Victor Boniface will be gunning for his 25th goal in the colours of Bayer Leverkusen who will meet Feyenoord in a Champions League group game at the Stadion Feijenoord on Thursday.
Boniface despite being out of competitive action for three-months with an adductor injury had 21 goals and ten assists in 34 games in all competitions for Die Werkself last season.
So far this season, he has scored three goals and contributed one assist in four matches to take his tally for Leverkusen to 24 goals and eleven assists in 38 fixtures for the club.
Aiming to make a major impact on the Champions League after last season’s record-breaking feats, Leverkusen will meet Feyenoord with Boniface aiming to maintain his very strong form.
Boniface on Saturday bagged two goals and an assist to help defending champions, Leverkusen put their first loss in 35 Bundesliga games against RB Leipzig at the BayArena behind them.
The forward started against Hoffenheim who have been in turmoil for weeks and basically toyed with the opponents who were playing at home with Boniface in the mood for destruction.
Boniface set up Martin Terrier to score his first Bundesliga goal in the 17th minute to give the visitors a deserved lead before he then danced around defenders to add the second.
The Super Eagles striker danced around defenders to score on 30 minutes courtesy of an assist from Granit Xhaka and got his brace on 75 minutes after being set up by Jeremie Frimpong.
FootballCritic gave the striker a stunning rating of 9.9 for his Man of the Match performance and it was proof he has the potential to be one of Europe’s elite forwards if he stays fit.
