Nigeria stars led by Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, Olanrewaju Kayode from Sivasspor and Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City proved again to be match winners of their respective clubs across Europe at the weekend.
5.Moses Ogbu
The striker is now among the leading scorers in Sweden after he scored for the third straight game as Mjallby won 2-0 at home against Norrkoping. He has now scored 12 goals in the league this season, just a goal shy of the joint top scorers. His club have also climbed to seventh on the table with 38 points from 27 matches.
4.Joe Aribo
The versatile midfielder helped himself to a brace as table-topping Rangers mauled bottom club Hamilton Academical 8-0 to consolidate top spot in Scotland. He has now scored four goals in the league this term, not a bad return from mainly defensive midfield position.
3. Olanrewaju Kayode
The speedy striker fired his third goal in the Europa League against Qarabag to give Sivasspor their first win the group stage of the competition. He is now the second on-form Nigeria star behind Iheanacho and ahead of Samuel Chukwueze of Villarreal. The Turkish club are now third in Group I with three points from as many matches.
2.Kelechi Iheanacho
The striker has continued to shine for Leicester City in the UEFA Europa League. His double versus Sporting Braga maintained his club’s perfect record in the group stage of the competition. Iheanacho is now the sixth best player in the Europa with an impressive tally of 5365 points, according to uefa.com.
1.Victor Osimhen
Napoli have shot to third place on the Serie A table after the headed winner by the Super Eagles striker at Bologna. This was Osimhen’s second league goal in Italy. The Naples club are now just three points behind leaders AC Milan after they were stunned at home 2-0 by Sassuolo the previous weekend.
