Back-to-back wins and clean sheets for Harry Souttar and Sheffield United
Tom Cannon was a starter in Stoke City's late draw with Cardiff City
Silko Thomas helped Wigan Athletic to victory over Bolton Wanderers
Wanya Marçal and Brandon Cover also made appearances
The Blades defeated Millwall 1-0 at The Den on Wednesday before seeing off Plymouth Argyle 2-0 back at Bramall Lane three days later to make it 10 games unbeaten for the table toppers. The Australian centre-back is in line to make his 20th league appearance of the season when Chris Wilder’s men visit Cardiff City this Saturday (3pm kick-off).
Remaining in the division, Tom Cannon played another 90 minutes for Stoke City in a dramatic 2-2 draw with Cardiff City at bet365 Stadium last Saturday, with Ben Gibson’s injury-time goal rescuing a point to lift the Potters up to 17th in the second-tier standings.
The Republic of Ireland international will be hoping to add to his goal tally of eight in 17 games during Saturday’s trip to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday (12:30pm kick-off).
The 20-year-old last played 90 minutes against Northampton Town at the end of November.
Young winger Wanya Marçal, meanwhile, appeared in De Graafschap’s 2-0 reverse at home to SC Cambuur on Friday, starting for the first time in Eerste Divisie. The former Portugal youth international played just over an hour at Stadion De Vijverberg and will be in contention to play in Thursday’s KNVB Cup Second Round clash at home to Sparta Nijkerk (7pm kick-off).
There was an away success for Silko Thomas and Wigan Athletic at local rivals Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, winning 2-0 courtesy of a goal in each half at Toughsheet Community Stadium.
The 20-year-old midfielder played 82 minutes, marking his 16th Sky Bet League 1 appearance of the season with a win, before the 16th-placed Latics host Shrewsbury Town next up on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
In Sky Bet League 2, wing-back Brandon Cover came on as a 22nd-minute substitute and helped the Valiants to a goalless draw away at Bromley at the weekend to remain second in the standings. It’s bottom of the table Carlisle United up next for Darren Moore’s men on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
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