Busy Week For 11 Foxes Away On Loan
- Rachid Ghezzal's assist keeps Beşiktaş top of the Turkish Süper Lig table
- Kamal Sowah and Josh Eppiah both featured for OH Leuven over the past week
- Daniel Iversen, Josh Knight and Admiral Muskwe all played in the Sky Bet Championship
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Matty James and George Hirst were also in second-tier action
- Darnell Johnson played for League 1 AFC Wimbledon and Callum Wright for League 2 Cheltenham Town
Rachid Ghezzal's 11th assist of the season helped to seal Beşiktaş a 2-1 victory over Gaziantep on Saturday, their 19th win of the league campaign, which moved the club back to the top of the Süper Lig.
The Algerian winger also scored the opening goal of the' 3-0 away win over Gençlerbirliği in February, as part of a five-game winning run in the league.
The Black Eagles are now two points in front of Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, despite playing one game fewer than both of their title rivals, ahead of Friday's clash with İstanbul Başakşehir (4pm kick-off).
Elsewhere on the continent, Kamal Sowah played 90 minutes for OH Leuven in their 2-0 win against Antwerp at King Power at Den Dreef Stadium. Five days later, Sowah also started an entertaining 3-3 draw with Eupen on Saturday, while fellow OHL loanee Josh Eppiah was an 82nd-minute substitute.
Leuven are currently seventh in the Belgian Pro League, the country's highest tier, with a trip to rivals Mechelen next up for Marc Brys' men on Sunday 21 March (3pm kick-off).
In the Sky Bet Championship, shot-stopper Daniel Iversen kept back-to-back clean sheets as Preston North End picked up four points from a possible six against Queens Park Rangers (0-0) and Huddersfield Town (3-0) at the end of February.
The Lancashire outfit have gone two games without a win in March, however, defeated 2-1 by Millwall before drawing 1-1 with AFC Bournemouth at Deepdale on Saturday.
Preston's next fixture sees them come up against Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park on Saturday 13 March (7pm kick-off). Former Denmark Under-21s international Iversen has made 12 appearances for 13th-placed North End since his January loan move from the Foxes.
Also in the second tier, Josh Knight helped Wycombe secure two consecutive shutouts in late February, starting both the 0-0 draw with Millwall and the 1-0 win over Reading in a central midfielder role.
The Chairboys have since suffered three straight losses, though, with both Knight and forward Admiral Muskwe starting the most recent - a 2-0 reverse against Stoke City at bet365 stadium.
Wycombe currently lie 24th in the Championship standings and they will be looking to bounce back on Tuesday evening when they visit Loftus Road to take on Queens Park Rangers (7pm kick-off).
Another Academy graduate, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, played 78 minutes of Luton Town's 3-0 loss at Norwich City on Saturday, which brought the Hatters' three-game unbeaten streak to an end.
The 22-year-old started Luton's 1-0 away win at Nottingham Forest in midweek, after also playing 90 minutes in the 3-2 comeback victory over Sheffield Wednesday, providing the assist for Kal Naismith's goal, which kickstarted their second-half revival.
Luton's next fixture sees Nathan Jones' side meet Swansea City at Kenilworth Road on Saturday (12:15pm kick-off), looking to build on their position of 14th in the Championship table.
After coming off the bench for the final 20 minutes of the midweek defeat to Middlesbrough, Matty James featured from the start in Coventry City's 1-0 success against Derby County on Saturday, which was settled thanks to Maxime Biamou's early goal.
It was James' 12th league outing for the Sky Blues having spent the first half of the season with Championship rivals Barnsley.
Staying in the Championship, on-loan Rotherham forward George Hirst came off the bench in United's 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Reading last Tuesday, replacing Lewis Wing in the 80th minute.
Hirst was then an unused substitute in the Millers' 2-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough at the weekend, secured courtesy of Freddie Ladapo's strike deep into stoppage-time.
Rotherham remain 22nd in the Championship, three points from safety, though they currently have three games in hand on both Birmingham City and Coventry - who they meet at New York Stadium on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
Defender Darnell Johnson played 90 minutes for AFC Wimbledon on Saturday when the Dons rescued a point away at Blackpool with an injury-time leveller from Ollie Palmer. It was the south London club's second 1-1 draw of the week after Tuesday's stalemate with Shrewsbury Town.
Johnson began the game at right-back, being replaced by Luke O'Neill in the 62nd minute of the clash at New Meadow.
Those results leave Wimbledon 22nd in the Sky Bet League 1 table, one point from safety, but with at least one game in hand on the teams around them. The Dons welcome in-form Burton Albion to Plough Lane on Tuesday night (7pm kick-off).
Elsewhere, Callum Wright started in high-flying Cheltenham Town's 3-2 victory over Port Vale in Sky Bet League 2 on Saturday, playing the full game as part of a midfield three, just four days after also starting in the 1-0 win at home to Southend United.
The Robins, who are currently on a four-game winning run, remain top of the division, a point in front of second-placed Cambridge United, prior to facing Mansfield Town at Field Mill on Tuesday (7pm kick-off).
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