Rotherham may have had a losing mentality in the Championship last season but they're off to a flyer at home to Southend, with a Kieffer Moore double putting them in control.

There are three goals elsewhere in the third tier, the first of which was scored by Sean Longstaff to give Blackpool the lead at home to MK Dons.

Jack Marriott's low finish has Peterborough ahead at Bristol Rovers, while Alex Rodman has given Shrewsbury an early advantage at AFC Wimbledon.

It's a tight affair at Brentford so far.

Mark Warburton's Nottingham Forest are holding their own against his former club, with Daryl Murphy poking just wide, and Tendayi Darikwa having a shot easily saved by Dan Bentley.

Brentford forward Lasse Vibe's effort is still the closest either side have come to a goal though.

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Hot on the heels of Bobby Reid's opener for Bristol City, Hull have also enjoyed a speedy start.

Abel Hernandez follows up after Markus Henriksen hits the bar to give them the lead at home to Burton.

Reading are taking advantage of their extra man.

Chris Gunter swings in a delicious cross with his left foot, but Joseph Mendes' effort is pushed onto the post by Fulham keeper David Button.

The visitors could be in for a long afternoon.

Let's check in on our other featured games in the Championship, after that incredible start at Reading.

At Derby, the hosts made a bright start, but Wolves are seeing a little bit more possession as they approach the 10-minute mark.

Meanwhile, Brentford and Nottingham Forest have both had chances at Griffin Park, Joe Worrall heading over for the visitors, before Lasse Vibe has a shot saved for the hosts.

Bristol City's early goal gave them a chance to use their fancy GIFs of players celebrating goals, which seem to have caught the imagination on social media.

Reading and Fulham have played against each other 18 times in regular season matches.

Or eighteen and a half if you count last season's fogged off encounter at the Madejski...

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It will take a Herculean effort to pick up win number nine today with only 10 men on the field for more than 89 minutes of the 90.

Slavisa Jokanovic has responded to Tomas Kalas' dismissal by bringing off winger Neeskens Kebano for defender Denis Odoi.

Incredible - just 30 seconds into their match at Reading, Fulham are down to 10 men.

Tomas Kalas is sent off for bringing down Modou Barrow, with the referee judging that the Czech defender was the last man.

Fulham are furious.

It's 15:00, which can mean only one thing.

The teams are out, and we are under way in 33 EFL fixtures.

OliverTheDesigner: Dru Yearwood from Southend.

James Rooke: Ben Brereton at Forest. 18 years old, fast, big, skilful, can beat a man or score a goal, going to the top.

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Millwall v Bolton: The Lions make two changes, Shane Ferguson one of those in from their loss at Forest; three changes for Bolton as Darren Pratley comes in to take the armband.

Reading v Fulham: Royals skipper Paul McShane makes his first start of the season; one change for Fulham, who bring in Kevin McDonald for the injured Tom Cairney.

Sheffield Wednesday v QPR: Two changes from the opening day for the hosts, who leave last season's top scorer Fernando Forestieri out of the squad; QPR are unchanged from their win over Reading, with returning loanee Kazenga LuaLua on the bench.

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Derby v Wolves: Derby unchanged from draw at Sunderland, Andreas Weimann starts against club he was on loan at last season; Wolves keep same team that beat Middlesbrough, Ivan Cavaleiro on bench after completing suspension.

Hull v Burton: Hull unchanged from draw at Aston Villa, new signing Seb Larsson on bench; Stephen Warnock captains Burton, Lloyd Dyer and John Mousinho replaced by Tom Naylor and Hope Akpan.

Leeds v Preston: Cameron Borthwick-Jackson makes first league start for Leeds after debut in EFL Cup in midweek; Jordan Hugill in for Sean Maguire up front for Preston.

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Barnsley v Ipswich: Barnsley make three changes from the side which lost 3-1 to Bristol City, with Huddersfield and Swansea target Andy Yiadom not included; Ipswich hand 17-year-old defender Tristan Nydam his first league start after featuring in the EFL Cup win over Luton on Tuesday.

Birmingham v Bristol City: Birmingham name the same starting 11 which lost to Ipswich in their first game; Bristol City are also unchanged from the win over Barnsley, with new signing Niclas Eliasson on the bench.

Brentford v Nottingham Forest: Brentford midfielder Ryan Woods is out because of personal reasons, so Nico Yennaris starts; Andreas Bouchalakis makes his first league start for Forest, while Matt Mills starts as Mark Warburton makes two changes from last Friday's win over Millwall.

Cardiff v Aston Villa: Cardiff make two changes from their win at Burton, as Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Loic Damour start; Josh Onomah replaces Leandro Bacuna in the only change to the Aston Villa side which drew with Hull.

Have you tried BBC Sport's Championship predictor yet? So you might be a little late to the party, but each team still has 45 matches left to play so there's plenty of time for you to look like either a football expert in May or extremely foolish by mid-October.

BBC Sport's team of reporters had a go - only two of our predicted final top 10, Wolves and Leeds, won their opening fixture. Well done, us.

Surely you'll be able to do better? Have a go yourself and share the results with your friends.

SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) is a super-computer created by @ProfIanMcHale that is used to predict the outcome of football matches.

SAM will be predicting the results of every Championship fixture during the season, which you can find in our previews to each match.

Some eye-catching predictions for today - according to the computer, the likelihood of a Brentford win over Nottingham Forest is 54%, while it's a 51% chance for Fulham to win at Reading.

Don't go basing your weekend accumulators on this, though, and then blame us (or SAM) afterwards if it goes wrong.

You've probably heard many people celebrate the return of football this weekend, with the Premier League season getting under way (I hope you told them the EFL started last week!).

But on a more serious note, the BBC has found a £100m gap opened up between Premier League and EFL clubs before a record TV rights deal even took effect.

The difference in average turnovers between the divisions is growing year by year, with one expert saying the Premier League is becoming a "closed shop" as successful clubs only become richer.

Have you given up on your side ever reaching the 'promised land'? Get involved by using #bbcefl on social media.

Dafydd Pritchard
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Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan is making a rare appearance at Cardiff City Stadium today.

The Malaysian businessman did not come to any games here last season but he will be in the stands to watch Neil Warnock's men take on John Terry and his Aston Villa team-mates this afternoon.

You'll be glad to know Tan has stuck with his trademark look of a Cardiff shirt worn over a suit shirt and tucked into his trousers.

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Yeovil's 8-2 defeat by Luton was one of the stories of the opening week of the EFL - they impressed in a narrow cup loss at Wolves in midweek, but today's opponents Accrington have scored six goals in their opening two games this season. Can the Glovers keep them out?

Forest Green's visit to pre-season title favourites Mansfield sees two sides with sizeable budgets go head-to-head. The Stags have made 13 summer signings, while Rovers are being tipped for the play-offs despite only just getting promoted.

Click here for the full list of League Two fixtures.

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They were two leagues apart as recently as three months ago - now Blackburn and Doncaster play each other as equals as Ewood Park hosts its first third-tier game in a long time.

Is it too early to get excited about a meeting between second and third place? Definitely, but nevertheless Portsmouth's visit to Oxford pits together two teams with new managers and ambitions of continuing their rise through the EFL.

There's a Manchester derby to look forward to between Wigan and Bury tomorrow, but there's otherwise a full compliment of games this afternoon.

Click here for the full list of League One fixtures.