Japan's Maya Yoshida played his 100th game in the English Premier League on Saturday during Southampton's scoreless home draw with Hull, winning a late penalty which was not converted.

Yoshida played the full 90 minutes for the 16th straight league game and looked to have handed his team three points when he was brought down in the penalty area by Alfred N'Diaye in second-half stoppage time, but Dusan Tadic was denied by Hull keeper Eldin Jakupovic.

"It (100 games) has been the target of mine for this season," said 28-year-old Yoshida, who joined from Dutch side VVV Venlo in the summer of 2012 and has finally established himself at the heart of the Saints' defense this season.

Leicester's Shinji Okazaki set up a goal for the first time in the league in their 1-0 away win at West Brom, latching onto a loose back pass in the opposition half before threading through the ball for Jamie Vardy to slot home the winner in the 43rd minute.

"I'm relieved...there were chances before where I could have got them but it's finally in the book, which is always better," said Okazaki, who scored five goals in the Foxes' shock run to their maiden league title last term and twice this season.

"Vardy was calling and that was the only place I had my eyes on to pass, not to his feet but a little ahead of him, which worked out well."

In the German Bundesliga, Yoshinori Muto netted his fourth goal of the season in Mainz's 2-1 loss at home to Borussia Monchengladbach.

With his team trailing 2-0 in the dying seconds, Muto tapped home Pablo de Blasis' goal-bound shot.

"The way we started the second half was bad. How the game turned out shows we were too relaxed," said Muto, whose team is four points above the drop zone with three games to go.

==Kyodo