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Amazing Stat: Chelsea Star On Course To Beat Arsenal Legend

The season might have just started and is on course to enter the busy festive period in a fortnight, but Chelsea’s new signing and former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is on course to beat the number of assists made by a player in a single Premier League season, which currently belongs to Arsenal legend Thierry Henry.

The PremierLeague.com has put together a graph showing Fabregas’s performances this season comparing with Frank Lampard’s 04/05 season and Henry’s 02/03 season.

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Thanks to the form of Fabregas and Diego Costa, Chelsea have made a blistering start to the season standing on top of the table, four points clear of second placed Southampton.

Top 10 assists in the BPL by season

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Going by the above table, Fabregas is well on course to beat his former Arsenal team mate Henry. The Spaniard has so far contributed 9 assists in the 11 appearances he has made in a Blue shirt.