Performance Dossier Of Nigerian Born Players Abroad: Onuachu, Ajayi On Targets, Mikel Suffer Loss

BSNSports.com.ng compiled a round-up of the Nigerian players that were on target in English Football over the weekend. Onuachu bagged his 19th goal of the season in the Belgian top-flight, but Genk missed the chance to go top as they were beaten 2-1 at Kortrijk. The 26-year-old levelled the scores for Genk in the 41st minute after Habib Gueye had given Kortrijk the lead in the 21st minute. However, Gueye’s second in the 54th minute was enough to give Kortrijk the three points. In Scotland, Super Eagles duo Leon Balogun and Joe Aribo were in action as Rangers went 22 points clear of Celtic, at the top of the Scottish Premiership after Alfredo Morelos’ double sealed a 2-1 win at 10-man Aberdeen. Meanwhile, in England, Ajayi was also on the score sheet for West Brom, but the Baggies were dumped out of the FA Cup by Blackpool. Ajayi got West Brom back into the game when he scored on 52 minutes to cancel out Jerry Yates’ opener in the 40th minute. And after the game, Ajayi was rated four out of 10 for his display. Wilfred Ndidi came up against former Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi as Leicester City travelled to the Bet 365 Stadium to take on Stoke City. It was the Foxes that sealed progress to the next round following a 4-0 win. Goals from James Justin, Marc Albrighton, Ayoze Perez and Harvey Barnes secured an emphatic win for Brendan Rodgers men. Both Ndidi and Mikel were on the pitch for the entire duration while Kelechi Iheanacho came on for Harvey Barnes in the 82nd minute. Ola Aina was also in action as Fulham moved into the fourth round following a 2-0 win over QPR at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. Aina was on from start to finish as extra-time goals from Bobby Reid and Neeskens Kebano broke the resistance of QPR. Meanwhile, in Germany, Taiwo Awoniyi could not add to his five-goal tally for the as Union Berlin played out a 2-2 draw against Wolfsburg.