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Senegal’s Baby outshines Nigeria's Olayinka’s in five-goal thriller

Senegal’s Amara Baby and Nigeria’s Peter Olayinka were both on target as Sporting Charleroi stunned ten-man Zulte-Waregem with a 3-2 victory in a Belgian First Division encounter.

Olayinka grabbed the curtain raiser to give the Essevee the lead a minute before the break thus, taking his tally to two goals in five games in the Belgian topflight league this season.

After the restart, Kaveh Rezaei scored an equalizer for Felice Mazzù’s men in the 75th minute but an own-goal by Stergos Marinos put them behind again.

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With just a minute left in regular time, Baby pulled the Zebras level before Kaveh Rezaei sealed the win for Stade du Pays de Charleroi outfit with his brace in the 94th minute.

Sporting Charleroi maintained their spot at the summit of the Belgian First Division log with 15 points from five games, while Zulte-Waregem are placed fourth with nine points from five games.

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