A number of Aston Villa loanees were in action over the Easter weekend.
A busy schedule in the EFL saw games played on Good Friday and Easter Monday as the leagues move into the business end of the season.
In the Championship, Keinan Davis limped off a few minutes from the end of Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 loss to Luton Town on Friday and didn’t feature in their subsequent 4-0 rout of West Bromwich Albion.
Cameron Archer played 90 minutes for Preston North End as they drew 1-1 against Millwall on Friday, with the Lilywhites taking on Fulham next on Tuesday evening.
Winger Jaden Philogene-Bidace returned to Stoke City’s squad for a 1-0 defeat by Bristol City before he came off the bench as the Potters beat Blackburn Rovers by the same scoreline on Monday.
Sheffield United’s Conor Hourihane played a part in both of their games – a 2-1 home defeat against Reading and a battling 1-1 draw away at Bristol City.
In League One, Aaron Ramsey featured for Cheltenham Town in a 2-2 draw with Gillingham before starting in a 3-0 loss versus Lincoln City.
Kaine Kesler Hayden played 76 minutes of MK Dons’ 3-2 defeat at home to Sheffield Wednesday, with the young defender back in action against Oxford United tonight.
Louie Barry lit up League Two on Friday with a brace as Swindon Town demolished Harrogate Town 4-1 before playing 90 minutes as the Robins lost 2-1 at home to Leyton Orient on Monday.
Finn Azaz played every minute of Newport County’s two matches but was unable to prevent them from losing to Crawley Town and Sutton United.
Colchester United’s Tyreik Wright came off the bench in a 2-1 loss against Exeter City before watching on as they beat Bradford City 3-0.
Filip Marschall helped Gateshead edge closer to promotion in National League North, keeping a clean sheet as they hammered Guiseley 6-0 before coming from 2-0 down to win 4-2 against Darlington.
There were two starts for Seb Revan as Hereford beat AFC Telford 1-0 before going down by the same scoreline against Gloucester City.
In the Premier League, Matt Targett helped Newcastle United beat Leicester City 2-1 courtesy of a last-minute goal from Bruno Guimaraes.
Fred Guilbert played the final 12 minutes for Strasbourg as they played out a 1-1 draw with Troyes in Ligue 1.
Another clean sheet was racked up by Lovre Kalinic, who captained Hajduk Split to a 1-0 success versus HNK Gorica in Croatia.
Trezeguet scored for Istanbul Basaksehir as they were pegged back late on during a 1-1 draw with Altay.
Wesley played 76 minutes of Sport Club Internacional’s 2-1 win against Fortaleza in Brazilian Serie A.
Anwar El Ghazi (Everton), Jed Steer (Luton Town), Arjan Raikhy (Grimsby Town) and Caleb Chukwuemeka (Livingston FC) weren’t in action.
