{"id":477533,"date":"2026-03-15T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/477533\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T21:13:11","slug":"fernandes-overtakes-beckham-to-set-man-utd-assists-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/477533\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandes overtakes Beckham to set Man Utd assists record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Red Devils captain&#8217;s incredible season continues with two assists in 3-1 win against Aston Villa<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes has overtaken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/1818\/david-beckham\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Beckham<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/clubs\/1\/manchester-united\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a>&#8216;s most prolific provider of assists in a single Premier League season, with his two against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/clubs\/7\/aston-villa\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa<\/a> taking him to 16 for the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham&#8217;s club-record tally of 15 assists in the 1999\/00 season was surpassed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/141746\/bruno-fernandes\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernandes<\/a> on Sunday as he inspired a 3-1 win for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m obviously very happy to do that,&#8221; Fernandes told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manutd.com\/en\/news\/detail\/bruno-fernandes-hits-100-assists-and-overtakes-david-beckham-for-single-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MUTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like everyone in their own garden, I tried to do it like Beckham and was doing it. Even if you&#8217;re just swinging your arm, [I was doing it] like he used to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Most PL assists in single season by a Man Utd player<\/p>\n<p>Player<br \/>\nAssists<br \/>\nSeason<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n2025\/26<\/p>\n<p>David Beckham<br \/>\n15<br \/>\n1999\/00<\/p>\n<p>Nani<br \/>\n14<br \/>\n2010\/11<\/p>\n<p>David Beckham<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n1997\/98<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Valencia<br \/>\n13<br \/>\n2011\/12<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese notched his 15th assist of the current campaign when he delivered a pinpoint corner for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/61256\/casemiro\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casemiro<\/a> to head home in the 53rd minute. That was Fernandes&#8217; ninth dead-ball assist in 2025\/26; he then produced his seventh in open play, with a sublime pass for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/430871\/matheus-cunha\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matheus Cunha<\/a> to put Michael Carrick&#8217;s side 2-0 ahead.<\/p>\n<p>It was a fitting way\u00a0 for Fernandes to break Beckham&#8217;s club record that had stood for over two decades.<\/p>\n<p>He is also just the third Man Utd player in the Premier League era to reach 100 goals and 100 assists in all competitions, joining an elite group with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/13017\/wayne-rooney\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/3\/ryan-giggs\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Giggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch: Fernandes v Beckham &#8211; Their record-breaking assists<\/p>\n<p>The Man Utd talisman could yet break the record for the most Premier League assists in a season, 20, which is jointly held by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/1619\/thierry-henry\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thierry Henry<\/a> (2002\/03) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/en\/players\/61366\/kevin-de-bruyne\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin De Bruyne<\/a> (2019\/20).<\/p>\n<p>He needs to assist only five more goals for Man Utd in their remaining eight matches to set a new record of 21.<\/p>\n<p>Most PL assists in single season by any player<\/p>\n<p>Player<br \/>\nAssists<br \/>\nSeason<\/p>\n<p>Thierry Henry (ARS)<br \/>\n20<br \/>\n2002\/03<\/p>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne (MCI)<br \/>\n20<br \/>\n2019\/20<\/p>\n<p>Mesut Ozil (ARS)<br \/>\n19<br \/>\n2015\/16<\/p>\n<p>Cesc Fabregas (CHE)<br \/>\n18<br \/>\n2014\/15<\/p>\n<p>Frank Lampard (CHE)<br \/>\n18<br \/>\n2004\/05<\/p>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne (MCI)<br \/>\n18<br \/>\n2016\/17<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah (LIV)<br \/>\n18<br \/>\n2024\/25<\/p>\n<p>Cesc Fabregas (ARS)<br \/>\n17<br \/>\n2007\/08<\/p>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne (MCI)<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n2017\/18<\/p>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne (MCI)<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n2022\/23<\/p>\n<p>Eric Cantona (LEE\/MUN)<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n1992\/93<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes (MUN)<br \/>\n16<br \/>\n2025\/26<\/p>\n<p>*So far this season, eight matches left to play<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Devils captain&#8217;s incredible season continues with two assists in 3-1 win against Aston Villa Bruno Fernandes has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":477534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,1602,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-477533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/477534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}