The excellent start to life at Carlisle United by Owen Moxon has been further underlined.

According to date from statistical experts, the Blues midfielder is one of the top three players in League Two so far this season.

Denton Holme star Moxon, who joined his home-city club from Annan Athletic in the summer, has caught the eye with his displays for Paul Simpson's side.

And his efforts put him third in ratings by stats website WhoScored.com.

Moxon's average rating of 7.30 puts him behind only Northampton Town's Sam Hoskins (7.47) and Mansfield Town's Oli Hawkins (7.38) in the division.

The ratings are calculated from a range of different statistical categories in a player's defensive and attacking performance.

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They include areas such as passing accuracy, key passes, crosses, assists, dribbles, interceptions, clearances and blocks, as well as goals and assists.

WhoScored.com calculate that Moxon, 24, has played 1,234 minutes in League Two so far.

That has produced two goals and five assists, and three games where he has statistically been man-of-the match according to WhoScored.com.

His pass success percentage of 64.1 per cent is the highest of the top three players in the ratings - likewise his key pass average of 1.8.

Moxon's average of 3.1 tackles per game is also the most of all the players in the top statistical ten.

He also commits more fouls - average 2.3 - than anyone else in the top ten.

The midfielder has become instantly popular with Untied's fans, who have sang, 'Owen Moxon, he's one of our own' at recent away games.

He has contributed memorable goals at Grimsby Town and Hartlepool United and has been dubbed 'the Denton Holme Pirlo' by some supporters.

The home-grown player was released by Carlisle at 16 but, after impressing north of the border in spells at Queen of the South and Annan, was snapped back up by Carlisle in the summer.

Speaking about his bright start to life back at Brunton Park, Moxon said recently: "I want to keep getting better and I’ll only do that if I put the work in every week.

"Everyone is buzzing for me, so I just want to get out there and do well. I want to prove that I should be at this level, and I want to keep pushing on and doing well for the team."

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Moxon's fellow Cumbrian, defender Paul Huntington, is rated 14th best player in the division so far in the WhoScored.com stats.

Ex-Blues in the leading positions include Salford City's Elliot Watt, who is fourth, Tranmere Rovers' Dynel Simeu in tenth, and Bradford City's Andy Cook in 11th.

WhoScored.com statistics are also used to help the EFL compile their divisional teams of the week, which have featured a host of Carlisle players recently.

The WhoScored.com statistics can be found HERE