Aug 31 | 06:58:10 UTC
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Aussies Abroad: Toure at the double, Volpato scores twice in a fortnight

Aussies Abroad: Toure at the double, Volpato scores twice in a fortnight

It was just three weeks after he opened his 2026/27 campaign with a goal and an assist in the first round of the League Cup when Norwich demolished League One side MK Dons 4-1. 

Toure scored with two of his three shots at goal and was only narrowly edged out by teammate Andre Brooks, who was also subbed off after 71 minutes, for Flashscore's Player of the Match.

Toure's double has reportedly only intensified Trabzonspor's interest in his services, with Norwich officials set to meet with the Turkish club despite their reluctance to let the 22-year-old go after such a promising start to the season. 

Cristian Volpato has already matched his tally of two competitive goals from 2025/26 after striking Sassuolo's opening goal in a 2-1 home win over Torino, just 12 days after he struck in a Coppa Italia win over Serie B side Cesena

In a classy celebratory gesture, Volpato dedicated the goal to injured teammate Ismael Kone, who is slowly but surely on the mend after suffering a freakish leg break against Qatar at the World Cup in Vancouver. 

Volpato oozed class throughout his 60-minute shift and barely put a foot wrong, missing the target in only one of his 13 passes in the final third, winning four duels and a tackle as well as completing his only attempted dribble. 

Socceroos goalkeeper Patrick Beach followed up his debut Ligue 1 clean with a Player of the Match performance in a 2-1 win away to Lorient for new club Troyes.

Beach faced six shots on target for 2.46 expected goals on target (xGOT) and made four saves to play a huge role in his team's first win of the campaign, recording a match-best Flashscore player rating of 8.0 out of 10. 

The Flashscore player rating algorithm does to an extent judge each save on just how good it is with Opta's advanced statistics giving every shot on target a likelihood of scoring (based on tens of thousands of results from similar shots), meaning this incredible save that went viral around Europe did play a factor in Beach's final figure. 

Over in Scotland, Hibs veteran Martin Boyle, now into his 14th season at the club, has been a terribly busy man in August with the club playing eight games in the month as they work their way through the League Cup (tick) and Conference League qualifying (not successful). 

He rated 8.2 out of 10 at the weekend after collecting his second goal of the Premiership season with one of his seven shot attempts. 

His rating was dragged down by having created only 1.31 expected goals with those seven shots - not particularly efficient or devastating - but Hibs got the three points. 

In other news...

Zac Sapsford struck from the penalty spot to put Dundee United 2-0 up on the way to a 4-0 thrashing of Kilmarnock, giving United their first league win of the season at the fourth attempt. 

Former Melbourne City product Marco Tilio scored his maiden Austrian Bundesliga goal for SK Rapid as they defeated Sturm Graz 3-1 at home.

World Cup backup goalkeeper Paul Izzo saved five of the six shots on target that he faced in a 2-1 league win for Danish club Randers FC.

Former Socceroos captain Mathew Ryan recorded four saves and a player rating of 6.8 as his La Liga side Levante ran rampant on home turf, thrashing Betis 5-2 as outsiders on matchday three. 

Centre back Alessandro Circati played just seven minutes off the bench for new club Benfica in a Europa League qualification victory as he continues to settle in ahead of a potential league debut this week on Tuesday morning AEST.

APOEL Nicosia's Milos Degenek played 86 minutes in a matchday one 3-1 loss to AEK Larnaca in the Cypriot top-flight.

Lucas Herrington made a quiet 31-minute appearance for Hull as they won 1-0 away to Coventry City, which followed a full midweek stint as they eliminated Stoke City from the EFL Cup. He remains a second choice defender for Premier League fixtures.

Jacob Italiano played just 14 minutes off the bench for Austrian Bundesliga club Grazer AK, returning from a groin injury that kept him out of pre-season. 

Harry Souttar received a very strong Flashscore rating of 8.6 out of 10 despite being booked in Leicester City's 0-0 draw away to MK Dons. Souttar recorded a game-high 93 accurate passes at 93% in addition to winning seven of his nine individual duels and making four clearances. 

Cam Devlin was also solid in Rangers' 1-0 win away to Aberdeen, rating 7.6 out of 10 for registering more touches (78) and more accurate passes (52 at 85%) than anyone else in the game. 

Ajdin Hrustic rated only 6.4 playing a full 90 minutes in central midfield for Al Nasr as they lost their UAE Pro League matchday three game away to unbeaten Al Ain 2-1. 

Jackson Irvine played his second consecutive 90-minute stint for new club Cerezo Osaka, rating 6.4 in a 1-0 loss away to Vissel Kobe

Irvine's former teammate Connor Metcalfe came off the bench for 35 minutes as he made his first league appearance of the season for St Pauli, who are without a win in three rounds despite having only just dropped down from the Bundesliga. Metcalfe missed the first two rounds with a muscle injury. 

Paul Okon-Engstler made his starting debut for FC Koln in a 3-2 Bundesliga home win over Hoffenheim, recording the third-worst rating (6.1 out of 10) of the match by passing with 83% accuracy and losing four of his six individual duel. 

Nestory Irankunda played just nine minutes off the bench as his new club Sporting CP won 4-0 away to Rio Ave.

Nishan Velupillay made his debut in Germany's third-tier for Ingolstadt, playing 45 minutes off the bench in a 2-0 away win. 

Tete Yengi played for 82 minutes in a 1-1 draw away to Mito, just 72 hours after scoring off the bench in an Emperor's Cup win for his Japanese club Machida Zelvia

Machida are in the AFC Champions League 2 alongside Australian clubs Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory this season, albeit drawn in a different group to both of them.

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