Summary

  • Liam Kitching and Ellis Simms both score twice for Coventry to beat Middlesbrough in thrilling six-goal Riverside encounter

  • Victory for the Sky Blues takes Frank Lampard's side 10 points clear at the top of the Championship

  • Sorba Thomas' double and Million Manhoef secure Stoke a 3-0 win against Charlton as Potters move into second

  • Taylor Harwood-Bellis' two headers and Finn Azaz deliver a fourth straight win for Southampton interim boss Tonda Eckert against 10-man Leicester

  • The Foxes lost teenage full-back Olabade Aluko to a red card on his full debut

  • Vitor Matos' first game in charge of Swansea ends in a 2-1 defeat to Derby

  • Filip Krastev denies Norwich a first home win as Oxford equalise in injury time

  • Mamadou Doumbia earns Watford a point against Preston

  • Chuba Akpom adds to Marcelino Nunez's goal for Ipswich to beat Hull

  • League One: Jamie Reid's penalty gives Stevenage the three points and top spot at Peterborough ; Luton recover from 5-0 weekend thrashing to overcome Huddersfield 2-1

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Live Reporting

Ben Ashton, Kate Holloway, Jay Freeman, Lee Hawthorn and Alex Winter

  1. League One update

    #bbcefl

    Peterborough have back-to-back penalty shouts but the referee hasn't given either. They remain 1-0 down to Stevenage.

    It's also still Luton 1-0 Huddersfield in the other game in League One tonight.

  2. Watford 1-1 Preston

    Liam Lindsay's looking lively for Preston in this second half.

    Having previously hit the post, he heads Alfie Devine's cross just wide of the target.

    Watford certainly ended the first half on top, but Preston have wrestled control of this game after the break.

  3. 'Coventry being stretched'

    Middlesbrough 2-2 Coventry

    Neil Maddison
    Former Middlesbrough midfielder on BBC Tees

    What Boro have done is stretched Coventry so far in this second far.

    When they're solid, they're organised and very difficult to break down.

    But some long balls to the flanks have exploited the width and caused problems.

  4. Get Involved

    Southampton 3-0 Leicester

    Leicester fan, I knew this season would be a struggle but this is woeful. Jon Rudkin needs to be sacked tomorrow morning and Top needs to work out what he really wants, because if this carries on it will be League One next season.

    Tom, Rugby

    Sorry to be that guy Steve in Cambridge but that’s actually not true. Last red card in this fixture was actually Sulemana in September 2023 in a 4-1 loss for Saints. Before that it was Vestergaard himself in a 1-1 draw in April 2021.

    Scott, Eastleigh

    Don't apologise for knowledge, Scott. Great work.

  5. Middlesbrough 2-2 Coventry

    Matt Grimes tries his luck from distance for Coventry but it sails harmlessly into the home fans behind the goal.

    Boro have failed to beat the Sky Blues in their eight previous meetings (D2 L6).

    Can they complete what would be a memorable comeback to end that run?

  6. Stoke 3-0 Charlton

    Charlton finally test Stoke keeper Viktor Johansson as Miles Leaburn takes a punt.

    He hits it clean in the box but it's straight at the stopper and causes no sweat for the Swede.

    It does, however, provide some light relief for the away fans who've had another tough watch tonight.

  7. SUBSTITUTION

    Swansea 0-2 Derby

    Vitor Matos makes a triple change.

    Goncalo Franco, Burnley loanee Manuel Benson and Mark Stamenic replace Liam Cullen, Ronald and Jay Fulton.

    Ronald had struggled against Callum Elder all night.

  8. SUBSTITUTION

    Middlesbrough 2-2 Coventry

    Frank Lampard makes a change for Coventry as Kaine Kesler-Hayden replaces Josh Eccles.

  9. CLOSE!

    Swansea 0-2 Derby

    Eom Ji-Sung sends it into the box but Jay Fulton can't pull one back for the Swans, it instead looks like a clearance and pretty much sums up Swansea's night in front of goal.

