Eagles Euro Preview: Iwobi guns for 107th EPL win, first goal involvement in 15 games Vs Spurs; Okoye looking to set Udinese record
Alex Iwobi is set to make his 13th start for Fulham in their Premier League matchweek 13 fixture against Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in north London.
The Nigerian, 28, will be hoping to score his first goal in 13 Premier League games and 15 across all competitions against Tottenham Hotspur.
The former Arsenal player has also not bagged any assist against their host in 14 games and will be keen to only score or assist or do both, he will also be eager to earn his fifth win in 15 games against the north Londoners.
In March this year, Iwobi was in the Fulham team that battered Tottenham 3-0 at the Craven Cottage and the Nigerian will be hoping for a repeat performance which will be his first at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in 13 Premier League games.
A win for Fulham with Iwobi playing will be the Nigerian’s 107th in 266 Premier League games since he made his debut in the competition in October 2015.
Iwobi’s Nigerian compatriot at Craven Cottage, Calvin Bassey will be seeking for his second win in third games against Tottenham Hotspurs and 17th in 42 Premier League games.
In Italy, Maduka Okoye is on the threshold of creating an appearance record for Udinese in the Serie A.
According to Udinese official website, the goalkeeper will remain the only Udinese player to have played every minute of the 2024/25 Serie A season if he starts and completes the game at the Bluenergy Stadium – Stadio Friuli where they play host to Genoa in a matchweek 14 fixture.
Okoye who has conceded 19 goals and kept three clean sheets in 13 games this season has started and completed all Udinese Serie A games since he made his debut on December 30, 2023 in the 3-0 defeat of Bologna.
Sunday’s game will be his 35th straight appearance for Udinese in the Serie A.
At the Rams Park in Istanbul, Victor Osimhen will be seeking to score his 10th goal across all competitions for Galatasaray when they host Eyupspor in a Turkish Super Lig matchweek 14 game.
The Nigerian has netted six times and provided two assists in seven Super Lig games and could take it to double figures if he nets his first hat-trick in Turkey since his loan move from Napoli of Italy last September.
At the Daio Wasabi Stayen Stadium in Sint Truiden, Belgium, Festac, Lagos-born Tolu Arokodare will be gunning for his 10th goal in 16 Belgian Jupiler Pro League games for Genk when they visit Sint Triden on Sunday.
Arokodare has scored nine times in 15 appearances in the competition so far this term and he is just a goal behind Kasper Dolberg of RSC Anderlecht who has scored 10 times in 14 appearances to top the top scorer’s chart in Belgium.
The Nigerian has scored twice in three appearances against Sint Truiden and if he scores again on Sunday, his three goals will be the highest he has scored against a club in the competition since he joined KRC Genk January 2023.
At the McDiarmid Park in Perth, Scotland, the Nigerian duo of Cyriel Dessers and Leon Balogun know there will be no margin for error when they file out for Rangers against their host, St. Johnstone on Sunday.
Rangers are 14 points behind Celtic in the title race and know only a win at St. Johnstone will be enough to put them in the race.
Balogun was an unused substitute in the 1-1 draw against Dundee United at the Ibrox stadium last week and will be hoping to get back into the starting line up for the fifth time in nine games this season while DesserS, who featured for 45 minutes in the game will be score for the second time in three games to help his side to victory.
Dessers scored the winner penultimate week in the 1-0 defeat of Heart of Midlothian FC and has netted just four times in 12 appearances so far this term.
