Jake Bidwell has been immense for QPR so far today.

The left-back throws his body on the line once again as his opposite number Scott Malone smashes an effort towards goal from inside the area. 

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Alex Smithies is called into action again.

Fulham winger Sone Aluko snaps a shot at the centre of goal but the QPR goalkeeper is on hand to tip it over.

It was a save you'd expect a keeper of his quality to make. And he did.

Denis Odoi, the Fulham man with the different coloured boots, finds some room on the right but his cross is WAY too hard and goes out for a throw.

That kind of sums up Fulham's afternoon so far. Lot's of attacking intent, little quality in the final third.

That looks nasty.

Fulham winger Sone Aluko's boot gets stuck in the turf and his ankle appears to bend the wrong way.

He limps off, but is back on a few moments later. It probably looked worse than it was.

What a chance for QPR!

Substitute Denis Odoi gives away a free-kick on the edge of the Fulham box, Jake Bidwell whips it in and an unmarked Nedum Onuoha heads it over from six yards.

The big centre-back offside, but it wasn't given so the goal would have stood. 

Goalscorer Ryan Manning goes in a little late on Fulham's Tom Cairney and out comes the yellow card.

That's four bookings in total now. This game has plenty of edge about it.

Fulham had 78% possession in the first half.

And they're on the attack straight away, winning a free kick on the right which comes to nothing.

I hate to state the obvious but I'm going to anyway...Ian Holloway will want a second goal. 

Fulham get the game under way in the second half.

One change for the Whites - Belgian Denis Odoi is on for Ryan Fredericks at right-back.

Odoi has odd boots on. Hmm.

There's plenty more to get your teeth into this afternoon, with 28 games in the Championship, League One and League Two kicking off at 15:00 GMT.

Team news and build up is coming up after 14:00.

With the winter weather beginning to affect pitches up and down the country, I'm asking what the worst pitch you've ever seen or played on is?

Get in touch using #bbcefl on Twitter.

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Good news, Magpies and Seagulls fans - a computer has suggested Newcastle and Brighton have a 99% and 96.5% chance respectively of going up automatically this term.

SAM also calculates that the Magpies, relegated last season, have a 67% probability of winning their fourth second-tier title.

Rotherham fans? Look away now... Here are SAM's full predictions for the final second-tier standings.

Please be aware, if you're travelling to any of the below games, they have all been called off amid the freezing weather many of us are experiencing around the country...

League One:

• Southend v Bolton
• Charlton v Scunthorpe

League Two:

• Leyton Orient v Morecambe
• Crawley Town v Portsmouth

Also, in the National League, the games at Dagenham and at Woking are off.

A pulsating first half comes to an end in west London.

To recap - Chris Martin's early spot kick for Fulham was saved by Alex Smithies after Sone Aluko went down rather easily.

Kevin McDonald's misplaced pass then let in Ryan Manning to score his first QPR goal.

It's been end-to-end stuff, but just the one goal separates these two Championship sides so far.

There will be two minutes of injury time at the end of this first half.

The game is becoming very scrappy as half-time approaches.

Niggly fouls all over the place. But for that one mistake from Fulham midfielder Kevin McDonald which led to Ryan Manning's goal, it's been a pretty even match so far.

And another yellow card.

QPR's Massimo Luongo goes in heavily on Stefan Johansen, but play is allowed to go on with QPR on the attack.

It eventually fizzles out and Keith Stroud goes back and books the Australia international.

Another one who'll have to tread carefully for the rest of the game.

That's silly from Fulham right-back Ryan Fredericks.

With his team under the cosh, he has a go at the assistant referee after thinking he should have won a throw.

You can't do that. Out comes the card.

A goal for the hosts is just what this game needed.

Fulham, who love finding the back of the net, are now piling foward.

Lucas Piazon attempts a shot from the edge of the box, but it is blocked and bounces safely into the hands of Alex Smithies between the sticks.

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It's been some week for QPR midfielder Ryan Manning.

The 20-year-old signed a new contract yesterday keeping him at Loftus Road until 2019.

Less than 24 hours later, the Irishman bags his first goal in just his fourth start for the R's!

Andy Sinton
Former QPR midfielder on BBC Radio London

Fulham will be kicking themselves. They were the architects of their own downfall there - they had possession.

If you are going to play possession in your own half there is a chance you might give it away.