Jackson Irvine fluffed two first-half chances as St Pauli secured their first point of the new German Bundesliga season with a 0-0 home draw with RB Leipzig on Sunday.
Irvine should’ve put the newly promoted side ahead in the 18th minute from a corner when Hauke Wahl flicked the ball centrally, only for the Socceroo’s diving header to go over the bar from close range.
The Australian midfielder had another chance in the 36th minute, bursting into the box to get on the end of a cross but his glancing header sailed narrowly wide.
Irvine played the full game while Connor Metcalfe was injected in the 82nd minute.
Harry Souttar was labelled “an absolute colossus” for his display which helped Sheffield United rise into the top four with a 1-0 win over Callum Elder’s Derby County.
The Sheffield Star rated Souttar 8/10 and wrote: “An absolute colossus – both in stature and performance.
“In the right place at the right time to mop up everything Derby threw at him, in the air and on the deck, and even later had a moment of adventure where he knocked it past his man and stormed down the right wing …
“Although his cross was gobbled up by Zetterstrom and he then faced a long sprint back. Later nutmegged Nyambe after a corner fell to him at the back stick in a great performance.”
Souttar put in a full shift while Elder started and played 82 minutes at full-back for the Rams.
Sam Silvera was a 76th minute substitute for Portsmouth in a 2-1 loss away to Burnley.
Riley McGree went unused as Middlesbrough lost 1-0 to northern rivals Sunderland.
Alex Robertson came on as a 59th minute substitute as bottom-placed Cardiff City lost 2-0 at home to Leeds United.
Robertson was rated 4/10 by Wales Online who wrote: “Tidy enough when he had the ball, but just never had it.”
In the Premier League, Joe Gauci was an unused back-up goalkeeper for Aston Villa who rallied to win 3-1 over Wolverhampton.
In the Italian Serie A, Alessandro Circati also went unused as 10-man Parma rallied from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Lecce.
On Sunday, Mat Ryan was unused on the bench for AS Roma’s 3-0 win over Udinese.
In the French Ligue 1 on Sunday, Denis Genreau was an unused sub in Toulouse’s 2-0 defeat to Brest.
Max Balard put in a full shift as NAC Breda lost 2-0 to Feyenoord at De Kuip in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday.
𝐃𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏𝟏’𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝 𝐅𝐂𝐌 👊
Kom så, drenge! 💥#randersfc #sldk #rfcfcm pic.twitter.com/UKwYL15zy8
— Randers FC (@Randers_FC) September 22, 2024
Paul Izzo played a full game while Mohamed Toure was a 72nd minute sub for Randers in a 2-2 draw with Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga.
Jordan Bos was an 80th minute sub for Westerlo in a 2-1 loss to Antwerp in Belgium’s top flight.
Aiden O’Neill played a full game on Friday night as Standard Liege drew 0-0 with Union SG.
Kye Rowles and Cam Devlin were both left on the bench for Hearts’ 2-1 defeat to St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership.
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos returned from injury as an 82nd minute substitute for Motherwell in a 2-1 win over Dundee United in the Scottish League Cup semi-finals on Friday.
Stamatelopoulos missed the past month after suffering a hamstring on his starting debut for ‘Well.
Another Motherwell sub.
OFF: Zach Robinson
ON: Apostolos Stamatelopoulos83′ // 1-0 pic.twitter.com/8ltH0812Km
— Motherwell FC (@MotherwellFC) September 20, 2024
Others
Full games
Gianni Stensness (Viking), Mitchell Langerak (Nagoya Grampus), Lachlan Jackson (Suwon)
Minutes
Craig Goodwin – ST 71 (Al Wehda), Anthony Kalik – ST 62 (Hajduk Split), Keanu Baccus – ST 95 (Mansfield), Patrick Yazbek – ST 72 (Nashville), Brad Smith – SB 96 (Houston Dynamo), Thomas Deng – SB 71 (Albirex Niigata), Peter Makrillos – ST 79 (Suwon Bluewings), Mitch Duke – SB 67 (Machida Zelvia)
Unused subs
Alex Gersbach (Kalmar), Nicholas Bilokapic (Peterborough), Dean Bouzanis (Stevenage), Ash Maynard-Brewer (Charlton), Jacob Chapman (Huddersfield), Connor Chapman (Gimpo Citizen)
