Gift Orban bags brace and assist in Gent crushing of Seraing

Gift Orban continued his fine goalscoring run in the Belgian topflight as he scored two and provided another in KAA Gent 5-0 thrashing of RFC Seraing on Saturday.

The Nigerian youngster scored both goals in either half before he turned provider for the third goal to inspire his club to another ruthless victory.

The 20-year-old netted his first goal of the evening in the 16th minute when he was found by a pass from Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe and he shot neatly into the right corner to give the visitors a halftime lead.

Six minutes after the restart, he found his second of the day and double Gent’s lead. Orban became the provider when he set up Hugo Cuypers who made no mistake turning the ball at the back of the net in the 53rd minute.

Orban was not the only Nigerian on the score sheet for Gent against as German-born centreback of Nigerian descent Jordan Torunarigha netted Gent’s fourth from Kenyan centre-back, Joseph Akumu pass in the 66th minute.

The 25-year-old Jordan has now scored three goals provided two assists this season for Gent.

Cutler completed the rout as Odjidja-Ofoe got his second assist of the match just 13 minutes from time.

Since making his Jupiler Pro League debut against KVC Westerlo on February 11, Orban has now took his tally for the season to nine goals in six matches in the Jupiler for Gent.

A brace and assist means Orban has now scored nine goals and provided six assists in his last six matches for the Belgian side across all competitions.

The win sees Gent recorded a four consecutive victories and extended their unbeaten run to six matches since the defeat to Club Brugge back in late February.