Chuba Akpom Nets Brace for Middlesbrough in Big Win Over Reading

• Middlesbrough on Saturday, 4 March, defeated visiting Reading 5-0 in a league game which was an emphatic win
• Nigerian forward Chuba Akpom scored two of these five goals as he had an impressive outing with his club
• After 35 games played so far this term, Akpom and his teammates are currently occupying third position on the table

Nigerian striker Chuba Akpom was in the best form of his life on Saturday, 4 March as he scored brace that helped his club Middlesbrough beat visiting Reading 5-0 in a Championship battle.

Akpom has been in excellent form so far this season in the Championship with many fans even engaging in discussions about him playing in the Premier League next season.

Fans are of the views that Akpom should be playing in the England topflight division and not in the second tier football.

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Interestingly, Akpom has now registered 21 goals this season for Boro which is an impressive record.

Akpom breaks record

The Nigerian-born forward is now the first Boro player to score 20 plus goals in a single season.

Bernie Slavens was the last Middlesbrough player to achieve the feat in the 1989/90 season according to the report on Daily Post.

He is also the first Boro player to score 14 home goals in one season since Fabrizio Ravanelli in 1996-97 season in what is another incredible record.

What are they saying?

Sports Brief spoke with Nigerian coach Folabi Ojekunle who praised Akpom for his impressive games this season.

''Chuba is a quality player and I must say that I have been impressed with his performances and I can only urge him to keep shinning.''

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Osimhen nominated for big award

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Nigerian international Victor Osimhen was nominated for the prestigious Serie A Player of the Month Award for February.

The Napoli striker scored in all four league matches in the month as the Partenopei continue their reign on top of the league standings.

Osimhen was on the score sheet against Spezia, Cremonese, Sassuolo and Empoli, helping his club to win all the matches.

The 24-year-old currently leads the scorer’s chart with 19 goals in 21 appearances.