Several Super Eagles players were in superb form for their teams this weekend, with Samuel Chukwueze, Kelechi Iheanacho and Obinna Nwobodo all grabbing assists to their names.

While Simon Moses, Joe Aribo and Lookman Ademola were all on target for their various clubs, Samuel Chukwueze, Kelechi Iheanacho and Obinna Nwobodo also had goal involvement during the weekend.

Simon Moses, 27, kicked off 2022/23 league campaign in French Ligue one with a goal for Nantes, while Joe Aribo and Lookman Ademola both had a fantastic debut games, finding back of the net for Atalanta and Southampton in the Serie A and EPL respectively.

Later on, Samuel Chukwueze, Kelechi Iheanacho and Obinna Nwobodo capped it off for the Super Eagles’ players by providing assists for their various teams as well on Saturday.

Coincidentally all super eagles🇳🇬 stars involved in a goal today were all substitutes

Iheanacho assist
Aribo ⚽
Lookman ⚽
Chukwueze assist

The boys are cooking☺ even from the bench.

— Pamela Taiye Ilekhuoba (@pamelamodella) August 13, 2022

Samuel Chukwueze, who is yet to pull the trigger this season, came off the bench to provide an assist and help Villarreal secure an away 3-0 win over Real Valladolid.

As a second-half substitute for Villarreal, the Super Eagles winger contributed in setting up the second goal for the yellow submarine.

The Nigerian winger came into the contest to replace French midfielder – Francis Coquelin and only managed to play for just 27 minutes.

LaLiga GW1: Samuel Chukwueze comes from bench to provide an assist for Villarreal second goal against Real Valladolid which ends in 0-3 for the Unai Emery side.#9japlayers🇳🇬💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/FyMnopUOJk

— ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ɴɪɢᴇʀɪᴀ 🇳🇬 (@9jaPlayersNews) August 13, 2022

The 23-year-old had 13 touches of the ball, completed 80% of his passes, and made just one crucial pass that resulted in the assist.

25-year-old Nigerian Midfielder – Obinna Nwobodo also provided an assist as FC Cincinnati were held to a home draw by Atlanta United in the USL Championship.

Obinna Nwobodo, who featured for the whole 90 minutes in the game, turned provider to help FC Cincinnati secure a 2-2 home draw against Atlanta United at the TQL Stadium.

In 16 games for Cincinnati so far, Obinna has recorded just one assist and yet to grab a goal.

Vazquez is the first player in club history to score in four straight games, this one assisted by Obinna Nwobodo. Play started with a pass from Lucho Acosta so he may get his 16th assist of the season. #AllForCincy

— Laurel Pfahler (@LaurelPfahler) August 14, 2022

Meanwhile, in the Premier League, Wilfred Ndidi featured as Kelechi Iheanacho came off the bench to provide an assist for Leicester City in their 4-2 defeat at Arsenal.

Iheanacho made a menacing move at the edge of the penalty area before slipping Maddison a beautiful reverse pass.

Goal – MADDISON
Assist – IHEANACHO

Arsenal 3-2 Leicester (74 mins)#FPL #ARSLEI

— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) August 13, 2022

The attacker took a touch before launching an excellent shot from a tight angle below Ramsdale and into the net, but it wasn’t enough to save them from the crushing defeat.

A sensational display from Gabriel Jesus powered Arsenal to an impressive 4-2 victory over the Brendan Rodgers’ side.

𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕? 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙!