Eagles Euro Preview: All eyes on Victor Moses, Osimhen; Maja set for 50th Championship game, Iwobi targets EPL assists record

All eyes will be on Kenilworth Road stadium in Luton and the Ulker Stadyumu Fenerbahce Sukru Saracoglu Spor Kompleksi in Istanbul where two great Super Eagles players will be looking to make two different kinds of debut.

Victor Moses will be expected to make his debut for Luton in front of Luton Town’s fans at the Kenilwoth stadium in a Sky Bet Championship Matchweek six game against Sheffield Wednesday after he was left on the bench for the entire duration of their 1-0 win against Millwall at the Den.

Luton boss Rob Edwards may however not start the Nigerian from the start going by his words after the former Chelsea player was unveiled.

‘We won’t expect too much too soon, but he’s fit, he’s available. We want to be able to integrate and use him in the right way, so he stays fit for the whole season ahead, but a brilliant person, very good player, so in the end it was a no-brainer for us.

He’ll be involved in the squad, he’s trained fully the last couple of weeks, so we can integrate him as we see fit,’ said Edwards who is sure to include the Nigerian in the squad fo the game.

Still in England and in the Sky Bet Championship, Semi Ajayi is set to make his 165th start in 191 games in the competition when he files out for West Brom at the Hawthorns against visiting Plymouth.

Ajayi has started all six games for the Baggies in the competition so far and it will be save to say he will start for the seventh game in a row on Saturday while his compatriot at the club, Josh Maja is in line for his 50th game in the competition.

Maja heads into Saturday’s game as the division’s top scorer with five goals but each one has come away from home as only one of his six strikes for the Baggies has come at The Hawthorns.

His only Championship goal at home for West Brom was scored against Leicester City in December 2023 but the red-hot Nigerian striker can be backed to score versus Argyle this weekend.

Cardiff City Stadium, Jamilu Collins will be available for selection for the first time this season after an injury ravaged 2023/24 season.

Cardiff City coach Erol Bulut has provided an update on the fitness of the Nigerian defender.

‘He has trained with us all week, so Jamilu Collins is available,’ Bulut added in quotes relayed by Yorkshire Evening Post, according to what the Turkish football tactician told reporters.
At Carrow Road, Tom Dele-Bashiru will be eager to score his second goal of the campaign when his club, Watford face their host, Norwich City.

The Nigeria scored his first goal of the competition this term when he scored on 67 minutes to rescue a point for the Hornets’ in their 1-1 draw with Coventry City last week at the Vicarage Road stadium

In the Premier League, Alex Iwobi will making his 40th appearance for Fulham across all competitions and 258 in the Premier League since he made his debut in the competition in October 2015.

The 28 years old has scored 23 times and bagged 29 assists. One more assist will make him the outright record holder of the Nigerian with the most assists in Premier League history.

This he will add to his record as the Nigerian that has played the most minutes and the Nigerian that has been subbed off most.

Wilfred Ndidi will also be looking to make his 20th goal involvement for Leicester City who has scored once (in the EFL Cup) and bagged three Premier League assists so far this season.

In Glasgow, Cyriel Dessers has been tipped to score first when Rangers continue their quest to successfully defend the Scottish League Cup as they host Dundee at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday.

The Nigerian has netted five goals and provided two assists in eight games across all competitions for Rangers.

In Turkey, Victor Osimhen will be keen to make his intercontinental derby debut.

The on-loan Napoli forward joined Galatasaray in the Turkish Super Lig early this month and was involved in the club’s 5-0 demolition of Rizespor just after the international break, providing an assist but the Nigerian’s biggest test is coming in the biggest derby in Turkish football between his club and Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahçe.

The 25 year old can tun himself the hero for Galatasaray if he inspires the team to victory like he did for Napoli in the 2022/23 season when he led the Parnetopei to their first Scudetto in 33 years.

In Spain, Umar Sadiq will likely start from the bench when storm the Estadio Municipal Jose Zorrilla with Real Sociedad to play their host, Real Valladolid in a Spanish La Liga matchweek six games.

The 27-year-old has started two and subbed on in the other two of the four games he has featured in so far for the Los Txuri-Urdin so far and was an unused substitute in the 1-0 at RCD Mallorca the last time.