In a past week with several top Nigerian performances across Europe, Victor Osimhen gave Galatasaray a morale-boosting match winner at city rivals Besiktas leading up to tomorrow’s UEFA Champions League rematch against Liverpool.
5.Olanrewaju Kayode
The former Super Eagles striker netted a hat-trick against Bodrumspor to take his goals tally in the Turkish second division to 16. He opened the scoring in the 10th minute, grabbed his brace in first half stoppage time before he completed his hat-trick on 65 minutes in a thrilling 4-3 win on the road. He was Man of the Match with a personal rating by Sofascore of 8.5 points. His club Erokspor are second in the standings with 62 points from 29 matches, just a point behind leaders Erzurumspor. Both teams occupy the automatic promotion spots to the Super Lig.
4.Bamidele Yusuf
The winger is again proving his class in Hungary after he fired a goal and made an assist for Ferencvaros to win 3-1 at Nyiregyhaza. He assisted for the opening goal after just three minutes, before he turned scorer five minutes. Dele was the Man of the Match with an 8.9 points rating by Sofascore. He now has two goals and two assists in 16 league appearances. Ferencvaros thus remained top of the table with 49 points from 25 matches.
3. Jerome Akor
The Super Eagles striker scored his seventh La Liga goal to give Sevilla the lead at home against Rayo Vallecano. According to Soccerway ratings, Akor was the Man of the Match with a personal score of 7.8 points. However, it was not enough to give his team the maximum points as the visitors fought back to salvage a 1-1 draw. Sevilla are now 14th in the standings with 31 points from 27 games.
2.Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
The Super Eagles star scored his first goal of the season in the Copa Italia semifinal first leg versus Atalanta. With a Sofascore personal rating of 8.7 points, he was the Man of the Match. He opened scoring for the home side in the 47th minute. His club Lazio will now travel for the return leg of this cup tie next month.
Brilliant finish from Fisayo Dele Bashiru to score against Atalanta last night
— Official AGT⚽🎙️ (@Iam_agt) March 5, 2026
His first goal of the season 🔥pic.twitter.com/Bh05KXqlXB
1.Victor Osimhen
The Super Eagles star striker was again the man for the big occasion as his headed effort proved to be the match winner in the Istanbul Derby against Besiktas. The 27-year-old striker has now fired 11 goals in the Super Liga. Galatasaray are top of the table, four points ahead of closest rivals Fenerbache with nine rounds of matches to the end of the season. The road win over fierce city rivals will boost the confidence of Galatasaray going into tomorrow’s UEFA Champions League Round of 16 first leg clash against Premier League champions Liverpool. Last September, it was an early penalty goal by Osimhen that was the difference between the two clubs in the group phase of the Champions League. Will the Nigerian striker again prove to be the match winner for the Turkish champions at the expense of their illustrious visitors from England tomorrow night?
