Loan Watch: Two in two for Nelson

Reiss Nelson scored two goals in two games for Fulham last week, contributing to an impressive start to the season for the club.

On Tuesday night, he netted the equaliser in a 1-1 draw away to Preston North End, after Ryan Ledson had opened the scoring at Deepdale.

Reiss played 86 minutes before the penalty shootout, which Preston won 16-15.

On the weekend, he came on in the 74th minute of the Cottagers’ 3-1 win at home to Newcastle United and netted Fulham’s third goal of the game in the 92nd minute.

Raul Jimenez gave the hosts an early lead before former gunner Emile Smith Rowe made it 2-0, but Newcastle responded early in the second half when Harvey Barnes pulled one back.

However, Nelson allowed supporters to breath a sigh of relief when he put the game to bed after Bruno Guimaraes had given the ball away.

“Amazing result today at the Cottage,” Reiss said after the game. “We’re all delighted and so happy with the victory. Great atmosphere here, cheers boys. Come on!”

Marco Silva’s side are ninth in the Premier League with eight points from their first five games.

It was also a positive weekend for Karl Hein as he kept his third clean sheet of the season in Real Valladolid’s 0-0 draw at home to Real Sociedad.

Our on-loan goalkeeper made a fine save to deny Sheraldo Becker from close range, meaning Valladolid are 17th in Spain’s topflight with five points from six games.

In Serie A, Lazio are eighth with seven points from four games following Monday’s 2-1 win at home to Verona and Sunday's 2-1 defeat away to Fiorentina, both of which Nuno Tavares played 90 minutes of.

In the former, Boulaye Dia’s fifth minute opener didn’t give Lazio the lead for long, as they were pegged back by Casper Tengstedt before Valentin Castellanos restored the lead in the 20th minute. On Sunday, Tavares set up Mario Gila to give Lazio another short-lived lead prior to a brace from Albert Gudmundsson.

Back in the Football League, Shrewsbury Town’s disappointing start to the season continued with a 2-1 defeat away to Mansfield Town.

Charles Sagoe Jr played 80 minutes as Leo Castledine gave Shrewsbury an early lead before Mansfield scored twice in the second half courtesy of Lee Gregory and Aaron James Lewis to leave the former 23rd in League One with three points from seven games.

In women’s football, Michelle Agyemang came on for her debut for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 88th minute of Saturday’s 4-0 win at home to Everton.

A hat-trick from Kiko Seike and a Fran Kirby penalty got the Seagulls off to a flying start in the WSL, ending the opening weekend at the top of the table.

Last but not least, Teyah Goldie got another 90 minutes under her belt as London City Lionesses won 2-1 at home to Bristol City to climb to third in the Barclays Women's Championship.

Players who were unused substitutes:

• Marquinhos (Fluminense)

Players who weren’t included in match day squads:

• Fabio Vieira (FC Porto)
• Albert Sambi Lokonga (Sevilla)
• Jack Henry-Francis (Sligo Rovers)