Bright start for the home side at Vicarage Road.

Imran Louza, who scored a belter at Sunderland on Saturday, has a shot deflected behind for a corner and from that set piece Edo Kayembe hits a volley that is blocked behind for another corner.

A bright start from the visitors, they're getting forward in numbers early on here.

Paul Smyth's snapshot across goal went behind for a corner and the hosts dealt with Kenneth Paal's inswinging corner.

Both these sides level on points going into this game and drew 1-1 earlier in the season.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing has the first opening of the night for the home side but Jamie Cumming in the Oxford goal is equal to his attempt.

Norwich have been forced into a last minute switch as Kenny McLean has pulled out after the warm-up. He's been struggling with illness.

Jacob Wright steps up to start.

Andrew Aloia
BBC Sport at Pride Park

The updates around John Eustace's prospective move back to Pride Park as Derby County boss have been hard to come by today.

As it stands, Eustace remains head coach of Blackburn Rovers.

However, the team at BBC Radio Derby have been right across it and they understand that "final details" are being worked through.

If a deal is struck in time, Eustace could be at Pride Park tonight to watch on.

First chance of the game falls the way of QPR and Koki Saito.

The winger takes control of the ball and lets fly at the edge of the area, but it's comfortably over Oliver Dovin's crossbar in the Coventry net.

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We're off and running in our four 19:45 GMT games in the Championship.

Norwich v Preston gets under way in 15 minutes.

If you want to follow the goings on from Leagues One and Two then do so here.

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BBC Radio Leeds commentator

It is amazing that they are still where they are in the table with the form that they have been in.

I think it shows what the Championship is about.

There are so many teams that are much of a muchness, none have been cast adrift at the bottom of the league this year, anyone can beat anyone.

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Norwichmake just three changes from the side frustrated by a late goal for Derby at the weekend. In come Anis Ben Slimane, Oscar Schwartau and Championship top scorer Borja Sainz.

Sainz has missed the last six games for spitting at Sunderland's Chris Mepham but is back for the run in - with the Canaries looking to move into the top six with a win tonight.

Prestonneeded penalties to see off League One side Wycombe in the FA Cup at the weekend and they ring the changes - there are five in all from that game.

Ryan Porteus, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Ledson, Mads Frokjaer and Kaine Kesler-Hayden are all in from the off.

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Norwich have the chance to make a big move tonight.

With both Blackburn and Middlesbrough not in action until Wednesday evening, the Canaries will climb into the top six with victory.

Preston North End may be down in 15th place but they have lost just three of their last 15 Championship matches (W5 D7).

They lost last time out to Blackburn, they are yet to lose consecutively under Paul Heckingbottom.

Watford have gone with the same XI who came within just a few minutes of becoming the first away side to win at Sunderland all season on Saturday.

Teenage striker Mamadou Doumbia retains his place after an impressive first start in league football on Wearside.

Leeds United boss Daniel Farke goes back to the same 11 who started the win at Coventry last Wednesday night.

That means 10 changes from the team who began the FA Cup defeat by Millwall on Saturday, with skipper Ethan Ampadu the only player to start all three games.

Frank Lampard makes four changes to the side beaten by automatic promotion chasers Sheffield United.

Luis Binks, Jay Dasilva, Matt Grimes and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto all come in to the starting line-up in place of Joel Latibeaudiere, Jamie Allen, Jake Bidwell and Brandon Thomas-Asante.

Jack Colback is named in the Hoops' XI in Marti Cifuentes' only change to the team that beat Blackburn, as he replaces Kieran Morgan.

Newcastle loanee Isaac Hayden starts for Portsmouth in John Mousinho's only change to the side beaten at Bramall Lane by Sheffield United on the weekend.

The 29-year-old comes in for West Ham loan midfielder Freddie Potts.

Omer Riza makes three changes to the side hammered 7-0 at Leeds.

Jesper Daland, Alex Robertson and Anwar El Ghazi are replaced by Will Fish, Joel Bagan and Sivert Mannsverk, who makes his first Championship start for the Bluebirds after joining on loan from Ajax in January.

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Derby caretaker boss Matt Hamshaw makes two changes from the side that started the 1-1 draw at Norwich on Saturday.

Kayden Jackson and Callum Elder are in for Liam Thompson and Ben Osborn.

Oxford United make three changes from the team that started the 1-0 reverse at Burnley last Tuesday in what was their first defeat under Gary Rowett.

Peter Kioso, Siriki Dembele and Mark Harris are in from the start in place of Sam Long, Tyler Goodrham and Tom Bradshaw.

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League leaders Leeds have the chance to extend their advantage over third-placed Burnley to eight points with victory tonight.

Daniel Farke's men were knocked out of the FA Cup on Saturday by Millwall after making 10 changes from the midweek league win over Coventry, illustrating how much of a priority promotion is this season.

The Whites are unbeaten in their past 13 league matches and have kept clean sheets in their past five games.

Tonight's hosts Watford were denied a morale-boosting win at Sunderland on Saturday by Denis Cirkin's late equaliser for the home side.

The Hornets' form at Vicarage Road had been exemplary until Christmas but they've now lost their past four games in front of their own fans.

Victory tonight would be a shot in the arm for their flagging play-off push AND inject a bit more drama into the title race.

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Frank Lampard is aiming to avoid consecutive Championship defeats for the first time as head coach at Coventry City.

The Sky Blues have lost their past two games, at home to league leaders Leeds United and against Ipswich Town in the FA Cup.

They welcome Queens Park Rangers to the CBS Arena looking to avoid a third home defeat in a row, with the Hoops level on points and trailling their hosts on goal difference.

Marti Cifuentes' side have had a full week of to recover from Tuesday's 2-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers.

The two sides drew 1-1 at Loftus Road in their previous meeting in October.

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Cardiff City's unbeaten start to 2025 was ended emphatically in their most recent Championship outing against league leaders Leeds United.

The high-flying Bluebirds were brought crashing back down to Earth in a 7-0 mauling at Elland Road.

Omer Riza's side came through an FA Cup classic to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup - throwing away a two-goal lead before scoring a late equaliser to eventually knock Stoke City out on penalties after the match ended 3-3 after extra time.

That result will have been a welcome boost ahead of their trip to Portsmouth's Fratton Park, a ground where they haven't tasted defeat in the league since 1974 (W1, D5).

How John Mousinho and the Pompey faithful would like to claim that first win for more than 40 years tonight and climb further away from the relegation places.

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As of right now Derby have not named Blackburn boss John Eustace as their new gaffer but it does appear to be a formality at this stage.

That means Matt Hamshaw leads the Rams for the second time after taking a point at Norwich on Saturday, the day after Paul Warne was sacked.

That result ended a run of seven successive losses but wins are what they need to climb out of the relegation zone, they're without one in all competitions since 26 December.

Things are going rather better for former Derby boss Gary Rowett at Oxford.

The U's were in relegation danger when he took over in December but a win tonight would move them 12 points clear of the bottom three.

Andrew Aloia
BBC Sport at Pride Park

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One name is on the lips of every Derby County supporter right now – John Eustace.

It’s been pretty apparent over the past 24 hours that the 45-year-old former Rams midfielder would most likely be leaving his role as head coach of promotion-chasing Blackburn for the vacancy at relegation-battling Derby County.

Anticipation has grown throughout the day.

Around the ground this evening, conversations have ranged from the quizzical - when will they confirm it? Will Eustace be here tonight? - to excited optimism about what could lie in store.

And there is little wonder why. Eustace guided Blackburn to safety last season and would be parachuting a long way down the league standings to take the helm of his former side.