Round up for weekend of Friday, 8th January 2021

Friday, 8th January 2021

FA Cup

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Crystal Palace

James McCarthy's start was his first appearance in two months, and his first start since a month before that

Aston Villa 1-4 Liverpool

Caoimhin Kelleher's start was his first appearance since Wednesday, 9th December

Australian A-League

Newcastle Jets 1-2 Western Sydney Wanderers

Simon Cox completed his first assist since August

Saturday, 9th January 2021

League 1

Lincoln City 1-1 Peterborough

Anthony Scully scored his tenth goal for Lincoln City, this was also his fifth goal in League One

Gillingham 0-1 Burton Albion

John-Joe O'Toole was named in the Burton Albion for the 50th time

Rochdale 3-3 Crewe Alexandra

Gavin Bazunu's start was his first appearance in two months
Paul McShane's introduction was his first appearance since Saturday, 17th October

Ipswich 2-3 Swindon Town

Alan Judge's first goal of the season was his fifth goal for Ipswich
Mark Travers' start was his first appearance for loan club Swindon Town

Sunderland 1-1 Hull City

Aiden McGeady scored his first goal of the season, a rare header for the winger, more than a year after his last goal on Tuesday, 26th November 2019

League 2

Cambridge United 2-1 Harrogate Town

Wes Hoolahan completed his first assist in two months

Scottish Premier League

St Mirren 1-1 Motherwell

Jake Doyle-Hayes was booked for the fifth time this season

FA Cup

Boreham Wood 0-2 Millwall

Dan McNamara's start was his Millwall debut

Chorley 2-0 Derby County

Both Festy Ebosele and Ola Ibrahim both made their career debuts as substitutes for Derby

Bournemouth 4-1 Oldham

Gavin Kilkenny was named in the Bournemouth starting XI for the first time this season

Stoke City 0-4 Leicester City

James McClean's start was his 25th appearance in the FA Cup

Wycombe Wanderers 4-1 Preston North End

Jayson Molumby first appearance for Preston North End was his 50th career appearances

Exeter 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Ciaran Brennan's start was his first appearance since Wednesday, 23rd September

Brentford 2-1 Middlesbrough

Alex Gilbert's start was his career debut

Scottish FA Cup

Dundee 3-2 Bonnyrigg Rose

Jonathan Afolabi's first goal in the Scottish FA Cup was his fifth senior goal

Sunday, 10th January 2021

Scottish Premier League

Aberdeen 1-2 Rangers

Jonathan Hayes' assist was his first since Tuesday, 20 October

FA Cup

Cheltenham 2-1 Mansfield Town

Stephen McLaughlin started his first game in six weeks, and scored his first goal in 100 days
Corey O'Keeffe started a game for the first time in two months
James Clarke came off the bench for his first appearance in two months

Monday, 11th January 2021

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 1-1 Hibernian

Armstrong Okoflex came off the bench to make his first appearance for Celtic's senior team(he appeared for the Bhoys' U20 side in the 2019/20 Scottish Challenge Cup)

FA Cup

Stockport County 0-1 West Ham United

Darren Randolph's start was his 50th appearance for West Ham United
Mipo Odubeko came on for his first appearance for West Ham United's senior team