Relive reaction as Burnley head top of the Championship as Blackburn, Bristol City and Portsmouth also win

Summary

Burnley beat Sheffield Wednesday to go top of the table
Portsmouth seal first win of season at out of form QPR
Lunchtime results: Cardiff 5-0 Plymouth, Luton 3-0 Watford, Oxford Utd 1-1 West Brom, Preston 1-0 Coventry
15:00 kick-off results: Blackburn 1-0 Swansea, Middlesbrough 0-2 Bristol City, Millwall 1-1 Derby, Stoke 1-1 Norwich
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Alex Hoad, Glenn Speller, Thomas Dodd & Ben Hutchinson

Postpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 19 October
Millwall 0-0 Derby
A relatively quiet start to this one.
Ryan Leonard's struck an effort wide for Millwall but that's it for now.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 19 October
Middlesbrough 0-0 Bristol City
Finn Azaz is the third player from Middlesbrough to be booked... inside 15 minutes.
GOAL: Blackburn 1-0 Swanseapublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 19 October
Tyrhys Dolan (13 mins)
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It's been coming...
Tyrhys Dolan puts the seal on Blackburn's bright start with the opening goal, pouncing on a loose ball from a Todd Cantwell corner to fire into the ground and into the net - possibly going in off Pape Gueye on the way in.
The last time Rovers won five straight home games to begin a campaign they won the Premier League... what can they do this season?
Postpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 19 October
Sheff Wed 0-0 Burnley
Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl was 26 when these two last met in the league in 2016, and the youngest manager in the division has seen his side start brightly against the side aiming to be top of the tree later this afternoon.
Djeidi Gassama gets into a strong position for the hosts, but Bashir Humphreys gets his foot in to force a corner.
YELLOW CARDpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 19 October
Middlesbrough 0-0 Bristol City
Sam Allison reaches for his pocket yet again, a second booking for Boro from the second foul they have conceded inside nine minutes. Luke Ayling has his name taken this time.
One to keep an eye on.
CLOSE!published at 15:10 British Summer Time 19 October
Blackburn 0-0 Swansea
More bright stuff from Blackburn as Tyrhys Dolan is found by Lewis Travis in midfield and drives forward before lashing a strike over Swansea keeper Lawrence Vigouroux's crossbar.
GOAL: QPR 1-0 Portsmouthpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 19 October
Karamoko Dembele (9 mins)
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QPR lead and the visitors won't want to see this again.
Portsmouth goalkeeper Nicolas Schmid comes out of his area and heads a clearance away but it falls at the feet of Karamoko Dembele and he lobs it back into the net.
CLOSE!published at 15:08 British Summer Time 19 October
Middlesbrough 0-0 Bristol City
Boro on the attack, seeking to reverse their fortunes at home to Bristol City.
Aidan Morris threads a ball through for Finn Azaz but he can only fire past the base of Max O'Leary's post.
Postpublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 19 October
Sheff Wed 0-0 Burnley
Sanny Rudravajhala
BBC Radio 5 Live at Hillsborough
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All four sides of Hillborough rise to their feet for a minute's applause for former Sheffield United player, George Baldock.
A city united to pay their respects.
Postpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 19 October
Blackburn 0-0 Swansea
Blackburn have won all four home games in the Championship and are seeking to make that five right out of the blocks today.
Tyhryhs Dolan's cross is flicked on by Ryan Hedges but the recalled Todd Cantwell can't quite get on the end of it at the back stick.
Positive start for Rovers after consecutive defeats, though.
'Pelach knows Norwich better than most'published at 15:05 British Summer Time 19 October
Stoke 0-0 Norwich
Qasa Alom
Final Score
Stoke city boss Narcis Pelach has a reunion against his former club Norwich and a warm embrace with his former colleagues.
A first meeting for him with the club he helped to take into the play-offs last season
The Spanish coach knows Norwich better than most in the Championship - so could his Potters spring a surprise this afternoon?
Postpublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 19 October
Middlesbrough 0-0 Bristol City
There have been a LOT of bookings at the Riverside of late, and Hayden Hackney of the hosts has had his name taken inside three minutes for a foul.
Sam Allison is the man in the middle today.
Postpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 19 October
QPR 0-0 Portsmouth
Two teams in the bottom three of the Championship and yet this is a sell-out at Loftus Road.
Who will get back to winning ways?
'Huge three points up for grabs'published at 15:04 British Summer Time 19 October
QPR 0-0 Portsmouth
Richard Wolfenden
Final Score
Its tropical in West London this afternoon... but only in the sun. The press box is FREEZING. Both sides are sat at the bottom of the table. There's a huge three points up for grabs...
KICK-OFFpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 19 October
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Footballing folklore is waiting to be written... let's find out who has the pen in their hand this afternoon.
We are under way...
Teams are out...published at 15:00 British Summer Time 19 October
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Teams are out and the atmosphere is up.
There will of course also be moments of reflection at several grounds before kick-off this afternoon after what has been a very sad past week or so for the football world.
Times like these bring the beautiful game together as one.
Postpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 19 October
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Right then, settle in, six games coming up...
Goals guaranteed?published at 14:55 British Summer Time 19 October
Stoke City v Norwich City (15:00)
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We certainly would not say no to a bit of a thriller at the best365 Stadium this afternoon, and these two have produced all the ingredients of late to suggest it could happen!
Narcis Pelach's Potters hit six when they last played at home against Portsmouth at the start of the month - the first time they had done that since THAT Premier League meeting with Liverpool in 2015.
The Canaries meanwhile have also had an eye for goal of late - scoring 12 in their last four, and at least three in three of those fixtures.
They also found the net three times against Stoke in this match up earlier in the year.
No surprise perhaps that Johannes Hoff Thorup's side are top of the form table across the last four games, and another win today could see them end the day in the play-off places.
The Potters were slow to get going this season, but three points this afternoon could see jump into the top half at the end of play tonight.
As we said, nothing to stop this one being a high-scoring affair. 0-0 anyone?
'Swansea hard to beat'published at 14:52 British Summer Time 19 October
Blackburn v Swansea (15:00 BST)
Giulia Bould
Final Score
Despite two defeats on the bounce, Blackburn have been solid at home this season with four wins out of four here at sunny Ewood Park.
They are going for a fifth today and the last time they managed that was the 1994-95 season when they won the Premier League.
Meanwhile Swansea maybe mid-table but they are hard to beat. They have conceded just six goals in the league and they did win here last season…
Blackburn seek home comfortspublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 19 October
Blackburn v Swansea (15:00 BST)
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The international break must have dragged more for John Eustace and Blackburn than maybe any other side in the division.
They entered October unbeaten in the league, only to lose their last two games, comprehensively at Coventry and then in dramatic fashion at Plymouth last time out.
The good news for Rovers today is they do return to Ewood Park, where they have won all four games, to host Swansea.
Swansea have other ideas, however, they completed the double over Rovers last season, have shored up their defence significantly since the turn of the year and are seeking to make it back-to-back wins at Ewood Park for the first time ever.
Luke Williams' side have lost three of their past four on the road but know a win could take them above eighth-placed Rovers in the table.

