Norwich City loanee Danel Sinani scored the opening goal of Huddersfield Town’s 1-1 draw away to Luton Town in the first leg of the Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final on Friday night.
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The second leg takes place at 7.45pm on Monday, May 16 at the John Smith’s Stadium.
There was play-off success for three City loanees in Scotland last week. Livingston drew 0-0 at St. Mirren and won 2-1 at home to Dundee to finish top of Group B in the second phase of the Scottish Premiership, Sebastian Soto playing 123 minutes across the two fixtures.
Livingston will remain in the league for next season, and the same can be said for Hibernian, who lost 3-1 at Dundee and then beat St. Johnstone 4-0 at home last week. Rocky Bushiri played 90 minutes of the former.
With St. Johnstone finishing fifth in Group B, they will now face Inverness Caledonian Thistle across a two-legged play-off final this Friday and next Monday, ICT competing for promotion to the Premiership and St. Johnstone aiming to avoid relegation to the Scottish Championship.
ICT are in that position following play-off semi-final victory against Arbroath. Both games ended 0-0, with ICT winning the second leg 5-3 on penalties and Reece McAlear featuring for 164 minutes across the double header.
Players who were unused substitutes: Aston Oxborough (Barnet)
Players who weren’t included in matchday squads: Josip Drmić (HNK Rijeka), Matthew Dennis (Southend United)