Premier League Gameweek 8 Creative Stats: Assists, Most Chances Created, Big Chances Created, Through Balls & More

The Premier League title race took another turn at the weekend as Manchester City’s 100% start to the season came to an abrupt end at Aston Villa. Arsenal capitalised, efficiently dispatching Everton on home turf.

Elsewhere, Tottenham Hotspur secured a 2-0 win at rivals Chelsea to move away from the relegation zone, while Manchester United crashed to a home defeat to Bournemouth. Liverpool claimed an impressive 2-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion as Newcastle United returned to winning ways at Crystal Palace’s expense.

Here, we run through the creative stat leaders from gameweek eight of the 2026/27 Premier League season.

Premier League Assists: Gyokeres registers first goal involvement

It’s been a testing season for Viktor Gyokeres, who has dropped behind Kai Havertz in the Arsenal pecking order.

The Swede hasn’t had a chance to gain a head of steam, but capitalised on his first league start of the season at Everton’s expense.

Gyokeres registered his first Premier League assist of the campaign as he turned provider for Ezri Konsa’s first-half effort.

A total of 14 players registered a Premier League assist over the weekend, with Bradley Barcola and John McGinn among those.

Premier League Chances Created: Gross endures disappointing weekend

It was an afternoon to forget for Pascal Gross on Sunday. Not only did the experienced Brighton & Hove Albion man score an own goal that set Liverpool on their way to a 2-0 win.

The German also created four chances at Anfield, but was unable to add to his assist haul on Merseyside.

Gross was one of eight players, including Declan Rice and Enzo Le Fee, to create four chances in gameweek eight.

Premier League Big Chances Created: Kluivert and Tavernier tear hopeless Man Utd apart

Manchester United were all at sea at home to Bournemouth on Sunday as Michael Carrick’s side fell to a 3-0 defeat.

Attacking pair Justin Kluivert and Marcus Tavernier tore United to shreds as the Cherries duo both created two big chances in Manchester.

Jeremy Doku also managed two as Manchester City fell to a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon.

A further 21 players, including Andy Robertson and Ben White, all created one big chance.

Premier League Through Balls Attempted: Arsenal skipper Odegaard shines in Everton win

Martin Odegaard did everything in his power to pry apart a deep-lying Everton backline as the Gunners captain attempted four through balls in the win over the Toffees.

Likewise, Doku attempted four at Villa Park, while a further eight players attempted two.

Bruno Guimaraes and Cole Palmer, of Arsenal and Chelsea, were among those to feature here.

Premier League Passes: Affengruber key as Fulham down Coventry

Fulham made it back-to-back league wins to pull away from the relegation zone as they ground out a 1-0 win at Coventry City.

Alvaro Arbeloa’s side dominated possession in the Midlands, with centre-back David Affengruber central to their efforts.

Affengruber thrived as Fulham beat Coventry

The summer signing attempted more passes (103) than any other player in gameweek eight.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Mateus Fernandes (102) was second to the Fulham star, while Spurs teammate Jan Paul van Hecke (100) rounds off the top three.