Martin Boyle scored the opening goal for Hibernian in the 27th minute in their 3-1 win against Motherwell, with compatriot Nectarios Triantis scoring the second three minutes later. 

Boyle claimed another from the penalty spot in the 81st minute - his second brace in consecutive games following his side’s 3-3 draw with Rangers. 

Fellow Australians Jack Iredale played the full match while Lewis Miller came on in the 62nd minute.   

Kyogo Furuhashi scored in the 40th and 81st minutes in Celtic’s 4-1 win over Ross County to take his season’s tally to 10. His compatriot Reo Hatate played the full match, as did Korea Republic’s Yang Hyun-jun. Australian national Josh Nisbet started for Ross County.

In Celtic’s midweek 2-0 win against Dundee United, Daizen Maeda scored their opener in the 23rd minute, with Hatate wrapping things up in the 83rd minute.  

Australian Cameron Devlin was also involved in the full match in Hearts’ goalless draw against Aberdeen. His compatriot Ryan Strain started for Dundee United in their 1-0 win against St. Mirren.  

Japan’s Koki Ogawa scored the only goal in NEC Nijmegen’s 1-0 win against PEC Zwolle, while Kodai Sano and Indonesian national Calvin Verdonk played the entire match. Indonesia midfielder Eliano Reijnders was also a full-time fixture for Zwolle. 

Ogawa’s compatriot Shunsuke Mito gave Sparta Rotterdam the lead in the 52nd minute against Heracles, only to see Justin Hoogma level the score one minute into injury time.  

Japan’s Seiya Makuma started in AZ Alkmarr’s 2-2 draw with table-toppers PSV Eindhoven, with the right-back coming off in the 83rd minute before Eindhoven’s Luuk de Jong scored his second goal to level the score.  

Indonesian international Thom Haye was involved in Almere City FC’s goalless draw against FC Groningen, with the result leaving the former second from last in the Eredivisie with 10 points from 18 matches.

Iraqi international Zidane Iqbal played the full match in FC Utrecht’s 2-1 defeat of Feyenoord, which saw Utrecht sitting in third place, three points ahead of their opponents. 

Japan’s national custodian Zion Suzuki made three saves in Parma’s match against Genoa, but failed to do so in the 65th minute and saw his side go down 1-0 to the 11th placed side.

Indonesian midfielder Jay Idzes played the entire match for Venezia in their 1-0 loss to second-placed Serie A side Inter, whose Islamic Republic of Iran national Mehdi Taremi was substituted in the 63rd minute. 

Germany: Korea Republic and Japan share the stage
Japanese international Ko Itakura started in Borussia Monchengladbach’s 1-0 loss to Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich while his countryman Shio Fukuda showed up in the 90th minute. Bayern’s Korea Republic defender Kim Min-jae played the full game.  

Union Berlin’s Korea Republic midfielder Jeong Woo-yeong took to the field in their 2-0 loss to FC Heidenheim before being replaced by Tim Skarke one minute into the second half. 

Freiburg’s Japan international Ritsu Doan, who has scored five goals for his club, played the entire match in his side’s 3-2 win over Holstein Kiel, whose own Japanese international Shuto Machino started before being replaced in the 66th minute. 

Mainz 05’s Japanese midfielder Kaishu Sano and Korea Republic’s Lee Jae-sung started in their 2-0 win over Vfl Bochum, while Lee’s countryman and teammate Hong Hyeon-seok came on in the 35th minute.

Japan’s Junya Ito scored in the 24th minute for Riems to level the game at 1-1 in the 34th minute during their 4-2 loss to Nice while his compatriot Keito Nakamura also started the match.  

Paris Saint-Germain’s Korea Republic international midfielder Lee Kang-in played a full game in their 2-1 defeat of St. Etienne 1. The result leaves PSG, who have yet to lose in 17 games, at the top of Ligue1 with 43 points. 

Australian international Denis Genreau went on in the 69th minute for Toulouse in their 1-2 loss to Strasbourg.  

Ado Onaiwu of Japan, who has scored two goals for Auxerre, made an appearance in the 88th minute of their 0-0 draw against Lille.

England: Asians in FA Cup action
Japan’s Daichi Kamada was involved in Crystal Palace’s 1-0 win over EFL League One side Stockport County in the third round of the FA Cup.

 

Australians Cameron Burgess and Massimo Luongo and Iraq’s Ali Al-Hamadi started for Ipswich Town in their 3-0 defeat of Bristol Rovers, who are in 20th place in the EFL League One. 

Korea Republic international Son Heung-min made a 91st minute showing in Tottenham Hotspurs’ 3-0 win over the National League’s Tamworth FC. 

His countryman Kim ji-soo, meanwhile, played the entirety of Brentford’s shock 1-0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle, who ply their trade in the EFL Championship and are currently 24th in the table. 

Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma left his mark in midfield in Brighton’s 4-0 defeat of Norwich City.  

Japan captain Wataru Endo started in Liverpool’s 4-0 win over EFL League Two’s Accrington Stanley but was substituted in the 79th minute. 

Korea Republic international Hwang Hee-chan started for Wolverhampton Wanderers in their 2-1 defeat of Bristol City.