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Iheanacho, Onuachu Start for Leicester, Southampton Against Tottenham, Wolves

Super Eagles strikers, Kelechi Iheanacho and Paul Onuachu have been named in the starting lineups of Leicester City and Southampton against Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers, respectively.

Iheanacho was on target for Leicester City last weekend in their 4-2 win against Aston Villa and had been rewarded with a starting place ahead of Jamie Vardy and Patson Daka.

On his part, former Genk of Belgium star, Onuachu starts in his full Southampton debut after coming off the bench in his first appearance last week.

The Saints are Premier League basement team. Southampton have won one of their last 10 Premier League games, losing eight.

Only Bournemouth (43) have conceded more than the Saints (38) in the league this season.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.