Bruno Fernandes vs Kevin De Bruyne: Premier League stats of Man Utd & Man City stars compared

Bruno Fernandes is celebrating his two-year anniversary at Manchester United.

It's two years to the day since the Red Devils agreed a deal to sign Fernandes from Sporting CP and tomorrow will mark 24 months having passed since the transfer was officially completed.

All in all, it's proven to be a wildly successful move for United and arguably their finest acquisition of the entire Ed Woodward era with Fernandes flying out of the blocks in the Premier League.

In fact, Fernandes has been such a success at United that he was the league's second-highest goalscorer in his first calendar year at the club and earned a Ballon d'Or nomination in his second.

So, sure, while there might have been wobbly form and accusations of petulance in recent weeks, you'd still be hard-pressed to argue that Fernandes' move has been anything but a success.

As a result, Fernandes has earned himself comparisons with the premier midfielder across the border of the Manchester derby: none other than Kevin De Bruyne.

It's a fascinating debate that bobs up and down over the months and although many fans would die on the hill that 'KDB' is the clear winner, it's always been a close run thing when it comes to the data.

And even though fatigue with Fernandes has arguably never been higher than it has been recently at United, the 27-year-old still goes toe-to-toe with De Bruyne when you look at their statistics.

We say that because Fernandes' two-year anniversary felt like the perfect time to assess how his Premier League numbers compare to De Bruyne's since they've been sharing the same division.

In order to achieve that, we turned to the Premier League's official stats comparison tool to see who came out on top between De Bruyne and Fernandes in