EPL Wrap : Fulham's Onomah Full Debut; Palace's Eze Subbed In; Arsenal's Saka, Southampton's Tella Benched

 
Nigerian players with dual nationalities and have played competitively for the senior national teams of other countries have been omitted.

In the early kickoff at Craven Cottage, former Tottenham Hotspur midfiedler Joshua Onomah made his full Premier League debut as Arsenal earned a routine 3-0 victory against Fulham in the 2020/2021 season opener.

Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring for the Gunners, new signing Gabriel Magalhães added another after the break before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sealed the points with a third.

While Arsenal's Bukayo Saka watched proceedings from the bench for the full game, Ola Aina was not included in the matchday squad for Fulham.

Over to Selhurst Park, Wilfried Zaha's solitary strike proved the difference for Crystal Palace who beat Southampton 1-0.

Eberechi Eze made his debut for Palace when he came off the bench in the 79th minute to replace Jeffrey Schlupp, but Nathan Tella was not summoned from it for the Saints for the entirety of the clash.