Super Eagles Watch : Iwobi, Nosa, Alimi Impress; Mikel, Iheanacho, 7 Invited Players Inactive; Shehu Red Carded; Balogun, Ezenwa Injured

Published: September 26, 2016

Rundown of Super Eagles players invited for the World Cup qualifier against Zambia fared in their respective leagues.

Carl Ikeme : The Wolves glovesman started and played the full game in his team’s 3-1 win over Brentford at Molineux Stadium, his ninth straight appearance in the Championship this term.

Ikechukwu Ezenwa : The FC Ifeanyi Ubah goalie faces a fitness check ahead of his trip to the Super Eagles camp after picking up an unspecified injury in the derby against Enyimba on Sunday.

Emmanuel Daniel : The Nigeria U23s star was not involved in Enugu Rangers 2-1 win at Ikorodu United in the penultimate round of the Nigeria Professional Football League.

Leon Balogun : The German-born defender was substituted in the ninth minute due to an adductor problem in Mainz 3-2 loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. It was his fifth appearance in the Bundesliga this term.

William Troost-Ekong : He made his 20th start for FKH in their 1-0 loss to IK Start at Sparebanken Sør Arena. The number five played the full game.

Kenneth Omeruo : The Chelsea loanee has helped goalkeeper YÄ±lmaz keep two clean sheets since his arrival and hopes to be involved in Monday’s game with Adanaspor.

Jamiu Alimi : He impressed at the heart of defense despite Kano Pillars losing 1-0 to Heartland, according to the Media Officer of Kano Pillars, Idris Malikawa.

Abdullahi Shehu : The Dream Team VI stopper was shown a red card after 12 minutes as Anorthosis Famagusta lost 4-1 to league leaders AEK Larnaca at Athlítiko Kentro Zenon .

Musa Mohammed : Ex-Flying Eagles skipper Musa Mohammed has been inactive for Istanbul Basaksehir since the start of this season and was not in the squad that drew 2-2 with OsmanlÄ±spor.

Elderson Echiejile : The Monaco loanee was not selected for Standard Liege’s 3-0 win over Eupen. He has not played in the Belgian top-flight since completing his move but has been involved in Cup action.

Kingsley Madu : The left-back was a non-playing substitute as Zulte-Waregem beat Mechelen 3-2 at AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne.

John Obi Mikel : The Super Eagles skipper has been inactive for Chelsea since the start of this season and was not in the Blues squad that lost 3-0 to Arsenal at the Emirates.

Eddy Onazi : The defensive midfielder played the last one minute of Trabzonspor’s 1-0 win over Konyaspor .

Wilfred Ndidi : The young defensive midfielder started and put in a full shift as Racing Genk lost 4-1 to Kortrijk.

Nosa Igiebor : He got the ball rolling in the fifth minute as Maccabi Tel Aviv registered a 5-0 win over one of his former teams, Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Anderson Esiti : The physical midfielder assisted Gent register a 2-1 win over Sint-Truiden. He was introduced in the 73rd minute and was yellow carded three minutes later.

Ahmed Musa : Musa was not in the Leicester City squad that were out-foxed 4-1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Kelechi Iheanacho : The 19-year-old was a non-playing substitute for Manchester City in their 3-1 win at Swansea City.

Moses Simon : Exciting winger is still recovering from a hamstring problem and was not in Gent’s squad this past weekend, as you would expect.

Victor Moses : He watched proceedings from the bench as Chelsea lost 3-0 to Arsenal at the Emirates, the first Premier League game has not been involved so far this season.

Alex Iwobi : Picked up the Man of the Match accolade following his imperious display against Chelsea. The 20-year-old was o the Emirates pitch for 69 minutes before he was replaced.

Brown Ideye : He logged ninety minutes but could not prevent Olympiakos from losing their first game of the season to Larissa.

Isaac Success : The former Golden Eaglets and Flying Eagles star is in contention to face Burnley at Turf Moor on Monday night.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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