Ireland defenders Seamus Coleman and Shane Duffy were in opposition when their clubs, Everton and Brighton & Hove Albion, met at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon, where the hosts prevailed by two goals to nil. Another Ireland duo, Ciaran Clark and Rob Elliot have seen little recent action for their club Newcastle United and that continued this afternoon as their club defeated Southampton by three goals to nil at St James Park, where Shane Long was a second half substitute for the visitors. Declan Rice and Josh Cullen were unused substitutes for West Ham United who went down to a three nil defeat by visitors Burnley who included Jeff Hendrick and Stephen Ward in their starting eleven at the London Stadium while Kevin Kong was an unused substitute.