Loan round-up: Hugill scores first goal for West Brom
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25th October 2021

Norwich City loanee Jordan Hugill scored his first goal for West Bromwich Albion in Saturday’s 3-0 win at home to Bristol City.

Norwich City loanee Jordan Hugill scored his first goal for West Bromwich Albion in Saturday’s 3-0 win at home to Bristol City.

The forward gave Valerian Ismael’s side the lead seven minutes into the match at The Hawthorns. The Baggies are now third in the Sky Bet Championship, one point behind Fulham and six behind AFC Bournemouth. Bournemouth remained top of the division by way of Saturday’s 3-0 win at home to Huddersfield Town. **Danel Sinani** came on in the 56th minute for the Terriers, who are now eighth in the Championship, level on 21 points with six other teams. One of those teams is Middlesbrough, who are sixth following the weekend’s 2-0 win away to Cardiff City. **Onel Hernandez** played 63 minutes of the match for Neil Warnock’s side.
Queens Park Rangers also have 21 points after Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Peterborough United, where **Sam McCallum** played 82 minutes. Overseas, **Josip Drmic** scored the second goal of HNK Rijeka’s 2-0 win at NK Lokomotiva on Sunday. They remain joint top of the 1. HNL with NK Ostijek. Elsewhere, **Sebastian Soto** came on in the 83rd minute of FC Porto B’s 0-0 draw at home to S.C. Farense on Saturday to go 13th in the LigaPro. Two City loanees were in League One action. **Akin Famewo** kept a clean sheet in Saturday’s 1-0 win at high-flying Sunderland, but Charlton Athletic stayed 22nd in the division.
Meanwhile, Gillingham drew 2-2 away to Bolton Wanderers to go 19th in the league, **Dan Adshead** coming in in the 87th minute of that game. In non-league, **Aston Oxborough** played 90 minutes of Barnet’s 3-0 loss at home to Wrexham on Saturday to go 18th in the National League. Fellow goalkeeper **Sam Blair** played all of Bury Town’s 5-1 defeat at home to Canvey Islands on Saturday. Bury are now sixth in the Isthmian League North Division with 16 points. **Players who were unused substitutes:** Josh Martin (Milton Keynes Dons), Reece McAlear (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), Tyrese Omotoye (Leyton Orient), Archie Mair (Lincoln City) **Players who weren’t involved in matchday squads:** Gassan Ahadme (Portsmouth), Matthew Dennis (Southend United) **Players whose teams didn’t play last week:** Isak Thorvaldsson (IA Akranes)