The Loan Report: March 12-18

Posted By on March 18, 2018

A number of the usual suspects found the back of the net this week as the Loan Report leads off with strikes from Lucas Piazon, Marco van Ginkel, and Michy Batshuayi, who combined to edge us closer to the 80-goal mark for the campaign.

Headliners

Piazon was the first to take a share of the headlines, scoring a smart goal in Fulham’s West London derby draw against Queens Park Rangers. The Whites could only draw 2-2, however, and their automatic promotion bid therefore took a slight hit.

Tomas Kalas missed the match through injury.

Van Ginkel’s 2018 has been fairly injury-hit, with a nagging knee issue causing him to miss several matches and miss out on the latest Netherlands squad, but he scored twice against VVV on Saturday night to push PSV closer to the Eredivisie title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCGi1GTWYn4

His second goal came from the penalty spot, his seventh of the season, equalling Ronald Koeman’s club record.

Fast-forward to Sunday, and Batshuayi brushed off Europa League disappointment with Dortmund to score the only goal in their Bundesliga victory over Hannover on Sunday. The Belgian had ninety fruitless minutes in Thursday’s goalless draw away to Salzburg, but nabbed the only goal on Sunday, guiding a gorgeous backheeled flick into the net from a corner for his eighth goal in eleven BVB games.

England

Premier League

Kurt Zouma’s week began with defeat to Manchester City, but he and Stoke responded well, despite losing narrowly to Everton on Saturday.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek made his first appearance of 2018 for Crystal Palace as a very late substitute in their 2-0 win at Huddersfield, whilst Tammy Abraham was left off the scoresheet despite getting ninety minutes in Swansea’s 3-0 FA Cup exit to Tottenham Hotspur. Kenedy’s Newcastle were due to play Spurs in the league this weekend, but their cup antics meant the Toon Army were able to go for some warm-weather training in Spain instead.

Championship

Jamal Blackman kept his eighth and ninth clean sheets of the season respectively as Sheffield United beat Burton 2-0 and drew 0-0 with Nottingham Forest this week. The big goalkeeper has gone the last 299 minutes without conceding a goal, and is in arguably his best form of the campaign, once again establishing himself as the Blades’ first choice.

Ola Aina’s week began well, helping Hull to a 3-0 win at Ipswich, but ended badly as the Tigers lost 3-0 to Jeremie Boga’s Birmingham City. Boga played the last fifteen minutes as a substitute, whilst Fikayo Tomori and Michael Hector were unused in both contests.

They had better weeks than Jake Clarke-Salter, though, as the centre-back lasted just an hour in his first match back from a three-game suspension before once again receiving his marching orders. He was shown two yellow cards in Sunderland’s defeat at home to Preston, with the malaise around the Stadium of Light affecting every player, regardless of how long they’ve spent there.

Lewis Baker was an unused substitute for Middlesbrough at Brentford, whilst Kasey Palmer and Derby saw their home date with Cardiff fall foul of the snow.

League One

Iké Ugbo played the second half of Milton Keynes’ 3-2 midweek win over Rotherham, but was left on the bench as they also beat Bury 2-1 on Saturday.

Todd Kane and Oxford United beat Peterborough 2-1 for three much-needed points, whilst Jay Dasilva remains out through injury at Charlton, and Jordan Houghton’s Doncaster Rovers host Bradford City on Monday night.

League Two

Brad Collins and Forest Green lost 3-1 to league leaders Accrington Stanley; his performance was generally decent, but he could arguably have done better for the third and final home goal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHY7XJhB5O0

Non-League

Nathan Baxter and Woking drew 2-2 at home to Wrexham, whilst Jared Thompson recorded two clean sheets in the space of four days. His first came in an 8-0 win at home to Bemerton in the Wiltshire Senior Cup, but the more important one came on Saturday in a 2-0 win over Weston-super-Mare to lift his team seven points clear of relegation.

Netherlands

Vitesse this week confirmed Leonid Slutskiy as their manager from the start of next season, but Henk Fraser remains in charge, and oversaw an insipid goalless draw with Heracles on Saturday night. Matt Miazga and Mason Mount each played ninety fairly quiet minutes, with Fankaty Dabo an unused substitute, and Vitesse remain sixth in the table.

