By Aston Villa FC

Enzo Barrenechea scored his first goal for loan club Valencia over the weekend as they were held to a 1-1 draw away at Getafe in La Liga. 

The Argentinian midfielder crashed in at the back post after 36 minutes to slide home a corner, giving Los Che the lead, before they were pegged back in stoppage time courtesy of a Mauro Arambarri penalty at Estadio Coliseum on Sunday.

In League Two, Rico Richards bagged his second goal of the season, and an assist, for Port Vale on Saturday as the Valiants remain top of the League Two table following a hard-earned 3-2 victory at home to AFC Wimbledon.

Having won a free-kick on the edge of the area, Richards was first to react after Ethan Chislett crashed his effort off a post, burying the rebound to put Vale 2-0 up inside 11 minutes.

He then turned provider just after the hour mark, hanging a ball into the centre having made a darting run forward, for Jayden Stockley to power a header home. Darren Moore’s side sit four points clear at the top of the league after 14 games.

Elsewhere in League Two, there was another 90 minutes in goal for Filip Marschall, spending the season at Crewe Alexandra, in a 3-1 win at home to Tranmere Rovers. The Alex sit fifth in the table.

In the Championship, Kaine Kesler Hayden provided an assist for Preston North End in an entertaining 3-3 draw at Plymouth Argyle.

Picking the ball up in the centre of the field, Kesler Hayden split the Argyle defence with a pin-point pass into the path of Brad Potts, who dinked over Daniel Grimshaw to put North End 3-0 up.

Kaine Kesler-Hayden

League One saw Louie Barry play 90 minutes for Stockport County in their 2-1 defeat at Lincoln City, while Josh Feeney replaced Aaron Pierre after 36 minutes for Shrewsbury Town in their 2-0 defeat to Barnsley. Tommi O’Reilly was an unused substitute for the Shrews.

Elsewhere across Europe, Leander Dendoncker played another 90 minutes for Anderlecht in their 2-1 Belgian Pro League defeat at Club Brugge on Sunday, while on Saturday, James Wright kept a clean sheet for Real Unión in a 1-0 Primera División RFEF – Group 2 win over Gimnàstic.

And, closer to home in the Premier League on Friday evening, Álex Moreno played 72 minutes of Nottingham Forest’s 3-1 win at Leicester City, which saw them climb to fifth in the table.

Alex Moreno

Tomorrow, Samuel Iling Jr and his Bologna team-mates travel to Cagliari in Serie A, while in Brazil, Philippe Coutinho’s Vasco da Gama take on Bahia.