Mat Ryan’s Nine Saves Earn a Perfect Rating as Levante Hold Celta Vigo

Mat Ryan kept Levante in the game with a nine-save display against Celta Vigo, earning a perfect 10/10 from Sofascore in a 0-0 LaLiga draw at Balaídos. The platform says a perfect score appears only once in every 3,000 performances it rates.

The numbers show how much work Ryan faced: Celta had 23 shots, 58.7 per cent possession and six corners, while Levante managed six shots and one corner. Celta’s expected goals total was 3.04; Sofascore calculated that Ryan prevented 2.08 goals. Seven of his saves came from attempts inside the penalty area.

Ryan withstands Celta’s pressure

Pablo Durán tested Ryan repeatedly. The goalkeeper stopped him in the third minute, held a low header directed to his left in the 59th, then made three more saves against him in the 79th and 90th minutes. Iago Aspas and Javi Galán were also denied.

Celta struck the post in the fourth minute and briefly thought it had scored through Durán, but a VAR review confirmed the goal was offside. The draw leaves Levante 17th with 11 points from 12 matches, one point above 18th-placed Elche.

Ryan’s performance comes as Australia prepares for a Qatar camp without its 34-year-old captain. Patrick Beach, Joe Gauci and Tom Glover are in the goalkeeping group. Ryan’s absence follows his omission from the Brazil double-header squad; Jacob Chapman and Paul Izzo, who were part of that group, are also missing from the latest selection. It remains unclear whether Ryan was left out or chose not to travel.

Beach is set to continue with the national team despite losing the starting role at Ligue 1 side Troyes. Former Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer said he expected Ryan to return to a future camp, particularly if Beach doesn’t regain his club place. “Now, there’s a genuine competition again,” Schwarzer said on his Football360 podcast.

Klein makes a late push in St Pauli defeat

Sam Klein came on at half-time for his first match ahead of a senior Socceroos camp, replacing Connor Metcalfe as St Pauli lost 4-1 away to Magdeburg. Klein nearly equalised in the 80th minute after cutting inside from the left, but Anselmo García MacNulty deflected his shot wide. St Pauli later went down to 10 men when Louis Oppie was sent off and conceded twice more.

Hrustic helps Al Nasr turn the match around

Ajdin Hrustic scored Al Nasr’s equaliser in a 4-1 comeback win over Dubai United at Al Maktoum Stadium. Dubai United went ahead in the eighth minute; Hrustic finished from Mehdi Ghayedi’s assist in the 39th. Al Nasr added two goals in the opening 10 minutes of the second half, before Ramon Mierez scored in stoppage time. Hrustic came off in the 91st minute. Al Nasr moved up to seventh with 11 points.

Stensness starts in Viking’s five-goal win

Gianni Stensness played the full match as Viking beat KFUM Oslo 5-1 at Lyse Arena. Peter Buch Christiansen scored a hat-trick, with Henrik Rørvik Bjørdal and substitute Niklas Kemp Fuglestad adding the other goals. Nicholas D’Agostino missed the match through injury.

Viking remain top of Norway’s Eliteserien on 62 points, level with Bodø/Glimt but ahead on goal difference, 42 to 40, with four rounds remaining. Stensness has been named in Australia’s November squad.

Randers concede five after drawing level

Paul Izzo played all 90 minutes as Randers lost 6-1 at home to FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga. After trailing at half-time, Randers equalised through Mike Themsen in the 50th minute. The visitors scored five times between the 53rd and 80th minutes, with Alexander Lind and Ibrahim Adel each finding the net twice. Nordsjælland had six shots on target to Randers’ two; Randers sit 11th.

Dukuly features as Celje climb to third

Yaya Dukuly started for Celje and played 64 minutes of a 2-1 away win over Kalcer Radomlje. Samo Pridgar saved Dukuly’s 50th-minute attempt at the near post. Celje had led 2-0 after half an hour before Radomlje converted a penalty in first-half stoppage time.

The win was Celje’s second in a row and lifted them to third, six points behind leaders Koper with a game in hand. For Australia’s players abroad, the weekend brought a standout performance from Ryan and a spread of results that ranged from important league points to difficult defeats.