Bundesliga: Nigeria’s Boniface scores twice again as Leverkusen crush Darmstadt

New signing Victor Boniface scored twice for the second consecutive week as Bayer Leverkusen blew Darmstadt 98 away 5-1 on Saturday.

The result meant Bayer Leverkusen made it three wins out of three league games for a perfect Bundesliga start.

The 22-year-old Nigerian struck twice in last week’s win over Borussia Moenchengladbach while also netting in the German Cup once.

He joined a month ago from Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium but has hit the ground running.

Boniface opened his account with a superb solo run and chipped in his finish in the 21st minute after driving past three defenders.

Darmstadt levelled through Oscar Vilhelmsson’s close-range header but Xabi Alonso’s team went back in front four minutes after the restart through Exequiel Palacios.


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Boniface then bagged his second goal of the afternoon, slipping into the box and flicking the ball past the keeper from a…

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