Aussies Abroad: Daniel McBreen scores brace, cleansheet for Mat Ryan

Bailey Wright

Premier League

Mark Schwarzer played as Chelsea came from a goal down to beat Cardiff City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday.

Mile Jedinak was forced off in the second half of Crystal Palace's 2-2 draw away to Fulham due to a groin problem which has placed the Socceroos midfielder in doubt for the World Cup.

Bailey Wright played the full game for Preston in their 1-1 League One play-off first leg draw at home to Rotherham United.

Jackson Irvine completed 90 minutes for Kilmarnock in their 1-0 away win over Hibs in the Scottish Premiership.

Dylan McGowan also started and finished the game as his Hearts side drew 1-1 away to St Mirren.

Europe

James Holland played the full game as his Austria Wien went down 2-1 at home to Sturm Graz in Austria's Bundesliga.

Mat Ryan kept a clean sheet as Club Brugge defeated Standard Liege 1-0 away from home in the Belgian Pro League's championship playoffs, moving level on points with first-placed Anderlecht.

Mathew Leckie scored FSV Frankfurt's second goal as they defeated Cologne 2-0 at home in the 2. Bundesliga. Elsewhere in the same division, Ben Halloran was on the scoresheet for Fortuna Dusseldorf in a 4-2 home win over Kaiserslautern.

In the Swiss Super League, Dario Vidosic started and scored before being subbed off just past the hour mark in Sion's 3-1 win at home to Thun. Oliver Bozanic came on just after half-time as Luzern went down 4-3 at home to Lausanne Sport.

Asia

Daniel McBreen bagged a brace and played the full game as Shanghai SIPG thrashed the Guizhou Renhe of Jonas Salley 5-2 in the Chinese Super League.

Adam Hughes completed 90 minutes but was unable to prevent his Harbin Yiteng from going down 3-1 away to Dalian Aerbin.

Alex Wilkinson was introduced in the 54th minute of Jeonbuk Motors' 1-1 K-League draw with Incheon. Luke DeVere played the full game for Gyeongnam in a 1-1 draw at home to Jeju United.

Brett Holman began the game but was subbed off at half-time in Al Nasr's 3-0 win away to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In Qatar, Mark Bresciano lasted until the 64th minute of Al Gharafa's 2-1 loss at Al Wakrah.

In the J-League, Mitch Nichols came on in the 72nd minute of Cezero Osaka's 1-0 loss at home to Vegalta Sendai.

North America

Tim Cahill played the full game and opened the scoring for New York Red Bulls in their rollercoaster 5-4 defeat MLS at home to Chicago Fire.

On the bench

Brad Jones (Liverpool), Mitch Langerak (Borussia Dortmund), Carl Valeri (Ternana), Andy Rose (Seattle Sounders), Billy Celeksi (Liaoning Whowin), Robert Cornthwaite (Jeonnam).

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