Onyekuru, Saviour register goals as Al Fayha edge Al-Okhdood

By Wale Mustapha

Nigerian duo of Henry Onyekuru and Godwin Savour were on the score sheet on Friday night during the Saudi Pro League encounter between Al Fayha and Al-Okhdood that ended 2-1.

Snother Nigerian in Anthony Nwakaeme who led the attack alongside Onyekuru for Al Fayha played at the Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium.

The former AS Monaco winger scored the opening goal of the match with a brilliant finish in the 29th minutes.

The hosts restored parity with a minute to end the first half as Godwin Saviour scored his second goal of the season for Al-Okhdood.

Onyekuru who has been involved in four goals for Al-Fayha this season with the goals and two assists provided the winning goal in the 66th minutes that was expertly scored by Zambian’s Fashion Sakala.

The win has however pushed Al-Fayha to eight on the log with 14 points from 1o games while Al-Okhdood occupies 14th place with seven points.

Up next for Onyekuru, Nwakaeme and Al Feiha is home game against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr while Godwin Savior is expected to lead the line again when Al Akhdoud visits Damac.