Kaoru Mitoma hit the post with a first-time effort as the Japan international played a full match for Brighton in their 2-1 win over Bournemouth in the English Premier League.

 

He was also on for 91 minutes in their FA Cup 5th round 2-1 win over Newcastle in a match that ended with both sides playing with 10 men. 

Japan captain Wataru Endo was involved from the 77th minute as Liverpool swept to a 2-0 win over Newcastle, a result that leaves them 13 points clear at the top.

 

His compatriot Daichi Kamada came on for Crystal Palace in the 78th minute in their 4-1 win over Aston Villa. The Eagles, nesting in 12th position in the table, have lost just three of their past 15 league games.

Another Japanese international, Yukinari Sugawara, appeared for 89 minutes in Southampton’s 4-0 loss to Chelsea. The Saints continue anchoring the league and have lost nine of their 10 league games, and have only nine points from 27 matches.

 

Tottenham Hotspur’s Korea Republic international Son Heung-min came on in the 67th minute as his side went down 1-0 to Manchester City, who fielded Uzbekistan international Abdukodir Khusanov for the full 90 minutes. 

Celtic’s Daizen Maeda and Yang Hyun-jun both scored in their side’s 5-1 Premiership home win over Aberdeen. Playing the full match, the Japan international secured a brace in the 24th and 92nd minutes while Korea Republic’s Yang, who came in shortly after half-time, struck in the 72nd minute.

Maeda’s fellow international Reo Hatate played 59 minutes for the league leaders while Aberdeen’s Palestine forward Oday Dabbagh was on the field for 80 minutes.

 

The trio combined well again in Celtic’s 5-2 win over St Mirren, with Yang scoring a brace in the 68th and 90+3 minutes and then assisting Maeda in the 88th minute as he notched up his 12th league goal. 

 

Hatate, meanwhile, lent a hand in Yang’s first goal as Celtic extended their lead at the top of the Premiership to 16 points over Rangers.

Dabbagh went on after the break in Aberdeen’s second match, a 2-2 draw with Dundee United who used Australia’s Ryan Strain for the full match.

Strain also played the following match, a 3-1 loss to Hibernian which saw their Australian connection of Martin Boyle, Nectarios Triantis, Jack Iredale and Lewis Miller all starting. Triantis assisted their second goal in the 90th minute. 

 

Boyle and Iredale got their names on the scoresheet in their next match, a 2-1 derby win over Hearts which moved Hibs to third in the table. Iredale also assisted Boyle’s goal in the 6th minute before scoring his first goal for Hibs in the 74th minute.

 

Calem Nieuwenhof nabbed Hearts’ second goal as his side came from behind to win 3-1 over St Mirren in their next game. The Australian international, who was making his first start in almost a year, struck in the 63rd minute.

Fellow international Josh Nisbet made an appearance in the 65th minute in Ross County’s 1-0 loss to St Johnstone, a result which halted County’s record of four wins from five previous away league games.  

 

Nisbet also featured for 93 minutes as his side bounced back later in the week to defeat Kilmarnock 1-0 and come within two points of the Premiership’s top six.

Korea Republic’s Kim Min-jae played a full match for Bayern Munich as they came from behind to beat Stuttgart 3-1. Japan’s Hiroki Ito was on three minutes before regulation as the Bundesliga leaders moved 11 points clear of Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the table.

Japan international Koji Miyoshi came on in the 75th minute in Bochum’s 1-0 loss to Hoffenheim. His team are currently 16th in the league, three spots from the bottom with 17 points from 24 matches. 

 

His international teammate Ko Itakura was involved from the start in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 3-0 away win over second-from-bottom FC Heidenheim. 

 

Korea Republic’s Lee Jae-sung and Japanese midfielder Kaishu Sano turned out for the full match in Mainz’s 2-1 win over RB Leipzig. This was Mainz’s third straight win, which leaves them fourth in the Bundesliga with 41 points.

St Pauli captain and Australian international Jackson Irvine played a full match as his side lost 2-0 to Borussia Dortmund. 