Cristian Cuevas played 81 minutes of FC Twente’s 2-2 draw with Willem II, a result that leaves them bottom of the league.

Germany

Baba Rahman has still not played for Schalke since his move.

Belgium

The Belgian Pro League has now entered the complicated playoff stages, which don’t begin until the end of the month, so Victorien Angban was not in action this weekend.

Scotland

Charly Musonda was an unused substitute in Celtic’s goalless draw at Motherwell.

Portugal

Nathan played 45 minutes in Belenenses’ 2-1 defeat at Moreirense.

Spain

Josimar Quintero was a 77th-minute substitute in Betis Deportivo’s 1-0 defeat away to Marbella.

Turkey

Kenneth Omeruo couldn’t help Kasimpasa avoid a 3-2 defeat at home to Antalyaspor.

Serbia

Danilo Pantic played ninety minutes in Partizan’s 2-0 win at home to Radnik.

Russia

Mario Pašalić was an unused substitute as Spartak Moscow won 2-1 away to Rubin Kazan.

Mexico

Joao Rodriguez missed his fourth consecutive game as Tampico Madero beat Cimarrones 1-0.

Ireland

Mitchell Beeney was an unused substitute in Sligo Rovers’ 2-2 draw at Bohemians.

Statistics

Started: July 15th
Finished: May 26th

Player Club League FA Cup League Cup Europe/Cont Other Mins
Played 		Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tammy Abraham Swansea City 30 5 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1971 37 8
Ola Aina Hull City 44 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4003 47 1
Victorien Angban Waasland-Beveren 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2349 31 1
Lewis Baker Middlesbrough 12 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 790 14 2
Michy Batshuayi Dortmund 10 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1169 14 9
Jeremie Boga Birmingham City 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2190 33 2
Isaiah Brown Brighton 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 401 15 0
Jake Clarke-Salter Sunderland 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 490 9 0
Charlie Colkett Vitesse Arnhem 6 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 293 11 0
Cristian Cuevas FC Twente 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1968 24 0
Fankaty Dabo Vitesse Arnhem 27 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 2625 33 0
Jay Dasilva Charlton Athletic 39 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3483 43 0
Marco van Ginkel PSV 28 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2874 33 16
Michael Hector Hull City 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3054 37 1
Jordan Houghton Doncaster Rovers 37 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3170 39 1
Tomas Kalas Fulham 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2609 36 0
Todd Kane Groningen 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 571 10 0
Todd Kane Oxford United 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1530 17 3
Kenedy Newcastle United 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 869 11 2
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Crystal Palace 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1965 25 2
Matt Miazga Vitesse Arnhem 36 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3659 43 4
Mason Mount Vitesse Arnhem 32 14 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2915 39 14
Charly Musonda Celtic 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 335 8 0
Nathan Amiens 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 85 2 0
Nathan Belenenses 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 496 13 2
Kenneth Omeruo Kasimpasa 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2407 27 1
Kasey Palmer Huddersfield Town 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 243 5 0
Kasey Palmer Derby County 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 473 16 2
Danilo Pantic Partizan Belgrade 31 4 4 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 3146 46 5
Mario Pašalić Spartak Moscow 21 4 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 1656 30 5
Lucas Piazon Fulham 23 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1360 25 6
Josimar Quintero FC Rostov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 0
Josimar Quintero Real Betis B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 5 0
Baba Rahman Schalke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 1 0
Joao Rodriguez Tampico Madero 21 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1727 23 8
Fikayo Tomori Hull City 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2152 26 0
Iké Ugbo Barnsley 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 909 18 1
Iké Ugbo Milton Keynes 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1161 17 2
Kurt Zouma Stoke City 33 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3038 34 1
Total 64255 898 99



Player Club League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Mins
Played 		Total
Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht Apps Cln Sht
Nathan Baxter Woking 42 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4320 48 7
Mitchell Beeney Sligo Rovers 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 990 11 2
Jamal Blackman Sheffield United 30 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2727 32 9
Brad Collins Forest Green Rovers 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3839 43 8
Jared Thompson Chippenham Town 40 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3960 44 11
Total 15746 177 37

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