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A slow and somewhat dull November international break so far – so who tops the assist charts in terms of average minutes per assist in the Premier League.

Talksport have done the legwork on this one and for simpicity, they made three assists so far this campaign the minimum entry requirement and included the time per element, so some big names do miss out – non more so than Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, but equally Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha and Bournemouth’s Adam Smith can feel unlucky, as WhoScored have them down in their own top ten list far this season.

Having mentioned WhoScored’s top ten, familiar faces appear obviously, but based on number of assists, as opposed to time between, a few new faces do pop up.

Also tied on three assists for the campaign so far would be Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi and Alexis Sanchez, Middlesbrough’s Alvaro Negredo, Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen, Chelsea’s Diego Costa, Swansea’s Gylfi Sigurdsson, Manchester City’s Alex Iwobi, Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino, Everton’s Romelu Lukaku and Burnley’s Steven Defour.

If this was to be run next month, or come the New Year (and I might if I remember!) you would expect to see the second list especially begin to shrink as certain players really begin to pull away on the assist front.