Osimhen, Aubameyang and Bennacer: What did you miss this weekend?

In this feature, GOAL's Seye Omidiora picks out some of the under-the-radar stats you may have missed this week - and explains what they mean for Africa's biggest stars.

The Union Berlin forward fired blanks in a 4-0 thrashing at Bayern Munich but it was not for the want of trying.

Awoniyi missed two chances deemed to be clear-cut opportunities before his substitution on the hour mark.

This not only saw the Nigeria international fail to add to his 11 Bundesliga goals but also miss out on making history for the club.

With 16 goals across all competitions for Union, the forward would have gone ahead of Max Kruse as the club’s record goalscorer in the German top flight.

While there is still time to supplant Kruse, the forward must have rued missing out on achieving the feat at Bayern.

Bennacer netted AC Milan’s only goal in their 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Cagliari on Saturday night.

Interestingly, it is the second time this season in which Bennacer has scored the winning goal for his side, having come up trumps at Bologna in October.

Having failed to score in Serie A in the entirety of last season, the Algeria midfielder has netted twice in 2021/22, and both strikes have been timely, to say the least.

Nantes were beaten by outgoing Ligue 1 champions Lille on Saturday, ending the Canaries’ seven-game Ligue 1 unbeaten run at Stade de la Beaujoire.

Since registering his seventh league assist against Paris Saint-Germain, Simon has fashioned eight chances in three games without success.

He fashioned four opportunities in the 1-0 defeat by Lille, with one falling into the ‘big chance’ category.

The defeat saw Nantes drop to ninth in Ligue 1.

A second-half brace in Napoli’s turnaround against Udinese saw the Nigerian singlehandedly spare the Partenopei’s blushes in the 2-1 win.

Strikingly, it was Osimhen’s first goals at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium since mid-October, seeing him score as many in one match as he had managed on home turf all season.

With the majority of the Nigeria superstar’s strikes coming on the road, Luciano Spalletti will hope his star striker shows that same clinical edge in home games for Napoli’s Scudetto run-in.

Aubameyang undoubtedly came up trumps in Sunday night’s El Clasico, demonstrating he is no flat-track bully.

His brace and assist in Barcelona’s 4-0 dismantling of Real Madrid takes him to eight goal contributions in seven appearances (five starts), already outdoing his return at Arsenal (four goals, one assist) from 14 appearances (12 starts).

The Gabon superstar is now only four direct involvements behind Memphis Depay’s 12 goals plus assists, which he will set his sights on outdoing as Barca chase Champions League qualification.