Tolu Arokodare scored for Ajax in the 2-2 draw at FC Twente on 8 November. It was his 13th goal of the season. He has now scored in three consecutive Ajax games, after the header that beat AZ Alkmaar 1-0 on 31 October. Cyriel Dessers, Gift Orban, Philip Otele and Moses Usor also scored for their clubs in Europe over the weekend, and Kelechi Iheanacho put Bursaspor ahead at Antalyaspor on 6 November for the 17th league goal of his season in the Turkish second tier, a league our data does not cover.
| Player | Club | Game | Season goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolu Arokodare | Ajax | 2-2 at FC Twente, 8 Nov, 87 minutes | 13 |
| Cyriel Dessers | Panathinaikos | 2-1 at Iraklis, 8 Nov, 84 minutes | 10 |
| Gift Orban | Amed | 3-4 at Galatasaray, 7 Nov, 90 minutes | 10 |
| Philip Otele | Basel | 3-3 at Thun, 8 Nov, 85 minutes | 3 |
| Moses Usor | LASK | 4-2 at Ried, 7 Nov, 29 minutes off the bench | 4 |
| Kelechi Iheanacho | Bursaspor | 1-1 at Antalyaspor, 6 Nov | 17 |
Arokodare keeps scoring for Ajax
Thirteen goals in 17 games make Arokodare the top Nigerian scorer in the leagues our data covers. Osimhen, Dessers and Orban are three behind on 10 each. Arokodare is on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers and has started 10 of his 17 games, which gives him a goal every 70 minutes or so.
The Twente goal came three days after he scored twice and set up another in 70 minutes of Ajax's 6-1 Conference League win at FC Midtjylland. Our report the next day counted 12 goals by then.
That left one to find in Enschede. He found it.
Dessers, Orban, Otele and Usor
Dessers scored in the 84 minutes he played in Panathinaikos' 2-1 win at Iraklis on 8 November. Ten now. His form had already raised the question of a Super Eagles recall on 30 October.
Orban scored in Amed's 4-3 defeat at Galatasaray on 7 November. Victor Osimhen was not there. The Galatasaray striker has not played since the 2-0 Champions League win over VfB Stuttgart on 3 November. Sportmonks lists a knee injury with an estimated return on 25 November.
Otele scored in the 85 minutes he played in Basel's 3-3 draw at Thun on 8 November. Usor scored the day before in a 29-minute substitute appearance at Ried, four days after an assist in LASK's 4-0 Champions League win over Slovan Bratislava, a game he started and played 75 minutes of. Four goals, six assists.
Turkey added three assists. Chibuike Nwaiwu and Paul Onuachu were each credited with one in Trabzonspor's 2-0 win at Alanyaspor on 8 November, and Ibrahim Olawoyin set one up the same day in Rizespor's 2-1 home win over Erzurumspor.
Nigeria host Tanzania on 13 November.
We had found no Super Eagles squad list by Monday morning. Every figure above is in our Nigerians abroad stats tracker, updated on 9 November.
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