Rhian Brewster's first goal in more than two years has the Blades back on top of the table, as things stand.

Millwall have twice struck the frame of the goal through Japhet Tanganga and George Saville but the Blades spurned a glorious opportunity to have broken the deadlock even earlier when Jes Rak-Sakyi and Gus Hamer in particular might have done better in a goalmouth scramble.

Absorbing game, work for Neil Harris to do in his final half-time teamtalk at The Den, however.

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So close for Watford... Giorgi Chakvetadze glides down the left and whips in a low cross which Vakoun Bayo meets with a near-post strike, only to fire a yard past the upright with his first-time effort.

All square as the ref blows up for half-time but both sides have had their chances.

Yakou Meite has gone close on a couple of occasions for Cardiff, including one effort which was cleared off the line by Preston's Jordan Storey.

Josh Bowler has also looked a threat for the visitors, forcing a couple of good saves from Jak Alnwick, while Mads Frokjaer-Jensen and Sam Greenwood both went close from distance.

It's goalless at the break at Loftus Road.

Neither side have really looked like scoring in the opening 45 minutes in all honesty.

Oxford have knocked it about nicely and QPR have pressed well at times but there has only been the one shot on target, which was for the U's.

More attacking quality needed in the second period, it would be fair to say.

Jeremy Ngakia goes into the book for Watford after a challenge neat the Hornets box, but the Tigers fail to even get the set piece into the box, allowing the visitors to break, though Vakoun Bayo wastes a good opportunity with an overhit cross-shot from the left.

The ball ricochets around the edge of the Cardiff area and it eventually breaks for Mads Frokjaer-Jensen. It's a decent half-chance but he fires over from 18 yards.

Sam Greenwood then drives forward and hits one just wide of the target for the visitors.

Frustrating for Paul Heckingbottom's side who are also threatening. Good game but no goals to show for it just yet.

Not much to shout about in this one as we near the interval.

Just the one shot on target in the game so far for Oxford who have had three attempts. Two attempts for QPR but no real threat and none on target.

Kasey Palmer might be a touch fortunate to still be on the pitch. He was well behind Tom Ince when he lunged to try and win the ball on the edge of his own box.

The referee is unmoved but looks like he got none of the ball and a lot of the man.

Coventry defender Bobby Thomas goes into the book for a heavy challenge.

Moments later, West Brom's Callum Styles sees yellow for bringing down Milan van Ewijk who was trying to break away.

It's Millwall again.

Duncan Watmore drives in from the left and tries to pull the ball back to Romaine Esse, the ball cannons back to George Saville who spins and swings a left-boot back across goal and makes a fine connection, only to see his angled effort from 10 yards hit the far post and bounce away, with Mihailo Ivanovic blazing a wild effort over from an angle with the rebound.

Not sure how this is still 0-0.

Cardiff are inches away from taking the lead through Yakou Meite...

He gets in behind and steers it beyond the onrushing Freddie Woodman in the Preston goal but Jordan Storey scampers back excellently to clear it off the line!

That was a smidgen away from being 1-0 to the hosts.

Ged Scott
BBC Sport at The Hawthorns

Coventry City's fans won the pre-match battle when the noise they were making even at one point drowned out The Liquidator.

But it's Albion's fans who are in full voice now - thanks to their second huge 'assist' from the footballing Gods in four days.

Following Tom Fellows' highly fortuitous second-half equaliser against Sheffield United on Sunday, this time it's Alex Mowatt who gets the aid of a big deflection, as it skews off Josh Eccles to find the same corner.

It just goes to show the old footballing adage - if you don't shoot, you don't score.

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Hull's Kasey Palmer and Imran Louza of Watford are both booked after a thoroughly unnecessary shoving match in midfield off the ball.

Looks like the backchat continued after a previous challenge went unpunished and they eventually got together for a catch-up in the centre circle, right infront of ref Leigh Doughty who had no choice but to get his card out.

Ooh, Preston's Mads Frokjaer-Jensen might be a lucky boy here. He gets in a tangle with Perry Ng on the halfway line and then takes a swipe at the Cardiff full-back.

It's only yellow for Frokjaer-Jensen, much to the frustration of Ng who is then also booked for his complaints to the ref.

VAR might've taken a look at that lash out... fortunately for the Lilywhites midfielder, there is no such thing in operation in the Championship.

Real clash of styles at The Den. The Blades are slow and methodical in possession whereas Millwall are so quick to try and counter when they get the ball.

Both sides cancelling each other out at this point, however.

Tony 'Bomber' Brown
West Brom's all-time leading goalscorer on BBC Radio WM

West Brom don't want to give a goal away straight away like they have done before.

West Brom need to be aware of Tatsuhiro Sakamoto going forward, but a good response by Frank Lampard's men.

Coventry have responded well to going behind here. They win four corners in quick succession but West Brom deal with all four...

The final one ending with Ben Sheaf shanking it over the top for the Sky Blues.

Japhet Tanganga showcases his brute strength and also finess in the matter of three seconds.

The Millwall defender is up for a corner but chases the cleared ball to the corner flag and outmuscles Callum O'Hare to win possession before driving into the box, buying himself a yard with a stepover and firing in an angled shot which thumps into the base of the near post.

Not sure Michael Cooper would have been down to that if it had been a few inches to the right.

Cardiff whip in a cross from the right and it takes a deflection into the path of Yakou Meite who is the quickest to react.

He takes a first time shot from the angle but it's well saved by Preston keeper Freddie Woodman.

The Bluebirds can't make anything of two corners that follow and the visitors can clear.