Patson, Mwepu shine, Fashion on show

MUKWIMA CHILALA @SunZambian RED Bull Salzburg striker Patson Daka Daka continued with his fine form in the Austrian league as he and Zambian compatriot Enock Mwepu were on target on Saturday  when their team cruised to a  3-0 win over TSV Hartberg. Belgium based international, Fashion Sakala was also in song as he scored the first goal of the match for the KV Oostende side that was handed a 2-1 defeat in their Jupiler Pro League encounter away at Zulte Waregem. Mwepu returned to the team after he was rested in their midweek mid-week fixture as he started from the bench. Compatriot Daka partnered Sekou Koita upfront. Daka who has scored in every league game so far this season found the back of the net in the seventh minute but was ruled offside . Daka however scored from a Koita assist in the 35 minute to make it 2-0 for his team after the later had opened the scores in the 14 minute. In the second half, chances were few    and far apart but Enock Mwepu sealed the winner for Salzburg in the 79th minute with a close-range finish benefiting from a Daka assist after coming on as a substitute. Daka has now scored 11 league goals in as many league games and 18 goals in all competitions in just 20 appearances with five assists to his credit while Enock Mwepu netted only his second league goal in four appearances. According to Zamfoot, Sakala has continued to impress and this season he is in hot goal-scoring form. He has netted 12 goals in 22 league games so far this season, playing 1744 minutes meaning he averages a goal every 145 minutes. On the top goal scorers chart, he is the joint third, and only Ebere Paul Onuachu (22) and Thomas Henry (16) have scored more in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League so far this season. He is surely enjoying his football in Belgium and with his contract coming to an end in July, Clubs are on high alert for his signature in the summer. Next up for Fashion and his KV Oostende teammates is another League encounter away to Waasland-Beveren on Wednesday at the Freethielstadion in Beveren.