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Saturday, March 2019
Premier League
Fulham 0-2 Manchester City
Cyrus Christie was shown his fifth yellow card of the season in his first start since Saturday, 2nd February
Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Southampton
Shane Duffy made his 100th appearance for Brighton and Hove Albion
Championship
Aston Villa 2-1 Blackburn
Glenn Whelan made his 50th start for Aston Villa
Darragh Lenihan made his first appearance in two months
Nottingham Forest 2-1 Swansea
Daryl Murphy scored for the first time in three months
Reading 2-1 Preston North End
Paul McShane came off the bench for his first appearance since Wednesday, 22nd August
Callum Robinson was named in a starting XI for the first time since Saturday, 24th November
Sheffield United 2-3 Bristol City
Scott Hogan scored his first goal of the season, almost a year after his last goal on Tuesday, 3rd April 2018
League 1
Blackpool 2-2 Plymouth
Graham Carey assisted a goal for the first time in a month
Charlton 1-0 Bradford City
Paudie O’Connor’s start was the defender’s first appearance in two months
Gillingham 1-1 Rochdale
Graham Burke made his 25th appearance of the season
Scunthorpe 1-2 AFC Wimbledon
Shane McLoughlin started his first game since Tuesday, 19th February
League 2
Bury 1-3 Swindon Town
Jay O’Shea made his fifth assist of the season
Cambridge United 0-1 Colchester
Jake Carroll made his 150th appearance in League Two
Jake Doyle-Hayes came off the bench for his first appearance in a month
Crewe Alexandra 1-3 Cheltenham
Kevin Dawson scored his first goal since Tuesday, 8th January
Morecambe 1-0 Crawley
Barry Roche’s start was his first appearance since Saturday, 27th October
Stevenage 0-3 Notts County
Michael Doyle made his 150th appearance in League Two
Scottish Premier League
St Mirren 2-1 Dundee
John O’Sullivan’s first assist since November was his fifth assist of the season
Motherwell 3-0 St Johnstone
Charles Dunne made his 50th appearance in the competition
Carl McHugh made his first assist of the season
Hearts 2-1 Aberdeen
In his first appearance in seven weeks, Conor Shaughnessy made his first assist of the season
Kilmarnock 5-0 Hamilton Academical
Gary Dicker was booked for the first time in two months
Sunday, 31st March 2019
Premier League
Cardiff 1-2 Chelsea
Harry Arter completed his first assist of the season
Scottish Premier League
Celtic 2-1 Rangers
In his first start in five weeks, Jonathan Hayes was booked for the first time since the same game
Football League Trophy
Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland
Aiden McGeady’s brace in the final was his first goals in the competition
Norwegian Eliteserien
Viking 2-0 Kristiansund
Sean McDermott was named in the starting XI on his return to the Kristiansund first team. This was his first start since Sunday, 17th February
Monday, 1st April 2019
MLS
Orlando City 1-2 D.C. United
Chris McCann came off the bench for his D.C. United debut
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