fulham, respectively, matched Gross’ two big chances created.

Premier League Through Balls Attempted: Cherki strives to pry Liverpool apart

Rayan Cherki put the cherry on the icing atop the cake in Manchester City’s 3-0 win at Liverpool on Sunday.

The Frenchman sat Jeremie Frimpong down before finishing well past Alisson to cap a fine City move at Anfield in a resounding victory.

Cherki did everything in his power to pry Liverpool apart, having attempted more through balls (3) than any other player in gameweek six.

Manchester United midfielder Youri Tielemans and Ipswich Town star Julio Ensciso were the only other players to have attempted multiple through balls in meetings with Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, respectively.

Premier League Passes: Garner plays key role in Everton’s dominance

Everton were forced to share the spoils in their entertaining 2-2 draw with Hull City on Sunday afternoon.

The Toffees dictated the tempo at the MKM Stadium, with James Garner key in the middle of the park.

Garner was key to Everton's dominance at Hull

Garner, after all, made more passes (90) than any other player in gameweek six, with Manchester City’s Elliot Anderson (81) his closest competitor.

Fulham’s David Affengruber (80) rounded off the top three, though he was unable to prevent the Whites from falling to a 2-1 loss at Ipswich Town.