Abdul Baba Rahman made his first start for his Augsburg side after his return from injury that kept him out of the senior national team of Ghana during the last international break.

The Black Stars full back returned to his Augsburg side last week as a substitute but was given a starting role on Saturday when his German Bundesliga side made a trip to Paderborn.

Augsburg however lost the game by two goals to nil away from home, with Baba Rahman playing in the entire duration of the game for Augsburg.

Kevin-Prince Boateng was not involved in the German Bundesliga game for his Schalke 04 side against Freiburg on Saturday.

Schalke played a goalless draw at home with Freiburg.

In the English Championship Albert Adomah and his Middlesbrough side are still paying for their inability to beat Watford away from home.

Middlesbrough who rose to top the English Championship last weekend are currently lying in fourth position despite recovering from the defeat against Watford to record a 2-0 home victory against Rotherham United.

Ghana international Albert Adomah was given a start in the game and went on to play in the entire duration as goals from Lee Tomlin and Patrick Bamford gave his side all three points.

Middlesbrough currently lie in fourth place on 78 points, a point behind second automatic qualification spot which is occupied by Norwich City.

AFC Bournemouth lead the table on 80 points with four games to go.

Ghanaian forward Kwesi Appiah made an 84 minute appearance for his Reading side in the English Championship as they played out a goalless draw at home to Blackburn Rovers.

In the English Premier League Christian Atsu missed the game for his Everton side against Swansea City away from home.

Everton drew the game with a 1-1 final scoreline.

Ghanaian player Jeffrey Schlupp and his Leicester City side are gathering pace in their relegation dogfight to stay in the English Premier League.

Leicester who were promoted to the competition at the end of last season are currently place bottom of the league. A couple of wins has however moved them closer to within three points of safety having played a game less.

Leicester City beat West Ham United at home last week and masterminded a comeback win away from home against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Jeffrey Schlupp started and played in the full duration of the game.

Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng made an appearance for Eibar in their 3-0 loss to La Liga title chasers Real Madrid on Saturday afternoon.

The veteran made his 10th appearance of the season for his club side, after coming on as a substitute late on in the game in place  Dani Garcia.

And he was his usual combative self immediately, which resulted in him picking up what has become a customary yellow card, just three minutes after coming on.

Goals were scored by Javier Hernandez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Jese. Eibar remain in 14th place after the loss, four points behind Getafe.

Mubarak Wakaso missed the away game for Celtic against Inverness in the Scottish Premier League.

The game ended with one goal apiece for both clubs.

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