  10. You have to love it!

    Middlesbrough 2-2 Coventry

    Adam Lanigan
    BBC Sport reporter at Riverside Stadium

    What a start to the second half this has been.

    Ellis Simms could have made it 3-1 but for a fine save from Sol Brynn.

    Carl Rushworth's fingertips kept out a piledriver from Morgan Whittaker that would have made it 2-2.

    And then Bobby Thomas inadvertently turns it into his own net from a corner.

    That is why we love football!

  11. HITS THE WOODWORK

    Watford 1-1 Preston

    It was a lively first half at Vicarage Road and there's been chances at either end at the start of the second.

    Liam Lindsay tries to regain the lead for Preston as he heads Jamal Lewis' cross, forcing Watford keeper Nathan Baxter into a save which pushes the ball onto the post.

    Meanwhile at the other end, Mamadou Doumbia strikes high and wide.

  12. goal

    GOAL: Swansea 0-2 Derby

    Lars Jorgen Salverson (52 mins)

    On his first start of the season, Salverson doubles Derby's lead.

    The striker is in loads of space inside the box and curls it into the top left corner.

    He takes a bow in celebration.

  13. Middlesbrough 2-2 Coventry

    What on earth is going to happen in this game next?! Pure drama and entertainment so far.

  14. goal

    GOAL: Middlesbrough 2-2 Coventry

    Bobby Thomas og (49 mins)

    Bobby Thomas has his head in his hands after scoring an own goalShutterstock

    Middlesbrough are level and it's a huge slice of luck.

    A corner comes in and Bobby Thomas makes an absolute mess of it at the back post.

    There's not a Boro player near him and he somehow manages to slice into his own net.

    It's fortunate for Boro, but they will feel it's no more than they deserve.

  15. Get Involved

    HT: Southampton 3-0 Leicester

    Whisper it, a Harwood-Bellis hat-trick?

    JC, Southampton

    Six more in the second half, Saints? No, make that seven, why not?

    Dave, Salisbury

    Game over for Leicester! Even the first goal being offside doesn't matter now. We're not going to score four more goals by the end of the year, never mind the end of the second half!

    Steve, Cambridge

  16. Hull 0-0 Ipswich

    Ipswich are forced into a change at the break.

    Jens Cajuste is withdrawn due to injury and is replaced by Jack Taylor.

  17. GREAT SAVE!

    Middlesbrough 1-2 Coventry

    Almost the perfect start to this second half for Coventry but Boro keeper Sol Brynn makes a brilliant save, diving to his right to deny Ellis Simms' effort across goal.

  18. Norwich 1-0 Oxford

    An early attack for Oxford and Tyler Goodhram tries to curl one to the far corner from the left edge of the area but it's lacking in power and direction and Vladan Kovacevic is able to make a fairly comfortable save.

    Moments later at the other end, Josh Sargent should probably double Norwich's lead as it drops to him in the area but he can only guide a volley straight at Jamie Cumming in the visiting goal.

  19. Swansea 0-1 Derby

    Swansea striker Zan Vipotnik is back on his feet after receiving treatment following an aerial duel with Danny Batth.

  20. HALF-TIME

    Southampton 3-0 Leicester

    Southampton interim boss Tonda EckertShutterstock

    The Saints purring under Tonda Eckert as they go into the break with three goals in their pocket and threatening more against a 10-man Leicester.

    Taylor Harwood-Bellis has twice been found by Ryan Mannings delivery to head in a double sandwiched between Finn Azaz's fleet-footed strike into the net.

    But while Southampton's vein of form poses massive problems for the Foxes, perhaps the biggest is losing 18-year-old left-back Olabade Aluko to a red card after two yellow cards.

    Their options in that position are practically non-existent. Will it spell a score line they wish to forget - if this isn't one already.