Norwich City loanee Adegboyega joins Celtic and Rangers stars in Scottish Premiership TOTW

Norwich City loanee Emmanuel Adegboyega has been named in Whoscored.com Scottish Premiership Team of the Week for his outstanding performance against St. Mirren FC on Saturday.

The Dundee United defender was impressive at both ends of the pitch, scoring and assisting goalkeeper Jack Walton keep a clean sheet in a 2-0 victory over St. Mirren.

In the third minute of stoppage time, Adegboyega sealed the win with another late goal, turning the ball home from close range after Kevin Holt's header was saved by goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe.

Reigning Premiership champions Celtic have contributed the most players to the Team of the Week, with Adam Idah, Liam Scales, Luke McCowan and Paulo Bernardo making the cut, while Rangers have one representative in the shape of James Tavernier.

The Team of the Week also includes Josh Rae (St. Johnstone), Kevin Holt (Dundee United), Cameron Devlin (Hearts), Chris Cadden (Hibernian), and Bobby Wales (Kilmarnock).

Adegboyega was rated at 8.35 for his display against St. Mirren. His 59 touches of the ball saw him make 38 passes and win four aerial duels across ninety minutes.

The 21-year-old registered five tackles, one interception and six clearances.

Dundalk-born Adegboyega is provisionally cap-tied to his country of birth, Republic of Ireland.

With the exception of the trip to Rangers, he has started every game he has been named in the matchday squad for this season, totaling twelve matches.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel 

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