Saturday's EFL action

 

Ipswich v Aston Villa: Mick McCarthy makes two changes for the hosts - Tom Lawrence and Freddie Sears replace Kevin Bru and Conor Grant. Aston Villa are without striker Ross McCormack, who picked up a knee injury in midweek, while Leandro Bacuna and Nathan Baker also come into the starting XI.
Newcastle v Wolves: Newcastle bring in Chancel Mbemba, Mo Diame and Dwight Gayle as Rafael Benitez makes three changes from the 6-0 win at QPR.Walter Zenga has rotated his squad once again with five new faces from Tuesday's heavy defeat. Moroccan midfielder Romain Saiss makes his Wolves debut.
Nottingham Forest v Norwich: Nottingham Forest ring the changes from Wednesday's 2-2 draw at Rotherham. Michael Mancienne, Danny Fox, Hildeberto Pereira, Chris Cohen and Mustapha Carayol all start. For Norwich, Robbie Brady replaces Alexander Tettey.
Wigan v Fulham: Wigan make one change as Yanic Wildschut starts. Fulham also make one change - Jozabed replaces Sone Aluko.

Bristol City v Derby: The big team news for Bristol City is that Frank Fielding makes his first start in goal since 2 January. Joel Ekstrand and Jame Paterson also come in. Derby are unchanged from the 1-0 home defeat by Ipswich - goalkeeper Scott Carson makes his 350th club appearance.
Burton v Brighton: Burton's leading scorer Jackson Irvine is not in the squad. Brighton are unchanged from the 1-0 win over leaders Huddersfield on Tuesday.
Huddersfield v QPR: Huddersfield boss David Wagner makes two changes from midweek as Kasey Palmer and Nahki Wells both start. QPR also make two changes - Massimo Luongo and Olamide Shodipo return to the starting XI.

Barnsley v Reading: Barnsley's team news is nice and simple - unsurprisingly they are unchanged from the side which thumped Wolves 4-0 at Molineux. Reading have John Swift and Tyler Blackett back in the starting XI.
Blackburn v Rotherham: Blackburn make two changes from the side which beat Leeds on Wednesday as Marvin Emnes and Danny Guthrie come in for Danny Graham and Hope Akpan. Rotherham are forced into just one switch - Stephen Kelly comes in for the suspended Darnell Fisher.
Brentford v Preston: Brentford make just one change - 21-year-old midfielder Sullay Kaikai replacing Josh Clarke in midfield. Preston boss Simon Grayson names the same starting XI from Tuesday's 3-0 win over Cardiff.

With 33 matches across the EFL kicking off at 15:00 BST, I'm not sure our fingers could cope with details on every goal that goes in this afternoon.
Therefore we plan to keep a close eye on Barnsley v Reading, Bristol City against Derby and Newcastle v Wolves in the Championship, with regular updates from elsewhere in the Championship, League One and League Two.

Championship fixtures

Here's the full list of Championship games today.
(All kick-offs are 15:00 BST unless stated otherwise)

• Barnsley v Reading
• Blackburn v Rotherham
• Brentford v Preston
• Bristol City v Derby
• Burton v Brighton
• Huddersfield v QPR
• Ipswich v Aston Villa
• Newcastle v Wolves
• Nottingham Forest v Norwich
• Wigan v Fulham
• Birmingham v Sheffield Wednesday (17:30 BST)

Team news from the 15:00 kick-offs is coming up shortly...

Coming up

Posted at 14:32 17 Sept

Now it's all over at the Cardiff City Stadium, let's take a look at what we have coming up in the Championship in the 3pm kick-offs.