Loan Watch: Phillips gets assist in Wycombe EFL Trophy win

Club

16 Oct 2023

After overcoming an injury which saw him miss the start of the season, Crystal Palace Academy midfielder Killian Phillips has registered his first assist of the campaign.

He was the first to react after the ball was cleared out, winning it back in the final third and digging out a looping cross to find the head of striker Sam Vokes who headed home at the near post.

Not only did Phillips get an assist, but he also got his first full 90 minutes of the season after initially having rationed game time due to his recovery from injury. His assist for Vokes’ goal guided the Chairboys to a 1-0 win over Stevenage.

This result means Wycombe go top of Group K - the same group Palace Under-21s are in. The Chairboys beat the young Eagles with a last-gasp winner from the spot in September.

Watch his assist in the video below!

Centre-back Kofi Balmer, who also missed the start of the season due to injury, got his first full 90 minutes of 23/24 in Port Vale’s defeat to Portsmouth on Saturday, 7th October. He then came on for 20 minutes in their EFL Trophy draw with Newcastle United Under-21s.

Luke Plange was also in EFL Trophy action for Carlisle. The forward got a full 90 minutes under his belt too for the first time this season, though his side fell to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Nottingham Forest Under-21s.

Forward John-Kymani Gordon continued his spell of featuring in every game for Cambridge United after making the move to the Us. He came on in the 67th minute in their narrow defeat to Barrow on Monday, 9th October and then registered 60 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Shrewsbury Town.

Finally, Malachi Boateng featured in a testiominal game for Dundee, though their league fixture with Ross County was postponed due to waterlogged pitch.

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