Kye Rowles netted his first goal for Hearts but picked up an injury in a 3-2 victory over St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday.
After St Johnstone went ahead early, Rowles powered in a 25th-minute header from a corner, but hurt his right foot in the process and needed treatment.
Rowles tried to play on but was replaced in the 35th minute. Nathaniel Atkinson also started but was replaced in the 62nd minute with an injury. Cam Devlin, who impressed in midweek with an 8/10 display in the Europa League, played a full game.
Hearts boss Robbie Neilson said: “With Kye it was just his foot, his metatarsal, so we’ll have a look. That’ll be scanned tonight or tomorrow.
“Atkinson was his groin. It’s very early days but we’re hoping they’re just light injuries and we’ll get them back but we can’t tell at the moment.”
Elsewhere in Scotland, Keanu Baccus scored the winner for St Mirren in a 1-0 triumph over Martin Boyle‘s Hibernian as BBC named Ryan Strain their Man of the Match.
Baccus ghosted into the box and side-footed home from fellow Aussie Strain’s bouncing cross in the sixth minute.
Baccus and Strain both put in full shifts, along with Martin Boyle while Lewis Miller was an 87th-minute substitute for Hibs.
Miller had a moment to forget when Hibs wanted to bring him on but he wasn’t ready. Hibs boss Lee Johnson explained: “Surely as a player you are looking at a clock knowing you might go on. The exact situation was a wide free-kick outside the box. We wanted to get Lewis Miller and he’s not got his shinpads on, boots tied up or shirt on. He is 6ft2 and a powerhouse. I’m not talking bad of him, it’s just the naivety.”
Aaron Mooy played half an hour off the bench as Celtic dismantled Aziz Behich and Mark Birighitti’s Dundee United 9-0 on Sunday. Both Behich and Birighitti were unused subs.
The Scotsman rated Mooy 6/10 and wrote: “Aaron Mooy (6) slotted into the midfield seamlessly after replacing Hatate.”
In the German Bundesliga on Sunday, Alou Kuol was on the bench but unused as VfB Stuttgart drew 0-0 at FC Koln.
Ajdin Hrustic was absent due to a thigh injury as Eintracht Frankfurt won 4-3 at Werder Bremen.
In the French Ligue 1 on Sunday, Denis Genreau was an unused sub as Toulouse lost 3-1 at Nantes.
In the English Premier League on Saturday, Tyrese Francois was an unused substitute as Fulham lost 2-1 at Arsenal.
Riley McGree scored his first goal of the season as Middlesbrough won 2-1 over Swansea City in the English Championship on Saturday.
McGree showed his pace and precision by breaking quickly upon a turnover, receiving a pass from Matty Crooks and calmly slotting the chance home for the 14th-minute opener.
Teesside Live rated McGree 7/10 and wrote: “Really lively throughout, dropping deeper to initiate a press and then looking to help break with plenty of threatening runs. Tireless energy for his side.”
Kenny Dougall played a full game and earned a 7/10 rating in Blackpool’s 3-3 draw with Bristol City. Lancashire Live wrote: “A bit slack and ponderous at times but grew into the game as it went on.”
Callum Elder got a fortunate assist as he put in a full shift in Hull City’s 3-2 victory over Coventry City.
Elder got an 8/10 rating from The Hull Daily Mail who wrote: “Played high up early on, his cross played a big part in Oscar’s opener. A threat all afternoon and looks like he’s really enjoying himself.”
Mitch Duke netted his sixth goal of the J2.League season with the winner in Fagiano Okayama’s 1-0 triumph at ThespaKusatsu Gunma on Sunday.
Duke pounced on an awful misdirected pass from Gunma goalkeeper Masatoshi Kushibiki to calmly control the ball and curl home from 35 metres.
Duke started and played 84 minutes along with Stefan Mauk who had the same shift in midfield.
Mat Ryan made some good saves but couldn’t prevent FC Copenhagen from a 3-1 loss to FC Nordsjaelland in the Danish Superliga on Sunday.
Ryan, however, did help FCK qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage in midweek, keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw with Trabzonspor with secured a 2-1 aggregate win. Copenhagen are grouped with Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla.
Elsewhere, Joel King put in a full shift at left-back as OB won 2-1 at Silkeborg.
Anthony Kalik made his second debut for Hajduk Split following his drawn-out transfer from Gorica during the week, penning a deal until 2026 with a €200k transfer fee.
Kalik, who spent time with Hajduk from 2016 to 2020 after joining from Central Coast Mariners and has a club tattoo on his leg, started and played 79 minutes in a 2-1 loss to Osijek.
Others
Full games
Jason Davidson, Jimmy Jeggo, Jackson Irvine, Alex Gersbach, Mitch Langerak, Thomas Deng, Harrison Delbridge, Aaron Calver, Milos Degenek
Minutes
James Holland – SB 70, Jack Iredale – ST 75, Nikita Rukavytsya – ST 59, Ryan Edwards – SB 46
Unused subs
Zach Duncan, Connor Metcalfe, Bailey Wright, Jacob Chapman, Cameron Burgess
Notable absentees
Adam Taggart
