VfB Stuttgart are looking to avoid a repeat of last season when the German Bundesliga club were locked in a battle against relegation and will be relying on African attacking duo Serhou Guirassy and Silas Katomopa Mvumba. Both players scored to help Stuttgart win their relegation playoff at the end of last season and they picked up from last season over the weekend with two goals each in their club’s first match of the 2023-24 Bundesliga season. French-born striker Guirassy is becoming a key player for the Guinea national team while Silas is breaking into the DR Congo squad.

Watch the goals from Guirassy and Silas as well as all goals and assists from African players abroad in nine European top divisions below.

Yoane Wissa (DR Congo) puts Brentford into the lead and Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon) adds two more goals in a victory over Fulham

Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast) assists both of Nottingham Forest’s goals with excellent crosses including the first to Taiwo Awoniyi (Nigeria) in victory over Sheffield United

Nayef Aguerd (Morocco) heads West Ham into the lead in victory over London rivals Chelsea

Antoine Semenyo (Ghana) takes a pass from Dominic Solanke and fires Bournemouth into the lead against Liverpool

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal) gets on the end of a cross for his first Premier League goal in Tottenham’s victory over Manchester United

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) sees his penalty kick denied but follows up to finish his first Premier League goal of the season

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) scores twice to begin Napoli’s 2023-24 Serie A campaign on a positive note in victory at Frosinone

A flick pass from Lassana Coulibaly (Mali) leads to the first of Antonio Candreva’s two goals in a 2-2 draw against Roma for Salernitana

M’Bala Nzola (Angola) marks his Fiorentina debut with an assist on the opening goal in a 4-1 victory at Genoa

Serhou Guirassy (Guinea), permanently acquired by Stuttgart after a successful loan, picks up from last season with two goals while Silas Mvampa (DR Congo) contributes a brace of his own in a 5-0 thrashing of Bochum

Victor Boniface (Nigeria) crosses to set up Leverkusen’s first goal in thrilling victory over RB Leipzig

Iñaki Williams (Ghana) crashes in to volley in a cross from brother Nico for the opening goal in Athletic Bilbao’s victory at Osasuna

Adam Ounas (Algeria) curls a perfect finish in off the post to confirm victory for Lille over Nantes

Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco) confidently fires in a penalty kick to draw Toulouse level with Paris Saint-Germain

2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations winner Amir Richardson (Morocco) crosses for Marshall Munetsi (Zimbabwe) to head in the opening goal in victory for Stade de Reims

Akor Adams (Nigeria) makes it three goals in two games to begin his spell with Montpellier with a calm finish at Lyon

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) and Amine Harit (Morocco) provide the assists on goal for Marseille in a 2-2 draw at Metz

Another African connection sees Fali Candé (Guinea-Bissau) set up Cheikh Sabaly (Senegal) for Metz’s first goal in a draw against Marseille

Nelson Luz (Angola) scores a late match winner in victory for Vitória de Guimarães over Gil Vicente

Kelechi Nwakali (Nigeria) and Issah Abass (Ghana) produce an assist each in a 4-2 defeat for Chaves at Braga

Morlaye Sylla (Guinea) assists Cristo González for Arouca’s first goal in a draw at Vizela

Mohamed Belloumi (Algeria) finds Rui Costa for a Farense goal in defeat at FC Porto

Bruno Onyemaechi (Nigeria) lays off an assist to give Boavista the second goal in a 4-1 victory at Portimonense

Fernando Varela (Cape Verde) provides an excellent pass to set up Casa Pia’s only goal in defeat to Sporting