Bolton make several changes after the 3-0 defeat by Middlesbrough on Saturday with striker Adam Armstrong starting; the Blades bring in four new faces including a debut for on-loan Spurs defender Cameron Carter-Vickers.

Bolton XI: Alnwick, Little, Beevers, Karacan, Buckley, Madine, Robinson, Cullen, Armstrong, Wheater, Burke.

Sheffield United XI: Blackman, Baldock, Fleck, O'Connell, Clarke, Sharp, Wright, Coutts, Carter-Vickers, Duffy, Lafferty.

Wolves make two changes with Alfred N'Diaye and Ivan Cavaleiro coming in; Bristol City's Aden Flint keeps his place after scoring the winner on Saturday.

Wolves XI: Ruddy, Miranda, Coady, Batth, Vinagre, Neves, N'Diaye, Doherty, Jota, Cavaleiro, Bonatini.

Bristol City XI: Fielding, Wright, Flint, Baker, Bryan, O'Dowda, Brownhill, K.Smith, Leko, Reid, Diedhiou.

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Lee Cattermole returns as Sunderland captain as one of four changes; Forest have five new faces in their XI including Greek striker Andreas Bouchalakis.

Sunderland XI: Ruiter, Matthews, Oviedo, Browning, Wilson, Cattermole, Ndong, Honeyman, McManaman, Williams, Grabban.

Forest XI: Smith, Mills, Traore, Bridcutt, Murphy, Osborn, Brereton, Dowell, Darikwa, Bouchalakis, Worrall.

Wes Hoolahan replaces Josh Murphy in the only change to the Norwich side which beat Birmingham; Burton make two changes from the side beaten 5-0 by Leeds, with Marvin Sordell and Luke Murphy recalled.

Norwich XI: Gunn, Pinto, Zimmermann, Klose, Stiepermann, Tettey, Trybull, Vrancic, Hoolahan, Murphy, Oliveira.

Burton XI: Bywater, Brayford, Warnock, Allen, McFadzean, Turner, Murphy, Akins, Sordell, Mason, Buxton.

Sheffield Wednesday are unchanged from their 3-1 win against Nottingham Forest; Brentford make one change, Josh Clarke coming into the side in place of Sergi Canos.

Sheffield Wednesday XI: Westwood, Hunt, Van Aken, Lees, Reach, Wallace, Jones, Bannan, Lee, Fletcher, Hooper.

Brentford XI: Bentley, Dalsgaard, Egan, Barbet, Henry, Clarke, Woods, Sawyers, Yennaris, Maupay, Watkins.

Ben Davies, John Welsh and Josh Harrop return as Preston make three changes; Cardiff unchanged from their 1-1 draw at Fulham.

Preston XI: Maxwell, Fisher, Huntington, Davies, Earl, Welsh, Browne, Harrop, Barkhuizen, Maguire, Hugill.

Cardiff XI: Etheridge, Peltier, Morrison, Bamba, Bennett, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Damour, Hoilett, Mendez-Laing, Zohore.

QPR name the same starting line-up which beat Ipswich 2-1 at Loftus Road; Millwall start winger Shane Ferguson with Aiden O'Brien missing out through suspension.

QPR XI: Smithies, Baptiste, Onuoha, Robinson, Wszolek, Luongo, Scowen, Freeman, Bidwell, Washington, Mackie.

Millwall XI: Archer, McLaughlin, Meredith, Hutchinson, Williams, Gregory, Ferguson, Wallace, Webster, Morison, Saville.

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Aston Villa make four changes to the team that drew with Brentford, with Robert Snodgrass making his first start for the club. Middlesbrough include ex Villans Steart Downing and Adam Traore.

Aston Villa XI: Johnstone, Taylor, Terry, Chester, Elmohamady, Bjarnasson, Jedinak, Hourihane, Lansbury, Snodgrass, Davis.

Middlesbrough XI: Randolph, Christie, Fry, Gibson, Fabio, Clayton, Leadbitter, Traore, Downing, Baker, Assombalonga.

Leeds make one change from the weekend, with Kemar Roofe dropping out for Ezgjan Alioski. Birmingham are looking to end a run of three straight defeats.

Leeds XI: Wiedwald, Ayling, Jansson, Cooper, Anita, O'Kane, Phillips, Alioski, Saiz, Hernandez, Lasogga.

Birmingham XI: Stockdale, Nsue, Morrison, Dean, Colin, Davis, Lowe, Ndoye, Boga, Jota, Gallagher.

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Life under new boss Simon Grayson had started fairly encouragingly following the Black Cats' relegation from the Premier League.

Unbeaten in their first three games, including an impressive win at Norwich, had brought some hope to their long-suffering supporters.

But three losses on the spin, including a 2-1 home defeat by Sheffield United on Saturday, has ramped up the pressure on the former Preston manager.

This evening, an inconsistent Nottingham Forest side pay a visit to the Stadium of Light. Three points is a must you feel.

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Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce called Saturday's 0-0 draw at home to Brentford "arguably the worst"performance of his time at Villa Park.

The 18th-placed Villans struggled against the Bees and were indebted to goalkeeper Sam Johnstone saves keeping them in the game.

Should they manage to record victory tonight they'll end a near four-year wait for a home league win in September.

The last one? A 3-2 win over Manchester City on 28 September 2013.

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"We just started and there's a lot of work to do. Of course we have to enjoy the moment but we need to work much more and harder."

Leeds United boss Thomas Christiansen might be downplaying his side's early season form but a victory tonight could see him manage something his 13 predecessors failed to do.

It's 27 years since Leeds last topped the second tier on their way to securing promotion to the top flight.

If they record victory over Birmingham tonight and Cardiff fail to beat Preston then Leeds will end the day in pole position for a Premier League return.

Good evening and welcome to live text commentary of Tuesday's EFL and EFL Cup action.