Andreas Pereira(Granada) played 64 minutes in an away game against ex-red Nani's team Valencia CF. Game ended 1-1.

Joel Pereira(Belenenses) played full 90 minutes in a 2-1 defeat against Braga. According WhoScored, he is the highly rated player of the team but has played only 3 games in League and 2 games in Domestic cups! He has kept 2(1 in LigaNos, 1 in Cup) cleansheet in 5 games.

Dean Henderson is yet to play for League two team Grimsby Town.

Adnan Januzaj was on the bench, where Sunderland won their second game of the season by beating Hull City(3-0).

Varela has posted on Twitter that he will return soon. It is expected that he will come back after Winter Break.

Cameron Borthwick-Jackson wasn't involved in an away game against Preston