Aussies Abroad: Sainsbury shines for Kortrijk as Boyle scores again
Martin Boyle entered double digits in the goals department in the Scottish Premiership as Trent Sainsbury led his Kortrijk to victory against Anderlecht.
Both Boyle and Jackson Irvine put in full shifts for Hibernian as they overcame Hamilton Academical 2-0 in the Scottish Premiership.
Boyle weighed in with his 10th goal of the season when he opened the scoring on 13 minutes before he had his penalty saved just after the half hour mark.
The invaluable three points sees Hibs stay in third with a four point gap over nearest challengers, Aberdeen.
In Belgium, Sainsbury put in a superb as captain for Kortrijk as he got on the scoresheet and picked up a clean sheet in their 2-0 triumph against Anderlecht.
A perfectly-struck corner on the stroke of halftime picked out the Socceroos defender as he headed home from close range to give his side the advantage at half time.
Sainsbury’s side continued to dominate the affair and were eventually rewarded with the all-important second goal with 15 minutes remaining in the contest.
Meanwhile, Danny Vukovic was on the bench for Genk as they suffered another shock defeat, going down 2-1 to Beerschot on this occasion.
James Jeggo played the full match in the heart of midfield for Aris Thessaloniki as they came from behind to draw 1-1 with leaders Olympiacos in the Greek Super League.
Jeggo’s side are only the 5th side to take points away from Olympiacos after the first 23 rounds.
Harry Souttar was in great form once again for Stoke City as they claimed a 3-0 victory at home to Luton Town in their Championship fixture.
The Potters’ latest victory was also their 15th clean sheet of the season as they celebrate being one of the meanest defences in the competition.
Hrustic’s Eintracht Frankfurt caused a major upset in the Bundesliga as they overcame Bayern Munich 2-1 on Saturday.
Unfortunately, Hrustic did not make it off the bench as his side inflicted just the third defeat of the season on the reigning champions.
In the Danish Superligaen, Awer Mabil came on in the 65th minute for Midtjylland as they secured a 2-0 win at Aalborg on Friday night.
Elsewhere, Alex Gersbach played the final five minutes of AGF Aarhus’ 2-0 victory against SonderjyskE with Daniel Arzani absent from the matchday squad.
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Mathew Leckie started and played 60 minutes for Hertha Berlin as they were outdone 3-0 against RB Leipzig on Sunday.
In the Turkish SuperLig, Aziz Behich put in a full shift for Kayserispor as they fell 2-0 to Sivasspor.
Over to Serbia where Milos Degenek was an unused substitute for FK Crvena Zvezda as they secured a 2-1 win at Spartak Subotica in their SuperLiga fixture.
Returning to Scotland, Tom Rogic started and played 67 minutes for Celtic as they were edged out 1-0 against Ross County.
Kenny Dougall’s Blackpool came away with a surprise 1-0 win against playoff hopefuls Portsmouth while Bailey Wright was absent for Sunderland as they registered a routine 3-0 win against Burton Albion.
In Thailand, Brandon O’Neill’s Buriram United sealed a 3-2 win away at Suphanburi.