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Alves Wins With Huddersfield, Popov Scores For Morecambe

Will Alves started Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Barnsley on Saturday, remaining in the Sky Bet League 1 play-off places as a result.

2026-02-23T11:00+00:00

by Sam Jones

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23 Feb, 2026

Alves Wins With Huddersfield, Popov Scores For Morecambe

Will Alves started Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Barnsley on Saturday, remaining in the Sky Bet League 1 play-off places as a result.

Sam Jones

2026-02-23T11:00+00:00

Alves Wins With Huddersfield, Popov Scores For Morecambe

Will Alves started Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Barnsley on Saturday, remaining in the Sky Bet League 1 play-off places as a result.

Sam Jones

2026-02-23T11:00+00:00

Alves Wins With Huddersfield, Popov Scores For Morecambe

Will Alves started Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Barnsley on Saturday, remaining in the Sky Bet League 1 play-off places as a result.

Sam Jones

2026-02-23T11:00+00:00

Alves Wins With Huddersfield, Popov Scores For Morecambe

Will Alves started Huddersfield Town’s 2-1 victory over Barnsley on Saturday, remaining in the Sky Bet League 1 play-off places as a result.

Sam Jones

2026-02-23T11:00+00:00

A Sky Bet League 1 victory for Will Alves’ Huddersfield Town
Sammy Braybrooke also starts as Chesterfield draw with Crawley Town
Nathan Opoku features in Newport County’s Sky Bet League 2 defeat
Chris Popov (Morecambe) and Bilal El Khannouss (Stuttgart) both score
Henry Cartwright, Woyo Coulibaly and Wout Faes all play

The young midfielder played 56 minutes of the contest at Accu Stadium and will have another opportunity to feature this Saturday, when travelling to face Wigan Athletic (3pm kick-off).

Sammy Braybrooke played throughout Chesterfield’s 1-1 draw with Crawley Town, which sees the Spireites sit inside the Sky Bet League 2 play-off positions. A trip to Barnet comes next on Saturday, facing off at The Hive in a 3pm kick-off.

Up against Hearts.

Elsewhere in the fourth tier, Nathan Opoku came on as a 71st minute substitute at Rodney Parade but could not prevent bottom of the table Newport County from falling to a 2-0 reverse against Cambridge United at the weekend.

The forward, who has now made 20 League 2 appearances this term, could be in action again when visiting Fleetwood Town on Saturday (3pm kick-off), aiming to reduce the three-point gap to safety.

In the Enterprise National League, Chris Popov notched a goal and an assist as Morecambe thrashed Eastleigh 4-0 at Mazuma Stadium.

That’s now three goals and two assists in seven matches for the forward since joining the Shrimps, who are 22nd in the table, nine points from safety prior to facing 23rd-place Gateshead on Wednesday (7:45pm kick-off).

Scoring twice at Celtic Park.

Henry Cartwright was introduced as a substitute during Falkirk’s narrow 1-0 loss to top-of-the-table Hearts in the Scottish Premiership.

Another seventeen minutes of action for the midfielder at Tynecastle, his next opportunity to play comes this Saturday, against Kilmarnock (3pm kick-off).

Bilal El Khannouss played 66 minutes of Stuttgart’s 3-3 draw with Heidenheim in the Bundesliga on Sunday, with the point gained on the road keeping Die Roten fourth ahead of hosting Wolfsburg on Sunday (2:30pm kick-off).

The German side face Celtic in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League Play-Off before then, leading 4-1 heading into Thursday’s clash at MHP Arena, after El Khannouss’ brace at Celtic Park.

Marking PSG's Kang-in Lee in the Champions League last midweek.

Over to Italy, Woyo Coulibaly started Sassuolo’s 3-0 home success over Hellas Verona, helping to keep a clean sheet at Mapei Stadium. Rising up to eighth in Serie A, a home game against Atalanta is coming up on Sunday (2pm kick-off).

In France, Wout Faes’ Monaco recorded a 3-2 victory at Lens, with the Belgian centre-back playing 90 minutes at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Eighth in Ligue 1, Monaco host Angers on Saturday (8pm kick-off).

Before then, it’s a UEFA Champions League Play-Off Second Leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, with Sébastien Pocognoli’s side trailing 3-2 from the first leg at Stade Louis II.

All times GMT.

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