Summary

  • Eight games including Stoke v Coventry in top-two tussle

  • Middlesbrough stand down boss Rob Edwards for game with Birmingham and grant him permission to speak to Wolves

  • Boro still lead 2-1 through Fry & Hackney, Norwich ahead against Leicester

  • Southampton 3-1 up on bottom side Sheff Wed, Ipswich & WBA winning too

  • Earlier, Derby win at Blackburn on Rams boss Eustace's return to former club

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  1. goal

    GOAL: West Brom 1-1 Oxford United

    Greg Leigh og (57 mins)

    Game on. The drought is over after 383 minutes, even if they didn't score it themselves.

    Callum Styles' cross from the left is parried by U's keeper Jamie Cumming but only into the thigh of covering defender Greg Leigh who can't prevent the ball rolling into the net.

    Ryan Mason breathes a sigh of relief, for now.

  2. 'Norwich need to press Leicester'

    Norwich 0-0 Leicester

    Flo Allen
    Norwich Women general manager on BBC Radio Norfolk

    Pelle Mattsson of Norwich City and Patson Daka of Leicester CityShutterstock

    Norwich have been standing off Leicester so far this second half, they need to try and test them with a high press and see what comes of it.

  3. SUBSTITUTION

    Sheff Utd 0-0 QPR

    A second change for the home side.

    Tom Davies is on in midfield for Jairo Riedewald.

  4. YELLOW CARD

    Wrexham 0-0 Charlton

    Charlton's James Bree goes into the referee's book for a foul on Ryan Longman.

  5. Swansea 1-1 Ipswich

    Gareth Vincent
    BBC Sport Wales at the Swansea.com Stadium

    Swansea boss Alan Sheehan has to change something at half-time, and made two substitutions as well as switching formation.

    One of the new faces, Liam Cullen, was involved in the build-up as Swansea carved a first genuine chance of the day - and Goncalo Franco coolly rolled in his third goal of the season.

    The mood has changed at the Swansea.com Stadium and now this is much more of a contest.

  6. goal

    GOAL: West Brom 0-1 Oxford United

    Will Lankshear (54 mins)

    Oh dear Albion. You fear for Ryan Mason here.

    Oxford United have soaked up a lot of pressure but they have sprung an incisive counterattack here with Przemyslaw Placheta swinging in a cross which is turned past Josh Griffiths by Will Lankshear, on loan from Tottenham, who was at Albion last season.

  7. Stoke 0-0 Coventry

    A Sky Blues corner is cleared only as far as Matt Grimes who lays the ball into the path of Milan van Ewijk, who unleashes a shot so high it will probably appear on the radar at Manchester Airport in a few minutes time.

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    RE 16:03, I agree that Marti has been dealt a bad squad but it doesn't help with the way he keeps changing the line-up each game. Also, it's not the board that needs sacking, it's Rudkin who needs sacking.

    Pravin, Bedford

  9. Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham

    Great save from home goalkeeper Sol Brynn to keep out Jay Stansfield's effort for Blues.

  10. Southampton 3-1 Sheff Wed

    So what can the Owls do from here to pick themselves up again?

    It's an uphill task for Henrik Pedersen and his players now.

    Saints sent on Barnaby Williams for Flynn Downes at half time.

    Will Pedersen look to his own bench soon?

  11. Middlesbrough 2-1 Birmingham

    There were a couple of lengthy stoppages in the first half of the game at the Riverside so we're only just getting back under way on Teesside.

    In for a late finish on this one.

  12. QPR hold off a Blades charge

    Sheffield United 0-0 QPR

    Adam Whitty
    BBC Final Score

    Grumbles and frustration turned to hope on the Bramall Lane terraces at the end of that half.

    A late flurry of chances for The Blades should have given them the lead. A good save, two clearances off the line, and a shot inches wide among them. Chris Wilder must be wondering if he has upset all the Gods for this bad luck, and this poor form.

    The first 35 minutes was, to be blunt, pretty ordinary. I had a 0.04 v 0.13 xG at one point.

    Both these sides are on a rotten run, and you can tell, but QPR will feel lucky the second half has started goalless.

  13. goal

    GOAL: Swansea 1-1 Ipswich

    Goncalo Franco (50 mins)

    Now then... how costly could that last miss be?

    The Swans are back on terms as Goncalo Franco finds the bottom corner past Christian Walton after a cross from Josh Tymon.

    That's now 26 away games in all competitions without a clean sheet for Town.

    There was mutiny in the air in SA1 at half-time but the home side now have hope.

  14. CLOSE!

    Swansea 0-1 Ipswich

    The chance of a second for Ipswich early in the second half as a corner is punched by Lawrence Vigouroux but Dara O'Shea's subsequent header is met by Kasey McAteer who can only turn over the crossbar from close range.

  15. goal

    GOAL: Southampton 3-1 Sheff Wed

    Adam Armstrong (47 min)

    A perfect start to the second half for the hosts!

    Just two minutes in and they've re-established their two-goal lead through Adam Armstrong.

    He bolts into the box and cuts inside before placing the ball into the bottom corner with the outside of his boot after a jinking run.

    Great goal.

  16. SUBSTITUTION

    Sheff Utd 0-0 QPR

    Half-time sub for the home team as Mark McGuinness comes on in central defence for veteran Ben Mee.

  17. Wrexham 0-0 Charlton

    Nathan Jones, Manager of Charlton AthleticGetty Images

    No changes at the break for either side.

    You'd say Charlton probably had the better of the first-half chances but, crucially, the scoreline remains goalless.

    An intriguing 45 to come.

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    Re: 15:45 "Good half so far for Leicester", that's quite a low benchmark really. Still struggling for goals. Marti Cifuentes has been dealt a really bad hand with the current state of affairs at Leicester, think a lot of people forget that. The board needs sacking, not him.

    James B, Leicester

  19. KICK-OFF

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    I'm sorry but this will never do... eight games and five of them goalless at the break? After 10 goals in three games at lunchtime?

    Let's hope for better, a LOT better, in the second half, which is getting under way... NOW, in a couple of our games, with a few more to follow in the next few minutes.

  20. 'Norwich too hesitant'

    Norwich 0-0 Leicester

    Flo Allen
    Norwich Women general manager on BBC Radio Norfolk

    Norwich are just a little too hesitant on the ball and in the Championship, you can't afford to do that.