Autumn chills bring EFL thrills as Baggies bounce & Barrow burn up miles

Carlos Coberan's West Brom protect one of the country's best defensive records this weekend

It's getting chilly outside, the rain has arrived and the leaves are falling.

As summer turns to autumn, you sense the early jousting of the EFL season is over and the runners and riders are starting to sort themselves into potential winners, also-rans and strugglers.

Here are just a few things to keep an eye on this weekend, including an interesting managerial change.

Boing in-form Baggies

Four successive wins have driven West Brom to the top of the Championship but it's not all about the goals scored for Carlos Corberan's side.

In the top six tiers of English football, only Liverpool have conceded fewer than the Baggies' two goals so far this season.

So, spare a thought for their hosts Sheffield Wednesday who, after an opening-day thrashing of Plymouth, have lost four of their past five games, failing to score in three of those.

Winless wonders

Erol Bulut was fired for Cardiff's worst start in 94 years

You know what we were saying about summer turning to autumn? Well there are still six EFL sides looking for a first win and five of them have a last chance to break their duck before October.

But for conceding last-minute goals at Middlesbrough and Burnley, Portsmouth would already have their first Championship win since April 2012, so a home game with unbeaten Sheffield United might be a good time to get over the line.

While Portsmouth handed manager John Mousinho a new contract last week, Cardiff gave Erol Bulut his P45 after their worst start to a season in 94 years and the Bluebirds visit Hull on Saturday.

In League One, Burton - who have picked up four draws in six games so far - and rock-bottom Cambridge United hunt for three points away at Blackpool and home to Lincoln respectively, while in League Two Accrington will not win before October as their game at AFC Wimbledon has been postponed, which means Morecambe would jump above them with a first win (or even a draw) against Notts County.

From play-off winners to play-off losers

Scott Lindsey has swapped League One Crawley for League Two MK Dons

You could perhaps forgive Crawley supporters for questioning who were the real winners from their League Two play-off success.

Within weeks of their Wembley triumph over Crewe, eight of their starting 11 had cleared off (four of them to clubs in lower leagues) and now the manager has jumped ship back to League Two.

Scott Lindsey engineered a play-off semi-final hammering of MK Dons last season and that memory clearly stuck at Stadium MK as he is the man they have chosen to replace Carlisle-bound Mike Williamson.

Lindsey's first game in charge is at a Bromley side who have lost four of their past five League Two games.

Deja two

Priestfield Stadium is the last stop of Barrow's mammoth week on the road

Last week the top two met in League Two, this week the top two meet in League Two...

Gillingham won at Notts County but stayed second as Barrow leapt to the top on goals scored.

The Bluebirds are racking up the miles this week as they visit Kent just four days after their League Cup defeat at Chelsea.

If you want to know a decent motorway service station then Barrow supporters are probably the ones to ask as they will have covered nearly 1,250 miles by the end of this EFL week.

You can follow live text action of all the EFL action across this weekend on the BBC Sport website, starting with Plymouth Argyle v Luton Town from 20:00 BST on Friday.