Brighton go close to an immediate equaliser, but Sam Baldock can't quite get on the end of Glenn Murray's flick-on.

Suddenly this game has sparked into life.

It hasn't been the best game, let's be honest, but Chris Wood has scored a quality header to put Leeds in front against promotion rivals Brighton.

A cross gets lofted in from the left and Wood generates all of the power himself to loop the ball back across David Stockdale into the far corner of the net.

It's Wood's 23rd league goal of the season. How crucial could that be?

Wolves boss Paul Lambert said his team's 3-1 win at play-off chasing Fulham was no surprise to him.

Wolves beat Brentford 2-1 in midweek and followed that up with another impressive display in London.

"On Tuesday, we were exceptional, but today surpassed it," Lambert said.

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"They are the best football team in the league the gameplan was incredible how it worked. We were a threat all game - we were really, really good.

"We were dominating games without winning, but we are back on track. All that was missing was the finishing. We had to keep doing the same thing. The performance levels were great."

Leeds should be in front.

Brighton fail to clear a cross and the ball lands at the feet of Chris Wood, who should bury the chance from 12 yards.

He doesn't.

David Stockdale makes a comfortable save and it remains goalless.

Yes! A shot on target!

We've only waited 55 minutes.

Brighton's Jiri Skalak tries his luck from 25 yards and Leeds goalkeeper Robert Green easily gathers low to his right.

The three strikers in action this evening - Chris Wood, Glenn Murray and Sam Baldock - have scored 51 Championship goals between them this season.

With firepower like that on show, you'd have expected at least one shot on target by either side by now.

But no. The second half is just as sedate as the first.

Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce said the away support his side got against Wigan played a huge part in their 2-0 victory.

"The supporters have got us that result; they were truly terrific," Bruce said.

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"To see them come in their numbers on a horrible afternoon is testament to them.

"We stuck at it on an awful afternoon on a difficult pitch and had a little bit of quality. If we are honest, we have to be a little bit better than that, but we showed resilience."

No half-time substitutions. We're under way again.

Surely it can only get better in the second half? We're about to get going again at Elland Road.

Fulham missed the chance to move into the top six as Wolves cruised to a third successive Championship win...

Newcastle, who started the day top of the Championship, were held by Birmingham...

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Burton Albion manager  Nigel Clough  was bewildered by his side's defending in the astonishing 5-3 home defeat by Brentford.

Clough's Brewers led 3-1 at the interval.

"You don't see that sort of thing coming at half-time," Clough told BBC Radio Derby. "We didn't do enough to combat Brentford's strength, which is attacking.

"Whether the players thought it was over at half-time I don't know. It's difficult to explain. But it wasn't just the defence, it was all over the pitch.

"Players will realise that in the second half that they didn't do their jobs. I hope the players have a miserable couple of weeks thinking about that. I hope they react in the right way as they have done in the majority of the season."

Brentford had the better of an eight-goal thriller at Burton...

While the players take a breather at Elland Road, let's take a look at some of the results from earlier today in the Championship...

Only one save of note, and that was Leeds goalkeeper Robert Green preventing Liam Cooper scoring an own goal.

Other than that, it's been a forgettable first period.

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Some pinball in the Leeds area leads to a Brighton corner, which is easily dealt with by the home side.

Brighton will have another chance to score before the break though - Ronaldo Vieira gives away a free-kick 30 yards out...

Tamely into the wall from Jiri Skalak.

Blow the whistle, ref. Let's start again in a bit.

Newcastle manager  Rafael Benitez  said the combination of an inspired performance by Birmingham keeper Tomasz Kuszczak (pictured) and a refereeing mistake denied his side victory against Birmingham City.  

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The Magpies were held 0-0, with Benitez left to rue a disallowed "offside" goal by Matt Ritchie.

"We have seen the replay and have seen that is legal," Benitez told BBC Radio Newcastle.

"It was game we needed to control. But their keeper was man of the match. In the end, you never know if this point will be enough.

"We created the chances we wanted but the keeper made the difference." 

Brighton left-back Liam Rosenior is booked for a challenge on Hadi Sacko, who limps away from the scene of the crime.

Kyle Bartley heads on target from the free-kick but the referee had already blown up for a foul.

After a tepid start, Garry Monk's Leeds have been much brighter in the last 10 minutes or so.

But you switch off for one moment and Brighton can punish you, as was so nearly proved when Liam Cooper almost put through his own net.

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