Harambee Stars midfielder Richard Odada made his competitive debut for Dundee United as the club began their season with a 2-2 draw against Dundee on Sunday afternoon.
Odada was introduced in the 86th minute after all games had been scored. The hosts had taken a 13th-minute lead through Trapanovski but Plamer-Houlden restored parity for the visitors five minutes later. Dundee United were to regain their lead in the 23rd minute through Thomson for a 2-1 lead at halftime.
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McCowan however restored parity for the visitors 10 minutes from time from the penalty spot to earn the visitors a point on a weekend that only saw two teams record wins.
Of the teams that recorded wins in the opening round of the Scottish Premiership Season 2024/25 was Jonah Ayunga’s St Mirren with the Harambee Stars striker starting as they beat Hibernian 3-0.
A double from Smyth and a goal from Idowu, all coming in the second half, saw Mirren join Celtic as the only teams to have recorded wins over the weekend. Ayunga was withdrawn in the 63rd minute for Mandron.
In the Swedish Ettan, on Sunday, the Harambee Stars duo of Henry Meja and Frank Odhiambo managed to play in the entire game as AFC Eskilstuna went 2-1 down to hosts Hammarby Talang.
In Serbia, defender Collins Sichenje was left on the bench as Vojvodina went 3-1 down to Cukaricki in the nation’s Super Liga.
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