Daryl Murphy, who I have barely mentioned tonight, has been replaced up front by Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Is this the last time Peter Whittingham will grace the Cardiff pitch as a home player?

Whittingham is replaced by Anthony Pilkington, while Joe Ralls comes on for Greg Halford in a double substition.

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BBC Sport Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium

If ever a moment of brilliant skill was to lift a tame affair, that free-kick from Christian Atsu was it.

It was struck with an almost lazy nonchalance, clipping the ball casually over the wall and leaving Allan McGregor helpless in the Cardiff goal.

As you might expect, the sizeable contingent of travelling Newcastle fans are loving life at the moment.

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Aron Gunnarsson fooled us all. 

Instead of going long, he went short to Jazz Richards, but Richards cross is, well, long.

Christian Atsu goes down the other end and fires over after a 30-yard run. He's got his tail up.

Newcastle fans have found the voice that they lost at some point in the early hours of Tuesday morning amidst the promotion celebrations - poking fun at the position of Sunderland in the Premier League.

On the pitch, not an awful lot to report, other than an Aron Gunnarsson throw in to come...

Newcastle are on top now and Ayoze Perez dribbles though the Cardiff defence, only to overrun the ball when he looked to be in on goal.

Sean Morrison gives away such a soft free-kick on the edge of the area, when he bundles over Christian Atsu.

It's central and just on the edge, and I mean just.

The game is finally opening up and Mohamed Diame strides forward for Newcastle before teeing up Ayoze Perez, whose strike is blocked by Jazz Richards.

Cardiff then go down the other end with a similar move and this time Isaac Hayden blocks an effort from Kenneth Zohore.

Zohore then went down in the area, to very faint appeals. The ref doesn't hear them.

That's the best chance of the game so far, and it's fallen to the former Brighton man Craig Noone.

Joe Bennett's ball into the middle falls to a free Noone at the back post, but scuffs the ball wide. A bit more composure from the Cardiff player and he would have scored.

DeAndre Yedlin is making strides down the right for Newcastle, charging forward to get on the end of a cross-field ball, but his header into the middle doesn't reach a team-mate.

Daryl Murphy has barely figured up front for Newcastle so far tonight.

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Gareth Evans: If Swansea go down, I wouldn't mind Llorente or Sigurdsson for Newcastle.

Ned: Desperately need another midfielder to replace Peter Whittingham, who I expect to leave. Someone like Josh Morris of Scunthorpe.

Morris has scored 20 goals from midfield for Scunthorpe this season, and has helped them into the League One play-offs.

Jack Colback gets us back under way. Let's hope the second half is better than the first, put it that way.

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The EFL play-offs provide drama, agony and ecstasy every year, and you can follow every game on the BBC Sport website and app.

We'll have live text coverage of every play-off match in the Championship, League One and League Two - including all three Wembley finals - and radio commentaries of selected games.

One of these two managers will be smiling on Sunday, having guided his League One club into the Championship.

Will it be Bolton's Phil Parkinson?

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Or Fleetwood's Uwe Rosler?

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As well as the promotion battle, there are four clubs hoping to avoid relegation on the final day of the League One season.

Follow live text coverage of the final round of games on the BBC Sport website and app from 11:30 BST on Sunday.

Is time running out for Birmingham City?

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Harry Redknapp's first game in charge of Blues ended in a derby defeat by Aston Villa on Sunday, which left them two points above the Championship relegation zone.

The two remaining relegation places are currently filled by Wigan and Blackburn, who could both have their respective fates sealed on Saturday, but five other clubs could still be dragged into the bottom three.

We'll have every twist and turn covered in our dedicated EFL live text service, which you can follow on the BBC Sport website and app from 14:00 BST.

While we take a well-earned break from the match in Wales, let's draw your attention to a pivotal weekend in the English Football League, and how you can follow it all with the good people of BBC Sport.