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Loan report: Cardines & Sosa help secure clean sheets as Mustapha returns
Crystal Palace’s loanees continued to make their mark across the English football pyramid and Europe over the weekend, with Rio Cardines and Borna Sosa helping their respective sides keep clean sheets and Hindolo Mustapha returning to action.
Cardines helped Bristol City earn a hard-fought point at Stoke City, playing the full 90 minutes of a goalless draw at the bet365 Stadium.
The 20-year-old came close to registering his seventh assist of the season shortly before half-time, picking out Yah with a low delivery across the box.
It was his ninth full 90 in the 12 games he has been eligible for since joining on loan, with the Robins sitting 14th in the Championship, level on 15 points with Lincoln City and Millwall. Up next is a trip to Bolton on Saturday (KO: 15:00 BST).
Fellow full-back Borna Sosa also completed another full 90 minutes, helping 1. FC Köln keep a clean sheet in a goalless Bundesliga draw with Schalke 04 at the RheinEnergieSTADION.
It was the defender’s third consecutive full 90, with Köln sitting 12th on eight points, level with Paderborn and Eintracht Frankfurt in a tightly packed table.
Hindolo Mustapha made a welcome return to action, coming off the bench for the final five minutes of normal time in Notts County’s 1-1 League One draw with Stockport County.
The forward had missed the previous three games after picking up an injury while on international duty with Sierra Leone, having started four of County’s previous five matches.
He will hope to build up his minutes again when they visit Mansfield over Halloween weekend.
Also returning from injury, Romain Esse featured for the final third of Millwall’s 2-1 defeat at Portsmouth in the Championship.
The winger had made his comeback against Lincoln City the previous week, coming off the bench with the Lions trailing before they equalised five minutes later.
This time, Portsmouth struck a late winner to take all three points, leaving Millwall 14th, level on points with Cardines’ Bristol ahead of their meeting with Derby County over Halloween weekend.
In Turkey, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi helped Kasımpaşa make it back-to-back wins in the Süper Lig, edging Eyüpspor 1-0.
Having registered a goal and an assist across his previous two outings against Galatasaray and Samsunspor, the winger completed his first full 90 minutes since joining the club on loan over the summer.
Kasımpaşa sit just outside the top four, level on 16 points with third-placed Fenerbahçe and fourth-placed Trabzonspor, and will look to close the gap when they face Çorum on Thursday.
There was a tougher afternoon for Owen Goodman, who conceded twice as Dundee FC fell to a 2-1 defeat at St Mirren in difficult conditions in the Scottish Championship.
The ‘keeper, however, has now featured in 10 of the 11 games he has been eligible for since joining on loan, and will look to help the Dee bounce back when they host Kilmarnock on Wednesday (19:45 BST).
Meanwhile, Matheus França played the final 30 minutes of FC Alverca’s 1-0 defeat to Arouca in Liga Portugal.
In non-league, Under-18s ’keeper Thiago Speroni – son of Palace legend Julian Speroni – was named in Dagenham & Redbridge’s matchday squad for their 2-0 win over Chesham in the National League South.
Under-21s ’keeper Marcus Hill was not involved for Raynes Park Vale against Ashford, with his focus now on the U21s’ Premier League Two fixture against Southampton tonight (Monday, 26th October, 19:00 BST).
Loan Life
Goodman and Rak-Sakyi both featured in Palace TV’s Loan Life series, offering supporters a behind-the-scenes insight into adapting to new clubs and developing through senior football.
You can watch every episode now on Palace TV.