Summary

  • Seven of the top eight teams win

  • Derby still two points clear of Middlesbrough

  • Toral hat-trick for Brentford sinks Blackpool

  • Malky Mackay's Wigan lose 1-0 to Cardiff

  1. Postpublished at 18:50 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    Already we can tell you that Derby County boss Steve McClaren has made a couple of changes to the side that beat Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, with Ryan Shotton and Jesse Lingard replacing Jake Buxton and Simon Dawkins.

    There's one change to the Charlton Athletic line-up too, with Lawrie Wilson replacing Jordan Cousins.

    Derby County: Grant, Christie, Forsyth, Keogh, Hendrick, Lingard, Hughes, Ince, Shotton, Thorne, Bent.

    Substitutes: Bryson, Buxton, Dawkins, Ward, Roos, Thomas, Mascarell.

    Charlton Athletic: Henderson, Soll, Fox, Ben Haim, Johnson, Gudmundsson, Buyens, Wilson, Bulot, Vetokele, Watt.

    Substitutes: Dmitrovic, Gomez, Bikey-Amougou, Eagles, Harriott, Diarra, Lepoint.

  2. BBC local radio coveragepublished at 18:47 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    Unfortunately, because of a rights issue, we are unable to broadcast Football League commentaries on the BBC Sport website.

    However, there will be coverage of the matches being played in your area this evening on your BBC local radio station.

    And you can follow all of tonight's action on Midweek Final Score from 19:00 GMT, which you can view by pressing the play button at the top of the page.

  3. Postpublished at 18:44 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    So we're going to be spending the next hour or so looking ahead to tonight's Football League programme - and, fear not, we'll also be bringing you all the team news from the Championship as and when we get it.

  4. Postpublished at 18:42 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    Middlesbrough FCImage source, Matt Newsum/BBC Sport

    BBC Sport's Matt Newsum at Riverside Stadium: "Sprinklers on for the visit of Bolton - should be a canny game."

    Hopefully someone will have turned the rest of the floodlights on by the time the game kicks off...

  5. Postpublished at 18:39 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    Speaking of the league table, now is probably as good a time as any to remind you how things stand at the top of the Championship ahead of tonight's fixtures...

    Championship table
  6. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 18:36 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    These live text commentaries always tend to work better when you get involved - and you can do just that tonight by using #bbcfootball on Twitter.

    So, who will be on top of the Championship by the end of this evening?

    The current top three - Derby, Middlesbrough and Bournemouth - have all sat at the top of the Football League at some point already during February alone, but who'll be there come 22:00 GMT?

  7. Postpublished at 18:32 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    Tom InceImage source, Getty Images

    With 11 Championship, five League One and three League Two fixtures we already have plenty to get our teeth into.

    In the Football League's top tier, five of the top six sides are all in action, including leaders Derby, who host Charlton at the iPro Stadium, and second-placed Middlesbrough, who welcome Bolton to the Riverside.

    And there's plenty to speak about at the wrong end of the table too, with Blackpool, Wigan and Millwall all facing tricky fixtures against Brentford, Cardiff and Sheffield Wednesday.

  8. Postpublished at 16:51 Greenwich Mean Time 24 February 2015

    Lionel MessiImage source, Getty Images

    What a night we have ahead of us.

    A sold-out Etihad Stadium, the might of Barcelona in town and some of the world's finest players on show.

    Who'll come out on top in the last 16 of the Champions League? Sergio Aguero or Lionel Messi? David Silva or Luis Suarez? Manuel Pellegrini or Luis Enrique?

    No, now we come to mention it, all that glitz and glamour isn't really for us either...