Craig Goodwin scored a goal and an assist, despite starting on the bench, to rescue a point for Sparta Rotterdam. Ben Halloran opened the scoring for Heidenheim in a 2-0 win whilst Mitchell Langerak saw five balls into the back of his own net, keeping for Stuttgart. Ryan Edwards was on the scoresheet for Patrick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership whilst Michael Thwaite and Apostolos Giannou both scored in China.

Whilst many Socceroos were rested due to international duty, some still played and made a big impact for their teams

UK

In the English Premier League, Adam Federici was on the bench for Bournemouth in a 6-1 thrashing of Hull City. Mark Birighitti was not in the squad for Swansea City against Arsenal.

In the Championship, Mile Jedinak started and played 55 minutes for Aston Villa in a 1-1 draw against Wolverhampton. Jordan Lyden was not called up. Massimo Luongo was an unused substitute for QPR against Reading. Aaron Mooy played a full match for Huddersfield in a 1-0 loss to Sheffield Wednesday. Bailey Wright was an unused substitute for Preston North End against Brighton & Hove. Jackson Irvine played a full match for Burton Albion in a 0-0 draw against Wigan Athletic. Ryan Williams was not in the squad for Barnsley FC’s match against Fulham.

In League One, Chris Herd played a full match for Gillingham FC against Bristol Rovers in a 2-1 loss. Andy Rose was not in the squad for Coventry City against Charlton Athletic. Cameron Burgess played the whole match for Oldham Athletic in a 2-0 defeat to Bolton Wanderers. James Wesolowski was not in the squad for Shrewsbury Town’s match against Walsall. James Meredith played 48 minutes for Bradford City in a 1-0 loss to Oxford United. Bradden Inman was not in the match day team for Peterborough United against Fleetwood Town.

In League Two, Alex Cisak played a full match for Leyton Orient losing 2-1 to Luton Town. Aaron Downes played the full match for Cheltenham Town in a 2-1 win against Crawley Town.

In the Premier League 2, Peter Skapetis was not in the squad for Stoke City against Middlesbrough. Curtis Good played the full 90 for Newcastle United against Wolverhampton in a 4-1 defeat.

In the Scottish Premiership, Tom Rogic was not called up for Celtic against Scott McDonald’s Motherwell FC with Celtic triumphing 2-0 with McDonald playing in the first half. Ryan Edwards played a full match and scored for Patrick Thistle in a 2-2 draw against Hamilton Academical.

EUROPE

In the Austrian Bundesliga, James Jeggo played a full match for Sturm Graz in a 1-0 win against Ried.

In the Dutch Eredivisie, Brad Jones played a full match for Feyenoord Rotterdam in a 2-1 win against Stefan Mauk’s NEC. Mauk was an unused substitute. Jason Davidson received a straight red for FC Groningen in a 3-0 defeat against Heerenveen. Daniel De Silva played 88 minutes for Roda JC, managing an assist in a 1-0 win against Excelsior. Craig Goodwin managed both a goal and an assist for Sparta Rotterdam against Willem II whilst Kenneth Dougall played the full match.

In the Danish Superligaen, Mustafa Amini played 83 minutes for Aarhus GF in a 1-1 draw against Horsens. Chris Ikonomidis was not in the squad.

In the German Bundesliga, Mathew Leckie came off the bench in the 58th minute for Ingolstadt in a 2-1 loss to Koln. Robbie Kruse was not in the squad for Bayer Leverkusen against Werder Bremen.

In the German 2. Bundesliga, Mitchell Langerak let five goals past for Stuttgart in a thumping at the hands of Dynamo Dresden. Milos Degenek scored for 1860 Munich against Fortuna Dusseldorf. Ben Halloran played 82 minutes for Heidenheim against Greuther Furth, scoring the opening goal in a 2-0 win.

In the Greek Super League, Terry Antonis came on in the 89th minute for Pae Veria in a 1-0 loss against Atromitos.

In the Hungarian NB I, David Williams started and player 35 minutes for Szombathelyi Haladas in a 2-0 win against Ferencvaros.

In the Norwegian Tippeligaen, Alex Gersbach was not in the squad for Rosenborg BK in a 2-2 draw against Sarpsborg 08.

In the Russian 1. Division, Luke Wilkshere was not in the squad for Dinamo Moscow against Fakel.

In the Spanish La Liga, Mathew Ryan was not in the squad for Valencia against Sporting Gijon.

In the Swiss Super League, Tomi Juric played a full match for FC Luzern in a 3-0 loss to Basel.

In the Turkish Super Lig, Aziz Behich played the full match for Bursaspor in a 0-0 draw to Osmanlispor.

ASIA

In the Chinese Super League, Dario Vidosic and Michael Thwaite both started for Liaoning against Chongqing with Thwaite scoring the only goal for Liaoning in a 2-1 loss. Apostolos Giannou was also on the scoresheet after starting for Guangzhou R&F against Matthew Spiranovic’s Hangzhou Greentown. Spiranovic played the full match. Trent Sainsbury came off the bench in the 77th minute for Jiangsu Suning in a 2-1 win against Shanghai SIPG. Aleksandar Jovanovic played a full match for Tianjin Teda 2-1 win against Yanbian Funde. Ryan McGowan played the full game for Henan Jianye as they drew 2-2 with Shanghai Shenhua.

In the Indonesian Soccer Championship, Nick Kalmar started for Arema Cronus in a 2-0 against PSM. Diogo Ferreira started for Persib Bandung in a 2-1 loss to Mitra Kukar.

In the Japanese J1 League, Nathan Burns came off the bench in the 65th minute for FC Tokyo in a 1-0 win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Tando Velaphi was an unused substitute for Shonan Bellmare.

In the South Korean K-League, Tomislav Mrcela played the full match for Jeonnam Dragons winning 1-0 to Sangju Sangmu.

In the UAE Gulf League, Mark Milligan played a full match for Baniyas SC in a 2-0 loss to Al Shabab.

AFRICA

In the South African Premiership, Matt Sim came off the bench in the 82nd minute for Cape Town City FC in a 2-1 loss to Baroka.