Keinan Davis tasted success in the East Midlands derby on Saturday as Nottingham Forest saw off rivals Derby County.
Goals from Lewis Grabban and Brennan Johnson put the hosts in control at the City Ground, and they held on despite Tom Lawrence’s late penalty to win 2-1.
Davis played 68 minutes before being replaced as the Tricky Trees moved up to eighth in the Championship.
Conor Hourihane’s Sheffield United are four points behind Forest after they earned a comfortable 2-0 victory at home to Luton Town.
The midfielder played the full 90 minutes for the Blades.
Elsewhere in the second tier, Jaden Philogene-Bidace made his EFL debut as a late sub for Stoke City.
The winger came on for the final five minutes and had a chance to equalise as the Potters lost 3-2 at home to leaders Fulham.
There was another EFL debut in League One as Aaron Ramsey made his bow for Cheltenham Town.
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Trailing 1-0 when he entered the game, the midfielder was unable to help his team turn the game around as they lost to Rotherham United.
Finn Azaz played 90 minutes in League Two as Newport County made it back-to-back wins, beating Scunthorpe United 1-0.
In the National League North, Seb Revan helped Hereford to beat Farsley Celtic 4-0.
Caleb Chukwuemeka was replaced at half-time as Livingston overcame Ross County 1-0 to progress in the Scottish Cup.
Frederic Guilbert played 63 minutes as his Strasbourg side lost 4-3 to Bordeaux in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
Anwar El Ghazi (Everton), Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split), Akos Onodi (Bromsgrove Sporting), Mungo Bridge (FC Annecy) and Wesley (Internacional) weren’t in action for their respective sides.
