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Opoku Goal Headlines Weekend Loan Action

Loanee Nathan Opoku opened the scoring for Newport County but the Welsh outfit fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Gillingham on Saturday.

2025-09-22T14:30+01:00

by Sam Jones

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22 Sep, 2025

Opoku Goal Headlines Weekend Loan Action

Loanee Nathan Opoku opened the scoring for Newport County but the Welsh outfit fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Gillingham on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-09-22T14:30+01:00

Opoku Goal Headlines Weekend Loan Action

Loanee Nathan Opoku opened the scoring for Newport County but the Welsh outfit fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Gillingham on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-09-22T14:30+01:00

Opoku Goal Headlines Weekend Loan Action

Loanee Nathan Opoku opened the scoring for Newport County but the Welsh outfit fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Gillingham on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-09-22T14:30+01:00

Opoku Goal Headlines Weekend Loan Action

Loanee Nathan Opoku opened the scoring for Newport County but the Welsh outfit fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Gillingham on Saturday.

Sam Jones

2025-09-22T14:30+01:00

Four Foxes started for their respective loan clubs in Sky Bet League 2
Will Alves made another appearance for Huddersfield Town
There were more minutes for Henry Cartwright at Falkirk
Sassuolo’s Woyo Coulibaly played 90 minutes in Serie A
Bilal El Khannouss scored in the Bundesliga as Stuttgart won

The striker’s second goal for his adopted club came inside the opening 60 seconds and Opoku played 76 minutes at Rodney Parade against the league leaders, while there was also a start for Sammy Braybrooke in the Sky Bet League 2 clash.

Battling with Federico Dimarco.

Newport sit above the relegation zone on goal difference as things stand, with a trip to Chesterfield’s Technique Stadium upcoming this Saturday (3pm kick-off). Before then, Arsenal Under-21s visit in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday evening (7pm kick-off).

Elsewhere, Tom Wilson-Brown started Swindon Town’s 3-2 defeat at Salford City, playing 88 minutes at Peninsula Stadium as the Robins came from two goals down before conceding what proved to be an injury-time winner for the hosts.

Ian Holloway’s side are still inside the League 2 play-offs, sitting fourth prior to hosting Bromley Town this weekend – a 3pm kick-off on Saturday.

Joseph heads away from Albert Adomah during the clash at Bescot Stadium.

Staying in the fourth tier, full-back Jayden Joseph was involved throughout Tranmere Rovers’ 4-2 reverse at Walsall, leaving Andy Crosby’s men 17th in the table with Cambridge United up next at Prenton Park this Saturday (3pm kick-off).

A division higher, Will Alves played 76 minutes of Huddersfield Town’s goalless draw with Burton Albion at John Smith’s Stadium, making his first league start for the club. The Terriers remain within the Sky Bet League 1 play-off positions ahead of Saturday’s trip to face Exeter City at St. James’ Park (3pm kick-off).

There was another 90 minutes of Scottish Premiership football for midfielder Henry Cartwright at the weekend, meanwhile, though he could not prevent the Bairns falling to defeat at home to St Mirren, losing 2-1 at Falkirk Stadium.

Slotting home Stuttgart's second goal at MHP Arena.

Currently 10th in the standings, it’s a quick turnaround, with another home fixture against high-flying Hibernian coming up on Tuesday evening (7:45pm kick-off).

Over in Germany, Bilal El Khannouss scored his maiden VfB Stuttgart goal to help secure a 2-0 success over St. Pauli on Friday night. Die Roten, eighth in the Bundesliga table, head to FC Köln this Sunday (4:30pm kick-off), three days after hosting a UEFA Europa League encounter with Celta Vigo (8pm kick-off).

Crossing to Italy, Woyo Coulibaly’s Sassuolo tasted defeat at San Siro, losing 2-1 to Inter Milan in Serie A. A first 90 minutes in the tank for the Mali international right-back, who came on as a substitute against Lazio a week prior, the 26-year-old could be involved again when 14th-placed Sassuolo host Udinese on Sunday (11:30am kick-off).

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