Champions League top assister odds: Liverpool and Barcelona stars tussle for top value

After the close of the new UEFA Champions League group stage format earlier this week, various betting markets saw movement.

One of these is for the player who delivers the most assists during this year's longer format competition.

Here are the favourites, and perhaps some wildcards in the latest Champions League top assister odds.

Champions League top assister odds: Current favourites

Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah has dropped to second favourite to be the Champions League's top assister this season, after finishing the competition's inaugural league stage format with a respectable, if unimpressive, tally of four assists.

The Egyptian did not feature in the Reds' final game against PSV, with Dutch manager Arne Slot opting to rest his most important players due to Liverpool already having safely secured qualification for the next round inside the top eight.

Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott, in fact, were on the scoresheet as Slot's men fell to their only defeat of the campaign so far.

Salah's last assist in the competition actually came against Bayer Leverkusen back in November, a game in which he racked up two decisive passes in a 4-0 romp that demonstrated Liverpool's concrete ambitions of winning another European trophy this season.

Although Liverpool have comfortably topped the Champions League group stage table, they have, in fact, not scored that many goals across their eight fixtures, registering 17 in comparison with Barcelona's 28. Thus, it has made things slightly more difficult for their star player to make his way up the assist rankings.

However, bookies still view Salah as a solid choice, pricing him at 5/1 to come away with the accolade.

Raphinha

Similarly to Salah, Raphinha was not required to play an extra fixture in this gameweek due to Barcelona finishing second in the inaugural Champions League league phase. However, currently the bookies' favourite, the talented Brazilian winger has notched four assists already and sits level with Salah in the race to be the competition's most creative player.

It was in the club's final group stage match that Raphinha moved himself back into contention for the coveted accolade, as he had only managed two assists going into the eighth game of the round.

Yet, Raphinha doubled his tally with a further two goal creations against Atalanta, allowing Barca to come away with a 2-2 draw and thus qualify comfortably for the Round of 16.

Bookies have now given the transformed wide man 3/1 odds of winning the award, so punters should bet now before his odds inevitably shorten when Barcelona play Benfica.

Jeremie Frimpong

With Atalanta having been knocked out of the competition, former favourite Charles De Ketelaere is no longer considered the favourite for the assists trophy, and thus Bayer Leverkusen right-back Jeremie Frimpong has emerged as an option for punters.

If a little surprisingly, the Dutch full-back has managed to notch three assists already so far, with his most recent creative exploit coming in the club's final league phase match against Sparta Prague, a game in which Xabi Alonso's men cruised to an easy 2-0 victory. Frimpong managed just the one assist during the game.

Comfortably into the next round inside the top eight, Leverkusen did not need to play an extra fixture, unlike a multitude of other qualifying teams, and thus the club's Round-of-16 game comes against German title rivals Bayern Munich. While a tough game for both teams that could certainly go either way, Alonso's men should remain confident in their capabilities, with Frimpong definitely able to get himself in on the goal contributions.

With chart-topper Achraf Hakimi only on five assists, it is really all to play for when it comes to who will be the UCL's most creative player this season, so 8/1 odds on the Dutch defender could certainly provide a good return on investment if bettors act fast.

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