Portugal’s playmaking maestro Bruno Fernandes enters the World Cup 2026 following a historic season with Manchester United.
The 31-year-old finished the campaign with 21 Premier League assists, breaking the record of 20 shared by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne – so it’s little wonder he’s currently joint favourite with LiveScore Bet to provide the most assists at this World Cup, at enticing odds of 10/1*.
From late August onwards, Fernandes never went more than two games in all competitions without setting up a goal – and he laid on two assists in Portugal’s last outing, a 2-0 win over World Cup co-hosts the USA in March.
Roberto Martinez’s Portugal have a stacked squad and look well-placed to go deep this summer, and Fernandes is bound to be instrumental to their chances. The Man Utd skipper will be one of the first names on the team sheet, and he’ll have a wealth of attacking talent around him to feed – including veteran captain Cristiano Ronaldo, Pedro Neto and Joao Felix.
Fernandes has previous at the World Cup, too: he was one of five players to finish with a tournament-high three assists four years ago in Qatar. The last players to provide four assists at a single World Cup finals were Germany’s Toni Kroos and Colombia’s Juan Cuadrado in 2014; the last to provide five was another German, Thomas Hassler, back in 1994.
With Portugal in a favourable-looking Group K alongside Colombia, the returning DR Congo and tournament debutants Uzbekistan, Fernandes could have ample opportunity to start racking up the assists early on and make himself hard to catch.
Back Bruno Fernandes to provide the most assists at the World Cup 2026 at 10/1* with LiveScore Bet
*Odds correct as of 3/6/26
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