That's it from me this evening, thanks for joining me as both Brighton and Derby continued their fine form with victories.

It's worrying times for QPR fans though, with the west London side just three points above the bottom three.

Elsewhere, Birmingham supporters may be questioning the wisdom of replacing Gary Rowett with Gianfranco Zola after suffering back-to-back defeats.

We'll have more live text coverage of the Championship on Thursday, when Aston Villa host Leeds and Burton go to Rotherham.

Until then, goodbye.

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Earlier on today, Brighton went two points clear at the top of the Championship with a routine victory over 10-man QPR.

Sam Baldock fired in the opener from 20 yards and Glenn Murray's coolly-taken penalty, awarded for Massimo Luongo's foul on Dale Stephens, made it 2-0.

Anthony Knockaert cut inside and sent a shot underneath Alex Smithies to round off the scoring for the Seagulls.

QPR, who had captain Nedum Onuoha sent off, fell to a sixth successive loss.

You can read Phil Cartwright's full report here.

Owen Phillips
BBC Sport at Pride Park

Darren Bent’s penalty earned Derby an eighth win in nine Championship matches and ensured a second consecutive defeat for new Birmingham boss Gianfranco Zola.

The Rams took control following a lacklustre first half and increasing home pressure resulted in Bent confidently scoring after Michael Morrison bundled over Richard Keogh.

With Will Hughes outstanding in midfield, Derby continued to create chances as Birmingham struggled to retain possession.

But the hosts did not need a second goal to secure a win which takes them to within a point of the play-off places.

You can read more of Owen's report here.

Derby deserved that one, with the Rams on top for most of the afternoon at Pride Park.

The hosts had 14 efforts on goal, with two on target.

The Rams have now kept a club-record seven consecutive clean sheets at home.

Birmingham, meanwhile, did not have an effort on goal and Scott Carson was rarely called into action.

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That's it at Pride Park!

Derby have their eighth win in nine Championship games and are now one point behind the play-off places.

New Birmingham boss Gianfranco Zola has lost both his games since taking over from Gary Rowett.

It's absolute carnage in the Derby box, as one Blues player tries an overhead kick and Lukas Jutkiewicz heads goalwards.

Scott Carson get a hand on it but drops the ball... however, referee Graham Scott blows for a foul.

It looks like Derby have weathered the late Birmingham storm.

Late free-kick for the Blues and they go long. Can they find an equaliser?

Derby winger Tom Ince heads towards the corner.

The Rams look like they will see this one out.

We are into three minutes of added time. Birmingham are going increasingly direct.

Derby are inching closer to a club-record seventh consecutive clean sheet at home.

The free-kick is towards the back post but Bradley Johnson is there to head it away from danger.

The Blues go route one again, but the ball drifts through to Derby keeper Scott Carson.

Not much longer to hang on for the hosts.

Ryan Shotton pumps the ball into the Derby box but Ikechi Anya heads clear.

Birmingham are rallying in search of an equaliser.

Che Adams bursts forwards and is brought down by Will Hughes. The Rams midfielder gets a yellow for that one.

This is in a decent position to test the Derby defence.

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We've not seen much of Birmingham coming forward in the second half.

Rams right-back Chris Baird is in the right place again to head a cross from Greg Stewart away from goal.

A long throw causes more problems, but David Davis has a speculative shot from range blocked.

A worry for the visitors, as Alex Pearce gets to the corner just ahead of Blues keeper Tomas Kuszczak.

His header goes narrowly wide.

Derby could do with a second goal to spare them a nervous finish.

Tom Ince's ball into the box is decent, but a Birmingham defender gets there first and heads away.

Moments later Ince gets in behind the back four again, but Ryan Shotton is there to block at the expense of a corner.

Derby get a free-kick just outside the Birmingham box as Ryan Shotton goes through Will Hughes after the midfielder out-foxed him with a smart touch.

Gerry Taggart
Ex-Northern Ireland defender on BBC Radio 5 live

Birmingham need to change their game plan and throw more people forward. At the moment, the one they're using isn't working.

Derby make their final change as Abdoul Camara comes on for Johnny Russell.

The Rams are closing in on victory.

Johnny Russell is oh so close to making it 2-0 to Derby.

Great play by Will Hughes, who has been so industrious today, and he finds Tom Ince on the right of the box.

His ball goes all the way across the area to Russell, who volleys over from a tight angle.

Owen Phillips
BBC Sport at Pride Park

Birmingham fans have been in good voice throughout. But since the goal they have been a bit quieter. 

The Derby supporters take the chance to taunt them with "there's only one Gary Rowett". He's a former Ram of course.

So much for goodwill to all men.

Gary Rowett is at Pride Park today, working as a television pundit.

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Chris Baird is alert to save Derby's bacon with a great interception.

He nips in ahead of Diego Fabbrini to clear the ball after good work from Birmingham's Che Adams.

Derby make their second switch, as Matej Vydra replaces goalscorer Darren Bent up front.

Can the Czech's pace help bag a second for the Rams?