Aussies Abroad: Cahill, Holman and Federici

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UK

Mark Schwarzer was on the bench as Leicester City defeated West Ham United 2-1 at home in the Premier League.

His fellow goalkeeper Brad Jones was an unused substitute for Liverpool, who lost 4-1 away to Arsenal.

Jason Davidson was not in the matchday squad for West Bromwich Albion, who suffered a 4-1 loss at home to Queens Park Rangers.

Adam Federici conceded in the last minute as his Reading side drew 1-1 at home to Cardiff City in the Championship.

A tier below in League One, Massimo Luongo played the full match but his Swindon Town team suffered a 3-0 defeat at home to Milton Keynes Dons.

Bailey Wright completed 90 minutes and Neil Kilkenny was an unused substitute for Preston North End, who won 1-0 at home to Rochdale.

Alex Cisak kept a clean sheet and Shane Lowry played the full game for Leyton Orient, who defeated Coventry City 1-0 away from home.

In the Scottish Premiership, Jackson Irvine netted the opening goal for Ross County in a 2-1 win away to Dundee United. Ryan McGowan was suspended for the hosts.

Scott McDonald supplied the assist for Motherwell's second goal in their 2-1 comeback win away to Kilmarnock.


Europe

Mitch Langerak watched from the bench as Borussia Dortmund lost 1-0 at home to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.

In the Eredivisie, Trent Sainsbury was an unused substitute for PEC Zwolle, who won 1-0 at home to Willem II.

Josh Brillante stayed on the bench for Empoli, who lost 2-0 away to Serie A leaders Juventus.

In Serie B, Mark Birighitti was an unused substitute for struggling Varese, who lost 3-0 at home to Catania.

James Holland played the full game as his Austria Wien were beaten 3-1 away to Red Bull Salzburg.

A muscle problem forced James Troisi to go off in the 37th minute of Zulte Waregem's 1-0 defeat at Genk in the Belgian Pro League.

Oliver Bozanic played until the 79th minute of Luzern's 1-0 Swiss Super League win at FC Zurich.


Asia

Tim Cahill played the full game but was unable to prevent his Shanghai Shenhua from going down 2-0 at Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League.

Josh Mitchell also completed 90 minutes for Liaoning Whowin in a 2-2 draw at home to Changchun Yatai.

Mitch Duke came on for the last 13 minutes as his Shimizu S-Pulse, down to nine men, lost 2-1 away to Vegalta Sendai.

Aleksandar Jovanovic started and finished the game for Jeju United but couldn't prevent a 1-0 defeat away to FC Seoul in the K-League.

Alex Wilkinson wasn't in the matchday squad for Jeonbuk Motors, who defeated Pohang Steelers 1-0 at home.

Brett Holman played the full game as his Al Nasr side gave up a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at Al Dhafra in the Arabian Gulf League.

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at Sporting News Australia.