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

[p]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 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norwich/Qo6off6p/"]Norwich[/a] demolished League One side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/milton-keynes-dons/f9KDxtkU/"]MK Dons[/a] 4-1. [/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/toure-mohamed/QkrdV8Pc/"]Toure[/a] scored with two of his three shots at goal and was only narrowly edged out by teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brooks-andre/nXC5n9V0/"]Andre Brooks[/a], who was also subbed off after 71 minutes, for Flashscore's Player of the Match.[/p][p]Toure's double has reportedly only intensified [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/trabzonspor/MmsYDc03/"]Trabzonspor[/a]'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. [/p][image alt="Mohamed Toure Player Card" id="0a47b024-6b1e-4e50-8329-cb0a19352376" credit-line="Flashscore / Opta by StatsPerform" guid="79131527-f8d8-4088-8d9a-be21ede2384f" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][embed guid="435af2c5-991c-46dc-8969-1fc6978852d1" url="https://x.com/FEFLOfficial/status/2093751706815275109" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/volpato-cristian/2B5YqXFG/"]Cristian Volpato[/a][/b] has already matched his tally of two competitive goals from 2025/26 after striking [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sassuolo/QDdvI0zl/"]Sassuolo[/a]'s opening goal in a 2-1 home win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/torino/MZFZnvX4/"]Torino[/a], just 12 days after he struck in a Coppa Italia win over Serie B side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cesena/xddf1qfh/"]Cesena[/a]. [/p][p]In a classy celebratory gesture, Volpato dedicated the goal to injured teammate [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kone-ismael/MkgjOoBG/"]Ismael Kone[/a], who is slowly but surely on the mend after suffering a freakish leg break against Qatar at the World Cup in Vancouver. [/p][p]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. [/p][image alt="Cristian Volpato Player Card" id="170a8d30-d822-45c3-a863-71e99887f810" credit-line="Flashscore / Opta by StatsPerform" guid="625d2d99-d2c7-4397-bb50-bea2aff065d5" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][embed guid="cdb1d82e-2fda-41ea-9271-fadd12dd1a82" url="https://x.com/beINSPORTS_AUS/status/2093802016669647182" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/xSrf6qMM/"]Socceroos[/a] goalkeeper[b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beach-patrick/d6MmYtl5/"]Patrick Beach[/a] [/b]followed up his debut Ligue 1 clean with a Player of the Match performance in a 2-1 win away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lorient/jgNAYRGi/"]Lorient[/a] for new club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/troyes/fsfAHubD/"]Troyes[/a].[/p][p]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. [/p][p]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. [/p][image alt="Patrick Beach Player Card" id="c22e601a-8bba-4e7c-8567-0da518602c25" credit-line="Flashscore / Opta by StatsPerform" guid="cfa9642f-82b1-4f66-9623-882bb14200f6" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Over in Scotland, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hibernian/f5Fnxcx4/"]Hibs[/a] veteran [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boyle-martin/f7Wzffpk/"][b]Martin Boyle[/b][/a][b],[/b] 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). [/p][p]He rated 8.2 out of 10 at the weekend after collecting his second goal of the Premiership season with one of his [i][b]seven[/b][/i] shot attempts. [/p][p]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. [/p][image alt="Martin Boyle Player Card" id="d0f0533d-7df9-4751-b449-56d54aae43c9" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="eb9faf2c-39b7-4203-87d2-43cea904a322" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][embed guid="3f6ff6b1-5d54-4316-9850-bff1bd8a7de7" url="https://x.com/beINSPORTS_NZ/status/2094240299283370025" social-type="twitter" /][h2]In other news...[/h2][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sapsford-zachary/MmIU39eq/"]Zac Sapsford[/a][/b] struck from the penalty spot to put Dundee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/adelaide-utd/4AZ2ueHm/"]United[/a] 2-0 up on the way to a 4-0 thrashing of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kilmarnock/jX8ezy7G/"]Kilmarnock[/a], giving United their first league win of the season at the fourth attempt. [/p][p]Former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/melbourne-city/OKfoGJBe/"]Melbourne City[/a] product [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tilio-marco/Kz7POmA8/"]Marco Tilio[/a][/b] scored his maiden Austrian Bundesliga goal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rapid-vienna/rejcUFSs/"]SK Rapid[/a] as they defeated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sturm-graz/zsktjfsD/"]Sturm Graz[/a] 3-1 at home.[/p][p]World Cup backup goalkeeper [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/izzo-paul/v5z7HY7j/"]Paul Izzo[/a][/b] saved five of the six shots on target that he faced in a 2-1 league win for Danish club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/randers-fc/x0NnnfrU/"]Randers FC[/a].