Championship Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Burnley	10	6	3	1	16	4	12	21	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win
2	Sunderland	9	6	1	2	18	8	10	19	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
3	Leeds United	10	5	4	1	17	7	10	19	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
4	Sheffield United	10	6	3	1	12	5	7	19	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
5	West Bromwich Albion	10	5	3	2	13	7	6	18	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
6	Blackburn Rovers	10	5	3	2	16	11	5	18	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
7	Norwich City	10	4	4	2	17	11	6	16	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
8	Watford	10	5	1	4	14	17	-3	16	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
9	Middlesbrough	10	4	2	4	10	9	1	14	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
10	Bristol City	10	3	5	2	12	14	-2	14	Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
11	Oxford United	10	3	4	3	14	12	2	13	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw
12	Derby County	10	4	1	5	13	13	0	13	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw
13	Swansea City	10	3	3	4	8	7	1	12	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss
14	Hull City	9	3	3	3	12	13	-1	12	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
15	Preston North End	10	3	3	4	8	12	-4	12	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
16	Stoke City	10	3	2	5	11	13	-2	11	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
17	Luton Town	10	3	2	5	11	15	-4	11	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
18	Sheffield Wednesday	10	3	2	5	11	17	-6	11	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
19	Plymouth Argyle	10	3	2	5	10	18	-8	11	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
20	Millwall	10	2	4	4	13	12	1	10	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
21	Coventry City	10	2	2	6	10	14	-4	8	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
22	Cardiff City	10	2	2	6	9	18	-9	8	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
23	Portsmouth	10	1	5	4	11	21	-10	8	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
24	Queens Park Rangers	10	1	4	5	10	18	-8	7	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

Key

Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22 - 24 : Relegation

Sheffield United have been deducted two points for defaulted transfer payments.

Last Updated 19th October 2024 at 16:59

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

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YELLOW CARDpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 19 October

GOAL: Blackburn 1-0 Swanseapublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 19 October

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YELLOW CARDpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 19 October

CLOSE!published at 15:10 British Summer Time 19 October

GOAL: QPR 1-0 Portsmouthpublished at 15:10 British Summer Time 19 October

CLOSE!published at 15:08 British Summer Time 19 October

Postpublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 19 October

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'Pelach knows Norwich better than most'published at 15:05 British Summer Time 19 October

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'Huge three points up for grabs'published at 15:04 British Summer Time 19 October

KICK-OFFpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 19 October

Teams are out...published at 15:00 British Summer Time 19 October

Postpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 19 October

Goals guaranteed?published at 14:55 British Summer Time 19 October

'Swansea hard to beat'published at 14:52 British Summer Time 19 October

Blackburn seek home comfortspublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 19 October

Championship Scores and fixtures

Saturday 19th October

Championship Table

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