EPL Round-Up: Aribo helps Southampton over Ndidi’s Leicester City

Joe Aribo will understandably be happier among the many Tremendous Eagles stars in motion within the Premier League on Saturday.

Regardless of not scoring for Southampton of their conflict away towards Leicester Metropolis on the King Energy Stadium, Aribo was on the successful facet, in contrast to his compatriots who both recorded attracts or who suffered defeats in Saturday’s video games.

Aribo, who returned to the Saints beginning lineup, was in motion for 88 minutes earlier than making method for Lyanco after being booked for a foul moments earlier.

In keeping with Opta, the Southampton beginning lineup which Aribo was a part of is the youngest they’ve ever fielded of their Premier League historical past at a mean of 23 years 238 days.

On the finish, the previous Rangers star smiled away with all three factors within the kitty as Southampton picked a significant 2-1 win over Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester Metropolis-their first this season.

The Nigerian duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho have been each in motion for the Foxes, with the previous beginning the sport and the latter coming in as a 76th-minute substitute.

With out the dropped Wesley Fofana, Leicester threw away the result in lose 2-1 at dwelling to Southampton as their robust begin to the season continued.

Che Adams got here off the bench to attain for the guests within the 68th and 84th minutes, successfully propelling Southampton to their first win of the season on the third try.

Elsewhere at Goodison Park, Alex Iwobi and Taiwo Awoniyi have been on opposing ends for Everton and Nottingham Forest, respectively.

On the finish of 90 minutes, they shared the spoils because the tie led to a 1-1 draw.

Curiously, it was the away facet that drew the primary blood via Brennan Johnson 9 minutes to full time, however Demarai Grey rescued the Toffees with an equaliser within the closing levels of the encounter.

Iwobi performed for 90 minutes and was booked within the thirty fifth minute. Awoniyi solely performed for 61 minutes whereas supervisor Steve Cooper didn’t use the brand new signing Emmanuel Dennis off the bench.

Sadly, Iwobi missed an excellent probability to win it for the Toffees, however his effort two minutes to full time noticed the ball nestle on the roof of the online.

With this growth, Frank Lampard and his males have only one level from three video games; representing their worst begin to the season since 2010, when in addition they had only one level of their first three video games of the season.

Within the different Saturday video games, Fulham beat Frank Onyeka’s Brentford 3-2 whereas Ebere Eze was a contented man as Crystal Palace thumped Aston Villa 3-1.

Harry Kane, for the umpteenth time, was the hero for Tottenham Hotspur because the English striker scored the one purpose in a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton.