We might only be four games into the new Premier League season, but that means 11% of the competition's matches have already been played. De Gea is nowhere near his bestScuffed drag-backs against Leicester notwithstanding, Alisson has begun his Liverpool career in fine form and heads the Premier League in both clean sheets and save percentage. Chelsea are the only Premier League team to have had 100 sequences of 10 passes or more so far. Left-backs are key attacking weaponsBetween them, Benjamin Mendy, Jose Holebas, Andy Robertson and Marcos Alonso have 12 Premier League assists already. Last season 21% of the assists in the Premier League came from defenders, a proportion that has climbed to 37% in 2018-19.

Source: BBC September 13, 2018 10:41 UTC