Loan report: Facundo scores in Foxes' first win

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There are three goalscorers in this week's loan report.

Charlie Hanson

2024-10-07T16:30+01:00

Thumbs up from Facundo Buonanotte, who scored his fourth goal of the season against Brentford. 📷 by LCFC / Plumb Images.

Facundo Buonanotte, Malick Yalcouye and Mark O'Mahony all got on the scoresheet for their loan teams over the weekend.

Buonanotte's stunning solo effort secured Leicester victory against Bournemouth, Yalcouye scored in Sturm Graz's superb win over RB Salzburg and O'Mahony made it consecutive Championship matches with a goal as Portsmouth drew with Oxford.

In total, Albion had 24 players involved in matches while out on loan over the weekend. Here's how they got on...

Goalkeepers

Kjell Scherpen kept his third cleansheet of the Austrian Bundesliga campaign as Sturm Graz claimed a stunning 5-0 win over RB Salzburg. The goalkeeper hasn’t missed a minute of Graz’s nine league games so far.

Sheffield Wednesday made it three games unbeaten – of which two have been victories – to move up to 15th in the English second tier. James Beadle wasn’t able to add to his midweek cleansheet against Bristol City though, as the Owls won 2-1 at Coventry.

Having started the campaign slowly, MK Dons secured their third 1-1 draw in four games at home to Tranmere Rovers. Tom McGill has kept two cleansheets in ten league appearances for MK so far.

Carl Rushworth was once again an unused substitute for Hull City, as the Tigers were beaten 4-0 at Norwich City, while Comfort Erhabor was also an unused substitute for Plymouth in their Women's Championship defeat to Lewes.

Defenders

Having enjoyed a five-match unbeaten streak with to start his Blackpool career, Odel Offiah suffered his first defeat as a Tangerine as they were beaten 2-0 at Mansfield Town.

Li Mengwen was also on the end of a 2-0 defeat, as West Ham were beaten 2-0 by Manchester City in the WSL.

Casper Nilsson was an unused substitute for Partick Thistle in their goalless draw with Livingstone, while Ben Jackson remains sidelined through injury for Livi.

Sevilla made it two wins from three as they beat Real Betis 1-0 – although Valentin Barco didn’t get off the bench for the hosts, who moved up to 12th in La Liga thanks to the win.

Midfielders

Facundo Buonanotte has had a superb start to his time on loan with Leicester City. 📷 by LCFC / Plumb Images.

While Scherpen enjoyed a cleansheet for Sturm Graz, it was just as an exciting day for Malick Yalcouye, as he scored his first goal for them in their 5-0 win over RB Salzburg. That marked three goal involvements in his last three games for the Austrian Bundesliga leaders.

Facundo Buonanotte continues to impress with Leicester City, with the Argentinian scoring a stunning goal in their 1-0 win over Bournemouth.

In the Women's Championship, Grace McEwen and Lily Dent started in Portsmouth's 5-1 defeat to London City Lionesses, as Libby Bance was an unused substitute for Bristol City in their 4-2 win over Sheffield United.

Andrew Moran in action for the Potters. 📷 by Steven Flynn.

Andrew Moran had a brilliant midweek, scoring his first Stoke City goal in their 6-1 win against Portsmouth, but their 0-0 draw with Swansea on Saturday no doubt lacked the entertainment factor the Irishman had enjoyed against Pompey.

Amario Cozier-Duberry came on for the final 25 minutes of Blackburn’s 2-1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle, while Jeremy Sarmiento wasn’t able to impact Burnley’s goalless draw with Preston as a late sub.

Samy Chouchane was brought on after 69 minutes for Northampton as they lost 4-1 at Wrexham, but there was better news for Kamari Doyle as he came on for the last 20 minutes of Exeter’s 1-0 win over bottom side Cambridge United.

Jeremy Sarmiento is on a season-long loan with the Clarets. 📷 by Burnley FC.

In League Two, Luca Barrington got 82 minutes for Grimsby as their three-match winning run was ended dramatically as they were thumped 3-0 at home by Doncaster Rovers.

Forwards

Ibrahim Osman played the opening 65 minutes of Feyenoord’s 2-1 win over FC Twente in the Netherlands, while Mark O’Mahony netted his second goal in as many games for Portsmouth with a wonderful header in their draw with Oxford United.