Pepê has moved to 6 league assists after 11 rounds and sits alone at the top of the Primeira Liga assist chart. He also has 8 assists in all competitions this season, which leaves FC Porto looking at a club-record chase that is already in range.
Pepê's assist surge
The latest decisive pass came at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães, where Pepê added his eighth assist of the season across all official matches. That is only one short of his second-best Porto total, set at 9 assists in 50 matches during the 2023-24 season.
A Bola's feature on the run called him "just one assist away from equalling his second-best personal mark for the club" and noted that his 8 decisive passes in 17 appearances show greater efficiency in the final third. It also points to a clean upward line in his output, especially with 6 of those assists coming in league play.
Porto's record chase
The bigger marker is the club record itself. Pepê is two assists away from FC Porto's all-time single-season high of 10, set in the 2022-23 season, so the gap is small enough for the conversation to keep growing with every league round.
His 11 league appearances have brought 6 assists, and he has done it in 935 minutes. He has also delivered one assist in 4 Champions League appearances, so this is not just a domestic number in isolation. Porto are getting end product from him in multiple competitions, and he has become their clearest attacking reference whether the pass is coming in Liga play or on a European night.
The record is still two away, not one, and that is the line to keep in mind when Porto return to league action after this round.
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