Round Up for weekend of Friday, 30th August 2019

Friday, 30th August 2019

Championship

Cardiff 1-1 Fulham

Harry Arter was sent off for the fourth time in his career, three years after his last red card in August 2016

Scottish Championship

Inverness CT 5-0 Greenock Morton

Aaron Doran's start was the 200th time he was named in a starting XI in his career

Dundee Utd 6-2 Dundee

Mark Connolly completed an assist for the first time since January 2018

Saturday, 31st August 2019

Premier League

The 2019/20 season has the lowest number of Premier League goals by Irish players in August since the 2016/17 season - when no goals were scored.

Chelsea 2-2 Sheffield United

John Egan made his 50th appearance for Sheffield United - all of which have been starts
Callum Robinson scored his first goal for the Blades, this was also his first goal in the Premier League
Enda Stevens' assist on Robinson's goal was his first since December 2018

Manchester City 4-0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Aaron Connolly came off the bench for made his first appearance in the Premier League

Championship

Bristol City 2-2 Middlesbrough

Callum O'Dowda made his first assist of the season

Birmingham City 2-1 Stoke City

Stephen Ward start was his 200th appearance in the Championship

League 1

Blackpool 1-1 Portsmouth

Ronan Curtis' start was his 50th start for Portsmouth

Gillingham 5-0 Bolton

After signing for Gillingham on loan until January, Thomas O'Connor made his first start for the club
Mark Byrne made his first assist of the season

Oxford United 3-3 Coventry

Both Anthony Forde and Jordan Shipley were booked for the first time this season.
Shipley also completed his first assist of the season

Southend United 0-3 Rochdale

Robert Kiernan's second half introduction was his first appearance of the season

League 2

Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Bradford City

Paul Green made his 50th start for Crewe Alexandra
Jamie Devitt was named in a starting XI for the first time this season
Paudie O'Connor's start was his first appearance in League Two

Exeter 1-0 Mansfield Town

Ryan Sweeney was sent off for the third time in his career, this was his first red card since September 2017

Forest Green 0-2 Newport Co.

Padraig Amond's goal was his 80th strike in League Two

Port Vale 1-0 Cambridge United

After signing a one year contract with Cambridge during the week, Samir Carruthers made his first appearance for the U's

Salford City 1-1 Leyton Orient

Richie Towell's goal was his first for Salford
Adam Rooney was booked for the first time this season

Scunthorpe 0-1 Carlisle United

Canice Carroll was named in Carlisle United's starting XI for the first time

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 3-0 Ross County

Simon Power's second half introduction (his first appearance in a month) was  his first appearance in the SPL

Scottish Championship

Arbroath 1-0 Dunfermline

Daniel Devine's start was his first appearance of the 2019/20 season

Sunday, 1st September 2019

Scottish Premier League

Rangers 0-2 Celtic

Jonathan Hayes scored his first goal of the season as a late second half substitute, this was his first goal since December 2017

Bulgarian

CSKA Sofia 2-2 Levski Sofia

Graham Carey assisted both of CSKA Sofia's goals in his seventh appearances for the club