Minutes for Sammy Braybrooke and Nathan Opoku at Newport County
Jayden Joseph also involved for Tranmere Rovers in League 2
Kian Pennant (Gateshead) and Henry Cartwright (Falkirk) both start
Bilal El Khannouss scores as Stuttgart win in the Bundesliga
Sammy Braybrooke started, while Nathan Opoku came on as a substitute during Newport County’s 2-2 away draw at Crewe Alexandra in midweek, before both were named in the starting XI for the weekend’s 2-0 defeat to Fleetwood Town at Rodney Parade.
The results see the Exiles remain rooted to the bottom of the Sky Bet League 2 table ahead of this Saturday’s 3pm kick-off against Colchester United at JobServe Community Stadium.
Beating Barrow in midweek.
Jayden Joseph made another two appearances for Tranmere Rovers last week, starting the 3-0 away victory over Barrow on Tuesday, prior to being involved in a 4-1 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra at Prenton Park.
Rovers make the short trip to Boundary Park to face Oldham Athletic on Saturday (3pm kick-off), with just one place and two points separating the sides in the League 2 table, currently sitting 15th and 16th.
Kian Pennant played 90 minutes for Gateshead but could not prevent the North East club from exiting the FA Trophy, losing out 3-0 to Morecambe in the third round of the competition.
Returning to Enterprise National League duties, a meeting with Eastleigh comes next for the Tynesiders on Sunday (2pm kick-off).
A sixth goal of the season for El Khannouss.
Up in Scotland, Henry Cartwright was a starter for Falkirk, but the Bairns lost 2-0 to Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts at Falkirk Stadium. Remaining seventh in the division, John McGlynn’s side make the trip to Kilmarnock’s Rugby Park on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
Bilal El Khannouss came off the bench to help Stuttgart beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-1 in the UEFA Europa League, before scoring the opening goal of a 4-0 Bundesliga success away at Werder Bremen three days later.
Fifth place Hoffenheim are the visitors to MHP Arena on Saturday (2:30pm kick-off), sat just one position and one point ahead of Stuttgart heading into the clash.
Woyo Coulibaly was an unused Sassuolo substitute during their 2-2 draw with AC Milan at San Siro. His next opportunity to be involved for the Serie A club will come against Torino on Sunday (2pm kick-off).
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