Girondins-Bordeaux of France striker, Josh Maja has surprisingly emerged ahead of Leicester City of England attacker, Kelechi Iheanacho and fellow-Ligue 1 forward, Lille Metropole’s Victor Osimhen on the statistics of Nigerian attackers with the best goals scoring statistics in Europe, megasportsarena.com gathered.
Although Maja has not been a regular in Bordeaux’s starting line-up and is not as prolific as Osimhen or supportive like Iheanacho, the former Sunderland of England hitman still rates higher than both of them in terms of goals score per minutes played.
Latest figures for Nigeria’s top-five scoring sensation in the ongoing season across Europe’s big leagues reveal that Maja is the most efficient of the lot, with Union Berlin of Germany’s Anthony Ujah and FC Nantes of France loan signing from Levante of Spain, Moses Simon placed fourth and fifth respectively on the pecking order.
With an average ratio of a goal every 123 minutes, Maja rates top among all Nigerian players to be involved in ten games or more so far in the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1.
Figures provided by allnigeriasoccer.com reveal further that Maja has logged 615 minutes in 19 Ligue 1 matches, scoring five goals, including a first career hat-trick in a 6-0 rout of Nîmes last December, which puts him ahead of second-placed Iheanacho, who has scored a goal every 145 minutes despite limited playing opportunities.
Iheanacho has three goals in 10 EPL games, logging 434 minutes, which puts him ahead of third-placed Osimhen, who has reached double figures for goals in his debut season in the Ligue 1, with his haul of 13 Ligue 1 goals bettered only by 15 for Cyriel Dessers of Heracles Almelo in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Osimhen’s ratio of a goal every 162 minutes, spanning 25 appearances, puts him ahead of Ujah, in fourth spot with a goal every 299 minutes, while Simon is fifth, with a goal every 400 minutes.
