Loan report: Buonanotte impresses with Leicester City

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Albion had 11 loan players in action over the weekend.

2024-08-26T06:00+01:00

Facundo Buonanotte. 📷 by LCFC/Plumb Images.

Facundo Buonanotte chalked up his first assist as a Leicester City player, although the Foxes were beaten 2-1 at Fulham.

The Argentinian – who was one of 11 players out on loan to be in action over the weekend – teed up Wout Faes’s equaliser, but Alex Iwobi ensure the Cottagers came away with all three points when he fired in with 20 minutes to play.

Stoke City lost 2-1 to West Brom in the Championship, with Andrew Moran coming on for the final 30 minutes for the Potters while James Beadle was on the end of a 2-0 defeat to Leeds United with Sheffield Wednesday.

Samy Chouchane played 70 minutes for Northampton in their 2-2 draw with Barnsley, as Kamari Doyle came on for the final half an hour of Exeter’s 2-1 defeat to Peterborough United.

In League Two, Benicio Baker-Boaitey came on for the final 30 minutes of Port Vale’s 4-0 defeat to Barrow, and Luca Barrington had a similarly disappointing defeat as Grimsby were thumped 4-1 by Notts County. Tom McGill kept a clean sheet as MK Dons beat Carlisle United 3-0,

Casper Nilsson played for an hour in Partick Thistle’s 2-1 defeat to Falkirk in the Scottish Championship while Kjell Scherpen played the full 90 minutes for Sturm Graz as they beat Altach at home 2-1. in the Austria Bundesliga.

Finally, Abdallah Sima made his debut for Stade Brest as a substitute as they were beaten 2-1 at RC Lens in France.