[/p][p]Former Socceroos captain [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ryan-mathew/YBLvziIh/"]Mathew Ryan[/a][/b] recorded four saves and a player rating of 6.8 as his La Liga side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/levante/G8FL0ShI/"]Levante[/a] ran rampant on home turf, thrashing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/betis/vJbTeCGP/"]Betis[/a] 5-2 as outsiders on matchday three. [/p][p]Centre back [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/circati-alessandro/x0EJsbc8/"]Alessandro Circati[/a][/b] played just seven minutes off the bench for new club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/benfica/zBkyuyRI/"]Benfica[/a] in a Europa League qualification victory as he continues to settle in ahead of a potential league debut this week on Tuesday morning AEST.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/apoel/OKJwmfm3/"]APOEL Nicosia[/a]'s [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/degenek-milos/n1S8eZb9/"]Milos Degenek[/a][/b] played 86 minutes in a matchday one 3-1 loss to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aek-larnaca/4lUZQCQq/"]AEK Larnaca[/a] in the Cypriot top-flight.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/herrington-lucas/4ApZ8wCi/"]Lucas Herrington[/a][/b] made a quiet 31-minute appearance for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull[/a] as they won 1-0 away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry City[/a], which followed a full midweek stint as they eliminated [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stoke-city/hSUajdSS/"]Stoke City[/a] from the EFL Cup. He remains a second choice defender for Premier League fixtures.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/italiano-jacob/x2rPoBfJ/"]Jacob Italiano[/a][/b] played just 14 minutes off the bench for Austrian Bundesliga club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/grazer-ak/bcsfIr0i/"]Grazer AK[/a], returning from a groin injury that kept him out of pre-season. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/souttar-harry/Aw73uj0d/"]Harry Souttar[/a][/b] received a very strong Flashscore rating of 8.6 out of 10 despite being booked in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leicester/KrrdAMyI/"]Leicester City[/a]'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. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/devlin-cameron/AB6yoWr5/"]Cam Devlin[/a][/b] was also solid in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/qpr/lrMHUHDc/"]Rangers[/a]' 1-0 win away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aberdeen/AmdbMiWq/"]Aberdeen[/a], rating 7.6 out of 10 for registering more touches (78) and more accurate passes (52 at 85%) than anyone else in the game. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hrustic-ajdin/phFkXFtU/"]Ajdin Hrustic[/a][/b] rated only 6.4 playing a full 90 minutes in central midfield for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-nasr/40ZYZrBI/"]Al Nasr[/a] as they lost their UAE Pro League matchday three game away to unbeaten [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-ain/UX1exRBg/"]Al Ain[/a] 2-1. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/irvine-jackson/SvwMecZH/"]Jackson Irvine[/a][/b] played his second consecutive 90-minute stint for new club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cerezo-osaka/rJJl6Vtt/"]Cerezo Osaka[/a], rating 6.4 in a 1-0 loss away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vissel-kobe/698tGI9q/"]Vissel Kobe[/a]. [/p][p]Irvine's former teammate [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/metcalfe-connor/zqXaHPUa/"]Connor Metcalfe[/a][/b] came off the bench for 35 minutes as he made his first league appearance of the season for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/st-pauli/ILyJuN3g/"]St Pauli[/a], 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. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/okon-engstler-paul/2TYezBuo/"]Paul Okon-Engstler[/a] [/b]made his starting debut for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/1-fc-koln/WG9pOTse/"]FC Koln[/a] in a 3-2 Bundesliga home win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hoffenheim/hQAtP9Sl/"]Hoffenheim[/a], 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. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/irankunda-nestor/OdWRR5EU/"]Nestory Irankunda[/a][/b] played just nine minutes off the bench as his new club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sporting-cp/tljXuHBC/"]Sporting CP[/a] won 4-0 away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rio-ave/jPzXLi4l/"]Rio Ave[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/velupillay-nishan/fahbBTEI/"]Nishan Velupillay[/a][/b] made his debut in Germany's third-tier for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ingolstadt/ne5QkLtB/"]Ingolstadt[/a], playing 45 minutes off the bench in a 2-0 away win. [/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yengi-tete/YTFoCLya/"]Tete Yengi[/a][/b] played for 82 minutes in a 1-1 draw away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mito/GliRsh4P/"]Mito[/a], just 72 hours after scoring off the bench in an Emperor's Cup win for his Japanese club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/machida-zelvia/CUSC1dab/"]Machida Zelvia[/a]. [/p][p]Machida are [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-afc-champions-league-2-who-are-adelaide-united-and-melbourne-victory-playing-in-champions-league-2/G00Yr3hg/"]in the AFC Champions League 2 alongside Australian clubs Adelaide United and Melbourne Victory[/a] this season, albeit drawn in a different group to both of them.[/p][infobox id="d39bc573-b9dd-4b87-acb9-2de1f22d36c7" /]