Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma scored for the second time against Chelsea inside a week when he struck in the 27th minute in their 3-0 win. The Japan international, who clinched the winner in their 2-1 FA Cup fourth round victory, scored Brighton’s first goal.

Liverpool moved seven points clear at the top of the Premier League when they beat Wolves 2-1, with Japan captain Wataru Endo appearing in the 71st minute for the Reds.

 

Korea Republic international and Tottenham captain Son Heung-min played for 87 minutes as his side beat Manchester United 1-0 to move to 12th in the table.

 

Japanese international Yukinari Sugawara came in after the break in Southampton’s 3-1 loss to Bournemouth. The Saints are anchoring the table with only nine points from 25 matches.

Crystal Palace sent in Daichi Kamada four minutes before the end of regulation time in their 2-1 loss to Everton. The Japanese midfielder also featured for 92 minutes in their FA Cup fourth round 2-0 win over League Two’s Doncaster Rovers earlier in the week.

 

Australian international Massimo Luongo made an appearance 10 minutes before the end in Ipswich Town’s 1-1 draw with Aston Villa.

 

Manchester City’s Uzbekistan international Abdukodir Khusanov played the full match in their 4-1 win over Newcastle in a game highlighted by City’s Egypt international Omar Marmoush scoring a hat-trick on his debut. 

In-form Daizen Maeda, who scored a hat-trick in Celtic’s Scottish Cup win over Raith Rovers on February 8, struck again in their 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League knockout round playoffs.

The Japanese international kept alive Celtic’s hopes of making the last 16 with a 79th-minute header, with Korea Republic’s Yang Hyun-jun providing the assist.

Maeda’s fellow international and teammate Reo Hatate played the full match while Bayern sent in another international, Hiroki Ito, in the 78th minute. 

 

In the Premiership, Brendan Rodgers’ men overcame Dundee United 3-0. Celtic have only lost once this season, a 3-0 defeat to rivals Rangers in January and top the table with 69 points.

 

Korea Republic’s Yang Hyun-jun, who played for 74 minutes, assisted the first goal. Hatate played for 62 minutes while Maeda came on in the same minute. Socceroo Ryan Strain, meanwhile, went on in the closing minutes for Dundee.

Australian Calem Nieuwenhof scored with his first touch after coming on in the 83rd minute to secure Hearts a 1-1 draw with St. Mirren. His side, who eventually won their Scottish Cup fifth round tie 4-2 on penalties, fielded Australian international Cameron Devlin from the start.

 

Nieuwenhof also appeared in the 69th minute as Hearts lost 3-1 to second-placed Rangers in a Premiership match that saw his side lose their eight-match unbeaten run.

Palestine forward Oday Dabbagh made his debut in Aberdeen FC’s 2-1 win over Dundee FC. Dabbagh, who is his country’s all-time leading scorer, came on in the 89th minute.

 

Ross County’s Socceroo Josh Nisbet came on in the 85th minute in their 3-0 win over Motherwell and assisted the third goal four minutes later.

 

Australians Martin Boyle, Nectarios Triantis, Jack Iredale and Lewis Miller as well as Korea Republic’s Kwon Hyeok-kyu played in Hibernian’s 0-0 draw with St. Mirren. Boyle and Triantis played a full match, Iredale for 70 minutes, Kwon for 71 while Miller came in on the 88th

Bayern Munich drew 0-0 with Bayer Leverkusen and fielded Korea Republic international defender Kim Min-jae for the full match. His Japanese counterpart Hiroki Ito played for 68 minutes in a game which saw the Bundesliga leaders go nine matches unbeaten.

St Pauli captain and Australian international Jackson Irvine played a full match in their 1-0 loss to SC Freiburg, who fielded Japan international Ritsu Doan for 91 minutes.

 

Korea Republic midfielder Jeong Woo-yeong played 85 minutes as FC Union Berlin lost 2-1 to Borussia Monchengladbach, whose Japan international Ko Itakura played the full match.

 

Syrian international Mahmoud Dahoud came on in the 50th minute in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 3-1 win over Holstein Kiel. Japanese international Shuto Machino was involved for the latter from the 59th minute.

 

Mainz’s 2-0 win over FC Heidenheim saw them field Japanese midfielder Kaishu Sano for the full match and Korea Republic’s Lee Jae-sung for 62 minutes.

IR Iran international forward Alireza Jahanbakhsh scored his second goal of the season, and Heerenveen’s only goal in their 1-1 draw with PEC Zwolle. It was their third straight draw and fifth game without a win in the Eredivisie. 

Iraqi international Zidane Iqbal played 80 minutes in FC Utrecht’s 2-2 draw with PSV, whose third consecutive draw saw them being replaced by Ajax at the top of the table.

 

Indonesia international Thom Haye assisted the first goal for Almere City in their 2-2 stalemate with NEC Nijmegen, who fielded Haye’s fellow international Calvin Verdonk for the full match and Japan’s Kento Shiogai from the 66th minute. 

Japan’s U23 international forward Shunsuke Mito played a full match in Sparta Rotterdam’s 1-0 loss to Go Ahead Eagles.

 

Australian international midfielder Max Balard played a full match for Nac Breeda in their goalless draw with Feyenoord. His side have not won in four matches and are 10th in the table.

Japan international Takumi Minamino scored AS Monaco’s second in his side’s 7-1 thrashing of Nantes. He also assisted the first and third before being replaced in the 61st minute.

Ado Onaiwu of Japan came on in the 46th minute in AJ Auxerre’s 2-2 draw with Brest. His side are on a 10-match winless streak, with their last victory coming last November. 

 

Korea Republic international midfielder Lee Kang-in played 63 minutes in Paris Saint-Germain’s 1-0 win over Toulouse. The result saw PSG stretch their unbeaten run to 22 matches and with 56 points, are 10 ahead of second-placed Marseille.

 

United Arab Emirates international Junior Ndiaye played 69 minutes for Montpellier in their 4-1 loss to Lyon.

Japan international Keito Nakamura played a full 90 minutes for Reims in their 1-0 loss to Angers while his countryman Hiroki Sekine came on after the break.

 

Jordan international Mousa Al Tamari played his second match for Rennes in their 2-0 loss to Lille. He was replaced in the 73rd minute by Japan international Kyogo Furuhashi, who was also making his second appearance.

Real Sociedad’s Japan international forward Takefusa Kubo struck in the 31st minute for a 2-1 win over Danish Superliga club Midtjylland in the Europa League knockout round playoffs.

Japan’s Takuma Asano played 67 minutes for Mallorca in their 1-1 stalemate with Osasuna to end his side’s three-match losing run. The international forward also played 71 minutes in their next match, a 3-1 win over Las Palmas.

Parma’s Zion Suzuki was on the losing side for the fourth consecutive match when his side lost 1-0 to AS Roma. Uzbekistan’s national captain Eldor Shomurodov played a full match for the winners.

IR Iran international Mehdi Taremi played 77 minutes in Inter’s 2-1 win over Fiorentina, a reversal of fortunes a week earlier when they lost 3-0 to the Tuscany-based club.

 

In their following Serie A match, Inter missed an opportunity to top the table when they lost 1-0 to Juventus. Taremi played 62 minutes as they sustained their second loss in three games.

Japan’s Isa Sakamoto scored in the 27th minute in Westerlo’s 1-1 draw with Cercle Brugge, a result which moves them clear of the Belgian Pro League relegation zone.

Faisal Al Ghamdi played a full match for bottom club Beerschot as they lost 3-2 to Gent while his fellow Saudi Arabia international Marwan Al Sahafi came on in the 77th minute.