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Winless in their past seven league games, and having lost five of their past six in the Championship, Simon Grayson's Sunderland are in the bottom three.

Under growing pressure, tonight they travel to face a former Black Cats boss in Mick McCarthy, who has Ipswich up in seventh spot.

This is the first meeting between the sides in any competition since January 2007.

Middlesbrough v Norwich: Adama Traore is back after serving a ban for a red card and replaces Patrick Bamford in Boro's only change; Norwich make four changes, with James Husband, Alex Tettey, Yanic Wildschut and James Maddison all starting.

Millwall v Reading: Neil Harris has named the same Millwall starting line-up which drew 0-0 at Preston; Reading make one alteration, with Tiago Ilori coming in for Liam Kelly.

Nottingham Forest v Fulham: Michael Mancienne returns to captain Forest, with Ben Osborn and Jason Cummings also starting. Andreas Bouchalakis, Ben Brereton and Barrie McKay all drop to the bench; Fulham hand Aboubakar Kamara a start after scoring the equaliser against Boro on Saturday, while Denis Odoi also plays.

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Barnsley v QPR: Barnsley make two changes, as Zeki Fryers and Ike Ugbo come in; Rangers make three changes, with Massimo Luongo starting.

Brentford v Derby: Brentford make one change as Yoann Barbet replaces injured captain John Egan; Derby bring in Sam Winnall up front after his goal from the bench against Birmingham on Saturday.

Bristol City v Bolton: The Robins replace Josh Brownhill and Jonathan Leko with Marlon Pack and Callum O'Dowda; Bolton make six changes and start new signing Karl Henry.

Burton v Aston Villa: No changes to the Burton team that drew at QPR on Saturday; Villa unchanged from Saturday's home win against Nottingham Forest.

Hull v Preston: Hull unchanged from 1-1 draw at Reading on Saturday; Preston's only alteration sees Alan Browne replace Josh Harrop.

Ipswich v Sunderland: Bersant Celina and Martyn Waghorn brought into Ipswich starting line-up; Aiden McGeady and Darron Gibson among five additions made by Sunderland.

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Former Leeds man Sol Bamba returns as one of four changes for Cardiff, after he was rested on Saturday, while the visitors welcome back defender Pontus Jansson after a muscle injury.

United striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga returned to Germany on Saturday after the birth of his daughter but is on the Leeds bench tonight.

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

Leeds XI: Wiedwald, Ayling, Cooper, Jansson, Berardi, Klich, Phillips, Alioski, Hernandez, Dallas, Roofe.

Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport Wales at the Cardiff City Stadium

Matches between Cardiff and Leeds tend to be lively affairs, with the touch paper for their rivalry lit by the Welsh club's famous FA Cup win against the then Premier League leaders in 2002.

Ninian Park, Cardiff's home at that time, was a cauldron of hostility on that occasion and, although the Cardiff City Stadium is a fair deal cleaner and more welcoming than the old ground, the atmosphere should be electric tonight.

Cardiff are expecting a sell-out crowd of 27,000 or more, owing to a deal where season ticket holders have been able to buy additional tickets for £5.

And with Leeds bringing more than 2,000 of their own supporters, this should be another fiery encounter between the two clubs.

How often do you hear clubs' managers say: 'Judge us after 10 games...'?

Well, after tonight, we'll have reached that 10-game milestone in the EFL season. (I know, where's the time going??)

So we want to hear from you - how do you rate your team's season so far?

Which sides have surprised you, and who is struggling as per your pre-season expectations?

Get involved in the conversation using #bbcefl on social media.

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Tonight we'll also be keeping you up to date on all the key stories from League One and League Two, with all 48 clubs in action from 19:45 BST.

League One leaders Shrewsbury, who are the only EFL side still unbeaten in the league this season, travel to Doncaster.

Meanwhile, in the fourth tier, it's the battle of the top two, as Paul Tisdale's Exeter host leaders Notts County.

Tonight there are 20 Championship sides in action, including six of the top eight.

We'll have all the goals for you as they go in, plus an extra focus on Cardiff v Leeds, as third hosts first in the table.

• Barnsley v QPR
• Brentford v Derby County
• Bristol City v Bolton Wanderers
• Burton Albion v Aston Villa
• Cardiff City v Leeds United
• Hull City v Preston North End
• Ipswich Town v Sunderland
• Middlesbrough v Norwich City
• Millwall v Reading
• Nottingham Forest v Fulham

Good evening, one and all. I want to start with a little secret.

Here at #bbcefl HQ, my line manager doesn't like us looking at the league table too early in the season and judging teams too soon.

But I think, by now, we can say a couple of things with a degree of certainty.

Some teams have already shown that they can push for automatic promotion...

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... and some other teams look likely to be battling to avoid relegation this term...

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I know. I'm sticking my neck on the line a lot there, right?

Tonight, two of the Championship pace-setters meet as Cardiff host Leeds, while Bolton's search for a first league win of 2017-18 continues at Bristol City.