Rio Cardines continued to make a significant impact for Bristol City during the latest round of Championship fixtures, producing the assist that helped the Robins return to winning ways with a 2-1 victory at Watford. The Palace loanee delivered from the left for Dom Ballard to open the scoring, while also going close to creating another goal with a free-kick Joe Williams headed wide.
The result followed a 1-0 defeat by Lincoln City earlier in the week, but Cardines’ latest contribution took his tally to six assists across his last seven appearances. The full-back also came close to scoring from a set-piece and will now link up with Trinidad & Tobago for their upcoming CONCACAF Nations League matches.
Owen Goodman recorded his eighth consecutive full 90-minute appearance since joining Dundee on loan, helping the Scottish Premiership side beat Motherwell 2-1 and climb to fourth place. The goalkeeper had a relatively quiet outing before Dundee faced late pressure, including a series of corners.
There were competitive debuts elsewhere for Palace players. Borna Sosa came off the bench for FC Köln against Hamburg, entering with his side 2-0 behind. Köln pulled one back late but could not complete the comeback. Jesurun Rak-Sakyi also made his first appearance for Kasımpaşa, featuring as a late substitute in a 2-2 draw with Amed SK. He was involved again in a 2-1 win over Gençlerbirliği, before being unavailable for the subsequent match against Konyaspor.
Matheus França featured from the bench in successive wins for FC Alverca, appearing in victories over Nacional and Rio Ave as the newly promoted side continued their encouraging Primeira Liga start. Hindolo Mustapha made his fourth start in five appearances for Notts County, playing 59 minutes of a 2-0 defeat at Reading. Romain Esse missed Millwall’s matches against Middlesbrough and West Ham United through injury.
