Awoniyi scores first Premier League goal in 10 months, moves above Ighalo in all-time list

Taiwo Awoniyi was subbed on for the 13th time in 15 Premier League appearances so far this season and scored his first goal of the season across all competitions.to help Nottingham Forest beat their host, Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux.

The Nigerian was subbed on for the free-scoring Chris Woods in the 88th minute and scored on 90+4 minutes for what is his first Premier League goal since he scored in the 2-0 defeat of west Ham United at the City Ground in February last year.

The Nigerian, who was Nottingham Forest’s top scorer (10 goals) in the Premier League in his first season (2022/23) as a Premier League player, managed to score six times last season but has been reduced to a bit part player this term following the impressive and incredible goalscoring form of Woods who has now netted 12 goals.

Awoniyi has now increased his total goals haul to 17 to move above Odion Ighalo (16) into 11th in the Nigerian all-time top scorers’ list in the Premier League.

Awoniyi’s Nigerian compatriot at the club, Ola Aina made his record extending 20th straight start in the Premier League.

Aina has been one of the most stand out performers in the for Nottingham Forest and has now helped his club to win for the sixth straight time in the competition.

In fact, Nottingham Forest’s six consecutive Premier League matches is the longest winning run (across all teams) in the competition this season.

It’s the first time Forest have won six successive top-flight matches since May-September 1979 (7 in a row), doing so within a single season for the first time since 1966-67 (two runs of six wins).