Loan Watch: Clean sheets for Ćaleta-Car and Wright
Southampton’s loanees have settled into life at their respective loan clubs and were back in action over the Bank Holiday weekend, as Duje Ćaleta-Car and Ollie Wright kept impressive clean sheets. This and more in our latest Loan Watch...
Starting in France in Ligue 1, Ćaleta-Car made his third appearance for Lyon and helped them pick up their first point of the campaign in a goalless draw against OGC Nice.
The Croatian played 90-minutes against last season’s Europa Conference League quarter-finalists, whilst ex-Saints loanee Ainsley Maitland-Niles also made his debut for Les Gones coming off the bench.
Meanwhile, back in the sixth tier of English football, Under-21s goalkeeper Wright continued his strong start at Bath City with two wins over the Bank Holiday weekend.
After playing in a 3-1 victory over Hampton & Richmond Borough on Saturday, Wright kept his second clean sheet of the campaign on Monday afternoon in a 2-0 victory away to last season’s beaten playoff finalists St Albans City.
Ollie Wright is settling in well at Bath City. (Photo: Simon Howe)
Elsewhere in England, Nico Lawrence had an afternoon of highs and lows for Colchester United as they picked up their first win of the season in a dominant 3-0 triumph over promotion hopefuls Gillingham.
Lawrence started the game, again deployed in a defensive midfield role, but was unfortunately forced off before half-time through injury.
Finally, in Turkey, Mateusz Lis made his third appearance for Göztepe as they were narrowly beaten by Corum FK in the TFF First League.
Main image: Simon Howe
