One goal, three assists for Super Falcons star Plumptre as Al Ittihad smash 13 past Jeddah in Saudi Arabia

Nigerian defender Ashleigh Plumptre contributed four goals as Al Ittihad secured a commanding 13-1 win over Jeddah in the SAFF Women’s Cup on Friday night, Soccernet.ng reports. 

In only her second appearance of the season following her return from an injury spell, Plumptre grabbed a goal and assisted three others to propel Al Ittihad to their biggest win since a 14-0 mauling of Albayraq in 2022.

Plumptre, playing as a central midfielder, assisted Lili Iskandar for Al Ittihad’s second goal in the fourth minute before getting in on the act to make it 5-0 eleven minutes later.

The Super Falcons star added two more assists in the 29th and 45th minutes as Al Ittihad ended the first half with a 9-nil advantage.

Plumptre was substituted at halftime.
Elsewhere at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Medina Joy Jerry got the consolation goal as Al Riyadh fell to a 2-1 defeat to Al Ula to crash out of the SAFF Women’s Cup.

Back to Europe, where Super Eagles star Peter Olayinka assisted one of the goals for Red Star Belgrade in their 5-1 Serbian Super Liga win over Radnički Niš.

In Finland, Nigeria international Roosa Funmilayo Ariyo grabbed both goals to inspire KUPS to a fine 2-0 away victory over HPS in their Kansallinen Liiga game week 6 relegation round clash.

Nigeria’s Adakole Benedict came off the bench to net a late equaliser for Portimonense but Sporting Lisbon fired a stoppage-time winner to secure a 2-1 victory in the Taça de Portugal.