Newcastle United striker Dwight Gayle and Nottingham Forest star Britt Assombalonga are both former Peterborough United players.
Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony
Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has predicted on social networking site Twitter that Dwight Gayle will score more goals than Britt Assombalonga in the Championship this season.
Gayle, who is 25 years of age, joined Newcastle United from Premier League club Crystal Palace in the summer transfer window, while Assombalonga has been on the books of Forest since 2014.
Both the strikers played for Peterborough in their respective careers, and MacAnthony rates them highly.
Dwight Gayle scores for Crystal Palace
The Peterborough chairman, though, has backed Gayle to score more goals than Assombalonga in the Championship this season.
Nottingham Forest’s Britt Assombalonga
Gayle and Assombalonga are two of the best strikers in the Championship, but only the latter got on the scoresheet in the opening round of the new season.
Assombalonga, who is 23 years of age, scored twice in Forest’s 4-3 victory over Burton Albion at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon.
Newcastle, who got relegated from the Premier League at the end of last season, suffered a 1-0 defeat to Fulham away from home at Craven Cottage in London on Friday evening.
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