Massive cup game for Langerak tonight against Gladbach. Leckie in Frankfurt. 

Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Ingolstadt 04 5:45 am Sparta v psv 5:45 Monchengladbach v Stuttgart 5:45 am take your pick?

nice Goal Mabil... 




this was his red card , at start of season

Leverkusen facing Lotte too. This could be a chance for Kruse to get some time. I'd expect Volland to play today as he's suspended on the weekend. 

KRUSE IS STARTING!!!! A team with all players from their respective national teams. Lotte is 3rd league but are doing well.

Awer Mabil look to be a starter at Esbjerg  (red card stop him from being started)

but Ikonomidis doesn't look to be a starter

Awer Mabil  21 years old  (loan player)    right wing
A-League 1803  minutes,  8 goals
Superliga  259 minutes , 1 goal
Europa League Group stage  61 minutes, 0 goals

Chris Ikonomidis 21 years old (Loan player)  Left wing
Serie B  946 minutes, 1 goal
Superliga 278 minutes, 0 goals
Europa League Group stage  84 minutes , 0 goals
Socceroos  125 minutes, 0 goals


now, Serie B has a lower goal score per game then A_league  , and Chris is a loan player at AGF (it can sux being a loan player) but Chris has been on the soccerroo bench 14 times now, and he has 6 socceroos caps 

Kruse going along nicely. Some good vision to find the man square of him on a few occasions. 

Leverkusen score. Through the middle. It's Kießling, Chicarito and Volland in the main attack. 

Leverkusen own goal. 1:1. Kruse with a neat chip cross which the defender gets to first. Some of these apparent stars at Leverkusen have been poor for weeks.

Leckie and Langerak  starting 

Kruse off on 74. Obviously lacking match fitness. Some decent movement but nothing inspiring. 

Leverkusen lose on penalties. Kruse copping it on social media but it's just scapegoating. These people thought he'd left the club. So much for fans. ....

Langerak concedes. Good counter and US player Johnson slots it past. Would have been possible to stop with a foot. Very passive defenders from Stuttgart there 

Two great stops by Langerak. Poor defending again. 

Rough evening for Wright as PNE are down 4:0 at Newcastle. 

Gladbach score with a well placed shot. Poor defending and quick play sees Stindl with a nice inward curving shot completely out of Langerak's reach.

Leckie rounds the keeper not after being slightly clipped and off balance to only hit it wide. Massive chance missed. 

Stuttgart lose 2-0 and are knocked out of the cup.

that's pretty big news.  its been a long time.  

every game

Sparta Rotterdam beat PSV 3-1 in the KNVB cup, Dougall with the full 90 and Goodwin coming on for 10 minutes.  

The king makes his mark yet again.

De Silva with a couple of decent chances on the weekend playing directly behind the striker. You can see them in the highlights at 0:25 and 1:05. He seems to be doing better but he needs Roda to get some points with him starting or he will be back on the bench. Their equaliser came once he was off the field.

Heidenheim v Wolfsburg in the morning. Hopefully Halloran starts.

Not sure if it was already mentioned but Jamieson played another 90 in a 1-0 win over AIK. Doing well.

Jeggo starting for Sturm Graz in a cup match away at SKN St. Pölten, a team promoted from Austria's second division last year. 1-1 just after half time, with the hosts down a player after a red card.

Kalik not in the squad for Hajduk Split's 2-1 cup win. Is he injured? Haven't heard about him for a while.

Mebrahtu scored the opener as Mlada Boleslav defeated Hradec Krolove 4-2 in the Czech cup.

Bunch of action in China - full 90 for Jovanovic as his Tianjin Teda side lost 1-0 to Sven-Göran Eriksson's Shanghai SIPG. He was credited with a goal-line clearance. Full game also for Vidosic and Thwaite; their Liaoning side drew 1-1 at Guangzhou R&F, for whom Giannou started and hit the post before being subbed off in the 63rd minute. Disappointment for Ryan McGowan who played a full game as Henan Jianye went down 2-1 to Changchun Yatai at home. Full game and clean sheet for Spiranovic as Hangzhou Greentown earned a creditable 0-0 draw away at Pellegrini's Hebei Fortune. Sainsbury also saw out the 90 for Jiangsu Suning, picking up a yellow card as his side earned an impressive 2-0 home win over the big boys of Guangzhou Evergrande.

Heidenheim, Groningen, Dinamo Moscow, Celtic, Rosenborg and Bursaspor in action later in their respective countries (all in cups except for Celtic, who play a league match), potential action for Halloran, Davidson, Wilkshire, Rogic, Gersbach and Behich.

James jeggo converts a penalty in the cup shootout. Still going.

Rogic and 8 other players rested vs Ross County but still a spot for him on the bench to score a last minute winner. Big match vs Aberdeen on Saturday. 

Ikonomidis played 96 minutes in the Danish Cup against Holbaek, with one goal and one assist for a 3-1 victory.

Holbaek are in the third level, let's not get too excited, he was probably marked by someone at NPL level at best.