 

Japanese international Shuto Machino played a full match for Holstein Kiel as they ended their six-match winless run by beating FC Union Berlin 1-0. Holstein are second-bottom with 16 points from 24 games.

 

Machino’s fellow international Ritsu Doan did the same for SC Freiburg in their goalless draw with FC Augsburg.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh started for Heerenveen in their 3-1 win over AZ Alkmaar. The IR Iran international stayed on for 81 minutes while Iraq international Hussein Ali came in nine minutes before the end. Alkmaar’s Japan international Seiya Maikuma played the full match. 

Indonesian international Thom Haye was involved from the start for Almere City in a 1-0 defeat to Ajax. His teammate and Iraq international Ali Jasim was on the field from the 83rd minute. 

 

Jasim’s fellow international Zidane Iqbal played 89 minutes in FC Utrecht’s 1-0 win over Nac Breeda while Haye’s compatriot Mees Hilgers played a full match for FC Twente as they drew 1-1 with FC Groningen.

 

Fellow Indonesia international Calvin Verdonk did the same for NEC Nijmegen in their goalless draw with Feyenoord. Japan’s Koki Ogawa came on in the 68th minute for Feyenoord, who are unbeaten in their last four matches and are fourth in the Eredivisie.

 

Japan U23 international Shunsuke Mito played a full match for Sparta Rotterdam as they cruised 4-0 past FC Willem.

Lens’ keeper and Socceroo Mathew Ryan featured as his side went down 4-3 to Le Havre. Ryan kept clean sheets in his first two games since his debut but this was the second match running where his side were beaten.

The Japanese trio of Keito Nakamura, Junya Ito and Hiroki Sekine started for Riems as they lost 3-0 to Monaco. Nakamura and Sekine played a full 90 minutes while Ito was substituted in the 73rd minute. 

 

Their countryman Takumi Minamino played 74 minutes for Monaco, whose goals came courtesy of Danish youth international Mika Biereth, who scored his third hat-trick in just five matches.  

Korea Republic international midfielder Lee Kang-in appeared from the 75th minute for Paris Saint-Germain in their 4-1 win over Lille. The Ligue 1 leaders extended their unbeaten run to 22 games and sit 16 points clear over second-placed Marseille as they go into Wednesday's Champions League clash with Liverpool. 

 

Japan’s Ado Onaiwu was on eight minutes before regulation for AJ Auxerre in their 1-0 loss to Strasbourg.

 

Rennes’ Jordan international Mousa Al Tamari came on after the break as his side defeated Montpellier 4-0. Junior Ndiaye of the United Arab Emirates came on for Montpellier in the 78th minute. 

Eldor Shomurodov assisted Roma’s first goal and scored the second in their 4-0 win over Monza. It was the second Serie A goal for the 29-year-old Uzbekistan national team captain, who struck in the 32nd minute and came off in the 70th minute.

 

Shomurodov also featured for 46 minutes in their 2-1 win over Como, which extended Roma’s unbeaten run to 11 league matches. Roma’s last league loss, incidentally, was a 2-0 defeat to Como.

Indonesia’s national team captain Jay Idzes was involved for a full 90 minutes in Venezia’s 0-0 stalemate against Atalanta.

 

Parma’s Japanese custodian Zion Suzuki let in a 38th-minute penalty as they slumped to a 1-0 loss to Udinese. His side sit just above the relegation zone, and the 22-year-old has played 26 of his side’s 27 league matches.

Mallorca’s Japan international forward Takuma Asano played for 67 minutes in their 1-1 draw with Sevilla. He then went one up in their second game, a 1-1 draw with Deportivo Alaves, by scoring for his side and claiming his first La Liga goal of the season. 

Saudi Arabia international Faisal Al Ghamdi played 62 minutes in Beerschot’s 1-0 defeat of Mechelen in the Belgian Pro League as his bottom-placed team won their first match in 11. Fellow international Marwan Al Sahafi came on the same minute Al Ghamdi was substituted.

Isa Sakamoto of Japan played a full game for Westerlo as they drew 0-0 with OH Leuven. Westerlo have 31 points from 28 games and are in the league’s relegation zone alongside Beerschot.