Super Eagles forward Paul Onuachu continues his fine form in the Belgian Jupiler league after scoring for KRC Genk against Kortrijk on Saturday.
With the goal, the Nigerian striker has now scored his 19th league goal of the season from just 18 appearances.
Onuachu’s previous best record was when he scored 18 goals in 36 games for Midtjylland during the 2016-17 Danish Superliga campaign.
The game ended 2-1 in the favour of the Kortrijk’s, but Genk retained their second position on the league table.
Onuachu’s compatriot Cyriel Dessers came off the bench as a 60th-minute substitute.
In France, Terem Moffi scored for the third game in a row as Lorient fell to a narrow 2-1 defeat at Bordeaux which featured Samuel Kalu for 61 minutes and saw Josh Maja coming four minutes before the end of regulation time.
Samuel Kalu was making his first start for Bordeaux having returned from a month out with muscle injury last week.
In English FA Cup games over the weekend, William Troost-Ekong ‘s Watford were knocked out of the tournament by 12-time winners Manchester United. Troost-Ekong was on for 76 minutes as the Hornets fell to a solitary goal from Scott McTominay at Old Trafford on Saturday evening. Odion Ighalo was an unused sub for United.
Other FA Cup games saw Eagles defender Semi Ajayi score for West Bromwich Albion as they fell to a penalty shootout defeat against Blackpool while Ola Aina was solid in defence as Fulham earned an extra-time away victory over Queens Park Rangers.
Wilfred Ndidi was on the entire duration and came out on top as Leicester City defeated John Mikel Obi’s Stoke City 4-0 while Alex Iwobi returned to action in Everton’s 2-1 hard-fought victory over Rotherham United.
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This weekend games in Holland’s Eredivisie saw Tyronne Ebuehi featured in FC Twente’s 4-1 big away win at FC Emmen while goalkeeper Maduka Okoye could do little to prevent Sparta from a 2-0 home defeat to Feyenoord in the Rotterdam derby.
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