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The Foxes' upward push has involved some small steps of late with Marti Cifuentes' solid start at the King Power hampered by four draws on the bounce.

The latest against Wrexham was a disappointment for the Leicester boss who did not hold back in his criticism of his own players, labelling their performance "a bit arrogant".

On the face of it, four draws against Oxford United, Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion and now Wrexham, whilst not catastrophic by any means, is not promotion form.

Swansea represent a tricky proposition on home soil where they remain unbeaten in the league this season. With just one defeat in their past seven games, Alan Sheehan's side are sitting nicely on the heels of the pacesetters in eighth place.

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Millwall will seek to bounce back from their 4-0 mauling against Coventry on Wednesday as West Brom head to south London today.

Though the Lions remain unbeaten in four games on the road this season, the defeat by the Sky Blues was a third in four on home soil, a run during which they have scored one goal and conceded nine.

They lie 12th ahead of the visit of the fourth-placed Baggies, who are three points ahead in a congested Championship top half.

Albion ended an iffy run of one win in five with Wednesday's 1-0 victory at Norwich, which made it three wins from their four away games, only going down at table-topping Middlesbrough so far.

Ryan Mason's men have failed to score more than one goal in seven of their eight matches - but have conceded just seven goals in total too, keeping three clean sheets, two of them on the road.

Tom Gayle
BBC Final Score at Pride Park

As we know football supporters are notoriously impatient, myself included. We want success now, not in May, especially those who attend week in week out.

Opinions among fanbases can be split following an ‘average’ start, which I feel is a fair assessment of both Derby and Southampton so far.

For me, John Eustace has less to prove. He knows what he’s doing at this level, and has been able to mould his own squad over the summer. If speaking to a few Derby fans who were on the same train as me is a barometer, they’re just “a game or two away from clicking”.

As for Southampton and Will Still, the jury is still very much out. Today’s team news would have caused plenty of debate within the away support. You could argue the case for the majority of their bench being starters at other clubs. Still is prepared to make big calls, but sooner rather than later he has to start winning more games.

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Derby's quest for a first home win of the season resumes as they welcome Southampton to Pride Park this afternoon.

Though Tuesday's late draw against Charlton means the Rams have lost just one of their past six matches, four of those have ended all-square and they have taken just two points from their opening four home games.

Will Still's side picked up their first away win of the season at Sheffield United on Tuesday, earning as many points on the night as they had in their previous five matches combined.

Though County are fifth-bottom, a point above the drop-zone and five places adrift of Southampton, a two-goal win for John Eustace's men would actually take them above the Saints in the table.

Feels like this one's on a knife-edge.

OK, time to turn attentions to today's seven 15:00 BST kick-offs then...

Bleak viewing for Steel City football enthusiasts, this.

Eight defeats in nine for the blunted Blades while Wednesday are only three points better off and have taken one point from five home games after their humbling by Coventry.

The Sky Blues were pretty in hot pink today and lead the way, though Middlesbrough can return to the summit with a win at Portsmouth later.

Hull City are into the top-10 while Blackburn picked up their first home point of the season to peg back Stoke, who stay third, for now.

Oxford United head to Watford this afternoon now sitting in the bottom three.

• Bristol City v QPR
• Derby v Southampton
• Millwall v West Bromwich Albion
• Portsmouth v Middlesbrough
• Preston North End v Charlton
• Swansea v Leicester
• Watford v Oxford United

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Two clubs heading in very different directions indeed.

Coventry played some gorgeous football, confidence flowing through them, and completed one of these notoriously tough 'nine point weeks' with nine points, oh, and 12 goals, and three clean sheets.

Wednesday battled away but this was a mismatch. The on-field protest from fans in the first half shining a light on the unrest which engulfs the club at present.

Brandon Thomas-Asante scored two before the break, with Haji Wright adding a controversial third having been offside, while sub Ellis Simms completed a flowing team move with a tap-in and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto thundered the fifth.

On this performance Coventry are the team to beat in the race for the Premier League this season, while Wednesday's gloom may well deepen in the weeks and months to come.

Carl Asaba
Former Sheffield United striker on BBC Radio Sheffield

This result is a shock, we've lost to Hull because we're not good enough.

The mind boggles as to how some of these players are starting every week at the moment.

The referee blows his whistle for full-time and the game ends all square.

Ultimately what was a competitive game ends with the points shared and both sides having chances to win it.

Blackburn were much improved in the second half and were good value for their equaliser, Stoke's attacking threat remained throughout with a number of shots well saved by Balazs Toth.

Steve Ogrizovic
Ex-Coventry City goalkeeper on BBC CWR

We're running out of superlatives to describe this side already.

They've done nothing yet but so far, so good.

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A day of firsts as David Akintola's first for Hull City and Ivor Pandur's first ever penalty save in his senior career.

Hull were just about value for the win, a third of their campaign, as Sheffield United remain rooted to the bottom of the table.

Chris Wilder has work to do during the international break with his side still clinging to just one win this season.

But there were signs of promise in that they created plenty even if they could not put them away.

The biggest of the lot fell to Harrison Burrows from the spot with two minutes of normal time to go but he could not take it.

Hull move into tenth place in the table.

Sub Ike Ugbo spins brilliantly to receive a pass from Barry Bannan but lashes wildly off target under pressure from Bobby Thomas.

Time for a consolation is running out.

FIVE added minutes for Wednesday to endure.

Owls academy prospect Jarvis Thornton is on for Svante Ingelsson while Ike Ugbo replaces Jamal Lowe as they tried to find a consolation.

Couple of minutes of normal time to come.

There will be a minimum of four minutes added time.

You feel Brandon Thomas-Asante is only still on because he's after the match ball.

He's slipped in down the City right but Yan Valery does brilliantly to track back with him, force him wide and then prevent him getting the ball into the middle to the unmarked Ellis Simms.

Simms is even more frustrated from the subsequent corner as his free-header is pushed away by Ethan Horvath, diving to his left.

The keeper couldn't have done much more today, in fairness to him, he's made a string of good saves to keep this from being a total embarrassment.

There will be five minutes of extras.