He's one of our own...and officially the equal of Kevin de Bruyne!

Owen Moxon's assist statistics are the joint best in the country in the last two seasons.

And, according to Playmakerstats, only Manchester City's Belgian icon de Bruyne and Salford City's Elliot Watt can match Carlisle United star Moxon for setting up goals.

Their data shows Moxon has 16 assists to his name in 2022/23 and in the current campaign.

He picked up his latest assist with the late corner that Joe Garner headed home in Carlisle's 2-2 draw at Stevenage last weekend.

The Denton Holme favourite was also heavily involved in United's previous league outing when his corner was deflected in for an own goal during the 2-0 home win against Shrewsbury Town.

Moxon shares top spot in the chart with de Bruyne and former Blues loanee Watt, with Ipswich Town's Leif Davis on 15 and Liverpool's Mo Salah on 14 among the top four tiers.

The Blues midfielder, who the club are hoping to tie to a new contract, will be aiming to inspire Paul Simpson's side to another positive result at Lincoln City this weekend.

United's manager praised Moxon for the quality of last weekend's assist, but also said the 25-year-old former Annan Athletic star can improve on his general performance levels.

"It was the quality from Mox, and I don’t actually think it was his greatest game by a long way," said Simpson.

"He’s been caught on the ball a few times in the last two games so he needs to start getting back to what he’s all about because he’s not showing the level of ability that we all know he has."

Moxon was the subject of a failed bid from Blackpool in pre-season, with United saying the midfielder was not for sale.

Contract talks since then have yet to produce a resolution.