Nigerian strikers were in brilliant form in England at the weekend with Brown Ideye the focal point.
The 26-year-old has hit a purple patch that has seen him net four times in his last three games for West Bromwich Albion.
He followed his goal scoring performances against Burnley and Swansea City in the Premier League with another well-taken brace against West Ham United in the FA Cup.
Ideye has now scored six goals in all competitions for the Baggies and manager Tony Pulis will be hoping the striker continues his heroics as WBA strive to win the Cup as well as ensure survival in the Premier League.
Yakubu Aiyegbeni is another attacker in form. He scored for Reading in the 2-1 win over Derby to leave top coaches, Steve McLaren and Steve Clarke (managers on opposing dugouts on the day) purring.
In Turkey, Emmanuel Emenike continued to enjoy his new found accuracy in front of goal and netted in Fenerbahçe 5-0 win at Gaziantepsor in the Süper Lig.
Moses Simon however failed to hit the heights of recent weeks in Belgium as he failed to score in Gent’s 0-0 draw at Charleroi.
On a weekend that saw Kenneth Omeruo receive football lessons at the Emirates stadium that he will not be forgetting in a hurry, supersport.com now rounds up the best of the action.
England (FA Cup)
FA Cup dominated at the weekend in England and Nigerians with hogging the headlines for all the right reasons.
Ideye was the star of the weekend as he scored twice to inspire West Bromwich Albion to a 4-0 victory over West Ham United at the Hawthorns.
Ideye who was almost sold by the Midlands club in January has now scored six goals for the Baggies in all competitions (three in the league; two in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup) this season.
Yakubu Aiyegbeni was a second half Reading substitute and he made a stunning impact; scoring the winner as the Royals stunned Derby County 2-1 at the iPro Stadium.
Hope Akpan made a cameo appearance for Reading, replacing Nathaniel Chalobah in the 79th minute as Reading marched into the quarterfinals.
It was however an unhappy weekend for Victor Moses who failed with Stoke City as the Potters suffered a 1-4 bashing in the hands of Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.
Moses made way for Charlie Adam in the 67th minute on a very bad day for all Potters faithful.
Kenneth Omeruo started for Middlesbrough but was powerless to stop the rampant champions, Arsenal from recording a straightforward 2-0 win at the Emirates stadium.
Germany (Bundesliga)
Cologne’s free fall from the top rungs of the table continued with Anthony Ujah failing to help the club’s cause at Borussia Monchengladbach at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK with the hosts running away with a 1-0 win.
Ujah spent minutes on the pitch before he was substituted by Slavomir Peszko in the 63rd minute.
Chinedu Obasi was not listed in the Schalke match day squad for the club’s 0-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt at Commerzbank-Arena.
Italy (Serie A)
Joel Obi was an unused substitute for Internazionale in the 4-1 win over Atalanta at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia.
Ogenyi Onazi was booked in the 26th minute of SS Lazio’s 1-0 victory over Udinese at Stadio Communale Fruili and was subsequently substituted at half time.
Spain (Primera División)
Ramon Azeez was overlooked by the Almería trainer, Juan Ignacio Martínez in the club’s 2-2 draw with Real Soceidad at Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.
The rise of youngster, Success Isaac seems to have been abbreviated at Granada CF as he was overlooked by the club’s new trainer, Abel Resino in the club’s 0-0 draw with Athletic Bilbao at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes.
Kalu Uche was on from the start for Levante against FC Barcelona as the Catalans romped to a 5-0 win at Camp Nou.
Injury stopped Ikechukwu Uche from playing any part in Villarreal’s 0-2 defeat to Rayo Vallecano Estadio del Rayo Vallecano.
France (Ligue 1)
Vincent Enyeama was in action for Lille OSC in the club’s 0-0 draw with Nice at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
The Netherlands (Eredivisie)
Abiola Dauda was introduced into the fray in stoppage time by the Vittesse manager, Peter Bosz in the 2-0 win over Willem II at GelreDome.
Bartholomew Ogbeche is still suspended and was not listed for Cambuur in the 2-1 win over Heerenveen at Cambuuurstadion.
Turkey (Süper Lig)
Raheem Lawal played all 90 minutes for Eskisehirspor in the 1-2 loss to Galatasaray at Eskisehir Atatürk Stadyumu.
Joseph Akpala replaced Dominick Kumbela on 77 minutes in Karabükspor’s 0-0 draw with Kasimpasa at Dr. Necmettin Seyhoglu Stadi.
Emmanuel Emenike opened the scoring for Fenerbahçe in the 5-0 trouncing of Gaziantepspor at Kamil Ocak Stadyumu.
Godfrey Oboabona was on from start to finish for Caykur Rizespor in the 0-4 loss to Mersin Idmanyurdu at Yeni Rize Sehir Stadi.
John Utaka was a second half substitute for Sivasspor as he took the place of Ibrahim Akin in the 1-0 win over Konyaspor at Konya Büyüksehir Stadi.
Michael Eneramo was not listed in the Sivasspor match day squad.
Portugal (Primeira Liga)
Unhearalded Simeon Tochukwu netted the only goal of the game as Gil Vicente defeated Paços de Ferreira 1-0 at Estádio Cidade de Barcelos.
Obiora Nwankwo was an unused substitute for Académica da Coimbra in the 0-0 draw with Boavista at Estádio EFAPEL.
Scotland (Premiership)
Efe Ambrose replaced Gary Mackay-Steven in the 82nd minute of the club’s 2-1 win over St. Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.
Belgium (Jupiler Pro League)
Moses Simon played all 90 minutes for Gent in the 0-0 draw with Sporting Charleroi at Stade du Pays de Charleroi.
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