Napoli vs Frankfurt: Osimhen guns for 50th goal in 90 Napoli appearances
Victor Osimhen will look to score his 50th goal in a Napoli shirt when his club meet Eintracht Frankfurt in a Champions League encounter at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Wednesday.
Osimhen, since joining Napoli during the summer transfer window of 2020 for a fee of €70m, has scored a hugely impressive 49 goals in only 89 appearances in all competitions for the club.
The Super Eagles attacking sensation, who also has 14 assists to his name as a Napoli player, will also aim to re-discover his scoring form after firing blanks in his last two matches.
Still reigning supreme in Italy, Serie A leaders, Napoli, aim to secure a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday when they play host to Eintracht Frankfurt.
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Following a 2-0 win in Germany, the Scudetto favourites start the second leg of their last-16 tie in the driving seat, but their visitors can draw upon last year’s Europa League heroics for inspiration.
Napoli’s two-goal victory in Frankfurt was not only their first-ever victory over Eintracht, following two previous losses, but also leaves them on the verge of reaching the Champions League’s last-eight for the very first time.
Goals either side of the break from star striker Osimhen and captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo secured the Partenopei a significant advantage against opposition reduced to 10 men when Randal Kolo Muani was sent off in the 58th minute.
Having now racked up 22 goals in the competition this season,