
Football
Share
Published 23:14 7 Feb 2017 GMT
Updated 23:24 7 Feb 2017 GMT
Explore more on these topics:
The 25-year-old, who plays for Troyes in France's Ligue 2, has three goals in 12 appearances compared to Martial jr's six in 24 for club and country.
And his double in tonight's 4-0 victory over Strasbourg, a result which lifted Troyes into the automatic promotion places, saw him become officially more prolific than his little brother, according to French football specialist Robin Bairner.
https://twitter.com/rbairner/status/829078581213007872
The figures, for those interested, appear to relate to league games only. But that doesn't make it much better, all things considered.
For starters, as far as we can tell it was the first time Johan has scored twice in the same match in his entire professional career.
Indeed, in more than 70 games for previous club Stade Brest he only got his name on the scoresheet twice in total.
It's not the most telling of stats, but it's a nice one to bring up to your mates who are United supporters in the pub this week. And that's what's really important, right?Live sport on TV in Ireland this weekend – Football and GAA – June 26th-28th
The World Cup is here! The World Cup group stage is almost at an end with teams playing their third and final games, and the last 32 being decided! On top of that, there are some mouth-watering All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clashes in what is still a very open championship. In terms of finals, the All-Ireland […]
Football
3 days ago
21-year-old French footballer dies after drowning amid heatwave
RIP. French footballer, Kenzo Kies, has sadly passed away due to a drowning tragedy in the river Rhone. The 21-year-old was with his three friends during the French heatwave where temperatures rose to 40°C in parts of the country this week. Although it is forbidden to swim in the river, Kies and his friends did […]
Football
3 days ago
Football
Premier League club facing point deduction punishment this summer
Football