Behind Mbappé, Lewandowski and Messi there is a perfect partner

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These players are the ideal partners. EFE/AFP

We speak a lot about duos and tridents in the footballing world. But at BeSoccer we have called the ProFootballDB department so that their unfathomable database can tell us who are the partners behind the top goalscorers in Europe's top leagues. And there appears Di Maria, Müller, and Adama Traoré's share of glory.

There are goalscorers that are capable of generating goals for themselves, and that makes them outstanding and players that cost millions. But, sometimes, behind them hides the perfect partner. And that's what we have been able to find out in this study from ProFootballDB, the best footballing database in the world.

This report from the top leagues takes us to France and Germany to find the best partners. Both Di María and Muller have been capable of setting up Mbappé and Lewandowski 8 times respectively so far this season.

In Di María's case, he has set up 38% of Mbappé's goals this season (21). Then there is Muller who has set up 25% of Lewandowski's goals this season who has scored 32 goals in the Bundesliga, Champions League, and German cup.

Therefore one can say that Ángel Di María is the ideal partner of the big leagues. We can consider Mbappé as the ideal player to set up since Neymar has given him another 6 (28.6%). This means that between the Brazilian and Di María, they have given him more than half of his goals (66.6%).

Kylian is also good at setting up goals, although he hasn't returned the favour to them, but has his best partner in Icardi. 6 of the Argentine's goals have been set up by the Frenchman.

Out of the rest of the partners in Europe, we could consider Messi and Luis Suárez as the most equal. Leo has set up the Uruguayan 6 times, although Suárez has only set the Argentine up 5 times.

Aguero has been assisted 6 times by De Bruyne, the same amount that Adama Traoré has set up for Raúl Jiménez. And thus that is the list of players who understand each other most in the top European leagues.