Moses Simon bags 30th Ligue 1 assist’ Akor hits brace, Okoye concedes three goals for second time in 26 Serie A games
Moses Simon bagged his second assist of the season and 30th overall in 150 Ligue games when his side, Nantes drew 1-1 at the Stade Raymond Kopa against their host, Angers in a matchweek five fixtures.
The Nigerian provide the assist for Johann Lepenant to score the first goal of the game on 18 minutes albeit the host equalized just six minutes after via Himad Abdelli.
Simon has now bagged 34 assists in 173 games across all competitions for Nantes.
At the Stade de la Mosson, Akor Adams scored twice, including the winner, in his team, Montpellier’s 3-2 defeat of visiting Auxerre.
The Nigerian drew the lost level at 1-1 on 65 minutes after Hamed Junior Traorè had given the vistors the lead on 18 minutes.
Modibo Sagnan puts the host ahead six minutes later but Ado Onaiwu restored parity immediately after before Adams all three points for Montpellier four minutes after.
Adams has now netted three times this season in five games, 13th time in 38 games across all competitions with 11 of the goals coming in 37 Logue 1 games.
Like Akor Adams, Victor Boniface was also the hero for Bayer Leverkusen after netting the winner in the 4-3 defeat of Wolfsburg at the Bay Arena.
The Nigerian was a second half substitute and netted the winner three minutes into added time.
At the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, goalkeeper Maduka Okoye conceded three goals for the first time this season and second time in 26 games for Udinese in the Serie A after his side were mauled by their host, AS Roma.
The first time Okoye conceded three goals in a Serie A match was in January this year when Udinese lost 3-2 to AC Milan at the Bluenergy Stadium.
In Belgium, Tolu Arokodare scored for the sixth time in eight Belgian Pro League games this season when his club, Genk defeated visiting FCV Dender EH 4-0 at the Cegeka Arena.
It was the 23 year old’s 23rd goal in 71 appearances for Genk across all competitions.
Still in Belgium, Raphael Onyedika was in action at the Jan Breydel Stadion where his side, Club Brugge lost 4-2 to visiting
Gent. It was Onyedika’s second defeat in seven appearances and first since August 18 for his club in the league.
