It’s not often a centre-back becomes a somewhat reliable stream for goals in a given season, but Semi Ajayi is proving just that with West Brom this campaign.
Semi Ajayi appreciation Tweet.
Describe his season using one word.#WBA pic.twitter.com/IFpjQpJY1P
— BaggiesAnalytics (@Baggieanalytics) February 16, 2020
The Nigerian international has been one of the Baggies highest-scoring players, with stats from WhoScored showing that the 26-year-old defender has already bagged five goals this campaign in 31 appearances, with Ajayi proving to be a real threat to Championship backlines from set-pieces.
Will Semi Ajayi get double-figure goals this season?
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Ajayi’s goalscoring record and defensive form has seen the summer signing from Rotherham become a quick fan favourite at the Hawthorns, and plenty of supporters on social media have been summarising the defender’s debut year with the club after becoming a crucial part of Slaven Bilic’s side this campaign.
Here’s what many West Brom fans had to say on Twitter about Ajayi’s season so far…
Phenomenonal
— MagicMatheus12 (@Rob_Stones_WBA) February 16, 2020
Solid
— Hal’s SZN (@KanuSZN) February 16, 2020
Warrior
— JonW1995 (@JonW1995) February 16, 2020
Premierleagueplayer
— Jack (@Jackmaywba) February 16, 2020
Colossus
— Sunil Patel (@sjpatel212) February 16, 2020
Immense
— h.roden8_ (@HRoden8) February 16, 2020
Ajayi was unable to keep a clean sheet on the weekend as West Brom fell to a disappointing 2-2 draw with promotion hopefuls Nottingham Forest.