Round up for week of Tuesday, 5th December 2017

Tuesday, 5th December 2017

Football League Trophy

Gillingham 1-2 Oxford United

Canice Carroll started his first game since Saturday, 21st October, and was also booked for the first time since the last game
Mark Byrne scored his first goal of the season. This was the midfielder's first goal in more than a year, his last strike came on Saturday, 26th November 2016

Bradford City 0-1 Oldham

Paul Green was booked for the first time this season

Port Vale 1-2 Shrewsbury

Gavin Gunning was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Scunthorpe 1-2 Leicester City U21

Paddy Madden's yellow card was his first booking in two months

Wednesday, 6th December 2017

Football League Trophy

Peterborough 2-0 Southend United

Both Simon Cox and Stephen McLaughlin made their 25th appearance of 2017/18
Chris Forrester was booked for the first time since August

Thursday, 7th December 2017

UEFA Cup

Apollon 0-3 Everton

Congratulations to U21 midfielder Harry Charsley on making his senior debut for Everton

📋 | Team sheets are in and there are 2️⃣ debutants for the Blues. Congratulations to Harry Charsley and Fraser Hornby! pic.twitter.com/9YHQSAoOHp

— Everton (@Everton) December 7, 2017

Indian Super League

Chennaiyin FC 3-2 Atlético de Kolkata

Robbie Keane came off the bench to make his first appearance for Atlético de Kolkata, more than a year after his last appearance for LA Galaxy on Sunday, 6th November 2016

November 2017 Appearance Stats

Irish Abroad players appearance statistics for November 2017

Wins
In a month with a reduced number of games due to the international break, no player won more than Matt Doherty, Glenn Whelan and Conor Hourihane's four victories

Draws
Goalkeeper Keiren Westwood was the only player to start more than two draws, the Sheffield Wednesday number one started three games that ended all square

Losses
Newcastle's Rob Elliott started three losses in November, no other player started more than two

Starts/Completed Games
Of the five games defenders Paul McShane, Richard Keogh, John Egan and midfielders Glenn Whelan and Conor Hourihane started in November, only McShane, Egan and Hourihane went on to complete 90 minutes in all five

Substitutions/Introductions
Harry Arter, Jeff Hendrick, Sean Scannell and Aiden O'Brien were all substituted three times in November, one less than the number of times James McClean was introduced from the bench for West Brom

Stayed On Bench
Goalkeepers Stephen Henderson and Brian Murphy were unused substitutes in four games in November, the same as defenders Kevin Long and Alex Pearce

Goals
David McGoldrick was the only player to score more than once, the Ipswich striker scored two goals, while Anthony Stokes was the only player to score a penalty

Discipline
Carl McHugh and Daniel Devine were both booked twice, no other player was booked more than once

Round up for weekend of Friday, 1st December 2017

Friday, 1st December 2017

Championship

Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa

Conor Hourihane was booked for the first time since Saturday, 14th October

Polish Ekstraklasa

Jagiellonia Białystok 1-0 Pogoń Szczecin

Cillian Sheridan marked his first start since Sunday, 22th October with his first goal since Sunday, 13th August

Saturday, 2nd December 2017

Premier League

Chelsea 3-1 Newcastle Utd

Ciaran Clark was shown his first yellow card since Saturday, 16th September

Championship

Millwall 3-1 Sheffield United

Aiden O'Brien made his 150th appearance for Millwall

Another #Millwall milestone for @AidenObrien22 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/wUvgTBNF4Z

— Millwall FC (@MillwallFC) December 2, 2017

League 1

Southend United 2-0 Oldham

Jack Byrne made his 50th career start

Scottish Premier League

Celtic 5-1 Motherwell

Jonathan Hayes returned to the Celtic starting XI for his first start since Saturday, 30th September

St Johnstone 1-2 Kilmarnock

Gary Dicker was booked for the first time this season in his first start of the season

English FA Cup

Bradford City 3-1 Plymouth

Graham Carey scored his fifth goal of the season

Sunday, 3rd December 2017

Premier League

Manchester City 2-1 West Ham United

Declan Rice was booked for the first time this season in his first start since Tuesday, 31st October

English FA Cup

Gateshead 0-5 Luton

Glen Rea made his 100th career appearance

Blackburn 3-3 Crewe Alexandra

Eddie Nolan scored his first goal of the season, also his first goal in the FA Cup. Before this the defender hadn't scored since September 2015

Coventry 3-0 Boreham Wood

Michael Doyle was booked for the fifth time this season and is suspended for the next game

Monday, 4 December 2017

English FA Cup

Slough Town 0-4 Rochdale

Joe Rafferty's start for Rochdale was the defender's 200th career appearance