Summary

  • Cardiff beat Hull and close gap on leaders Wolves to four points

  • Sunderland beat Fulham for first home win in 2017

  • Wins for third-placed Bristol City and fourth-placed Derby

  • Birmingham go bottom after loss to QPR; Burton beat Bolton

  • League One leaders Wigan thrash AFC Wimbledon

  • Luton first EFL side to pass 50 goals this season in win at Forest Green

  1. Postpublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Sunderland 0-0 Fulham

    If Fulham emerge from the Stadium of Light with anything, surely Marcus Bettinelli will be man of the match.

    The keeper has thwarted Sunderland's Lewis Grabban twice in two minutes - first saving a shot at the back post and then somehow knocking a header clear from just three yards.

    Will it ever drop for Chris Coleman's side?

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    GOAL Bristol City 2-1 Nott'm Forestpublished at 16:07 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Kieran Dowell (47 mins)

    Kieran Dowell celebratesImage source, Rex Features

    Long-range goals are the order of the day at Ashton Gate.

    This time Nottingham Forest get in on the act - Everton loanee Kieran Dowell has a go from outside the box and the ball drifts over the helpless Frank Fielding and into the top corner.

    We have a contest!

  3. Postpublished at 16:04 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Bristol City 2-0 Nottingham Forest

    Hamish Marshall
    BBC Radio 5 live

    It looks a long way back for Nottingham Forest after two goals in the last 10 minutes of the first half - Marlon Pack with the opener and Joe Bryan in first half stoppage time.

    Forest's only effort of note was created by Mustapha Caroyol as he beat three men but wasted it with an awful shot.

  4. Second halfpublished at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Saturday's EFL action

    Half-time oranges, energy drinks and tactics have been taken on board.

    Now for the second 45 minutes - most of our games are getting under way now.

  5. Half-time headlinespublished at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Saturday's Championship action

    Jed Wallace celebrates for MillwallImage source, Getty Images

    We have 10 goals from 10 matches in the Championship at the midway stage - here's what they've meant so far:

    • Andreas Weimann scores against old club Aston Villa to give Derby a 1-0 lead
    • QPR on course for first away win in 18 games as Jack Robinson's goal has them ahead at Birmingham
    • Bottom side Burton 1-0 up at Bolton through Lloyd Dyer
    • Third-placed Bristol City 2-0 ahead against Nottingham Forest thanks to long-range strikes from Marlon Pack and Joe Bryan
    • Jed Wallace and George Saville score in a six-minute spell as Millwall lead Middlesbrough 2-0

  6. League Two latestpublished at 15:59 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

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    Alan Sheehan's goal on the stroke of half-time has put leaders Luton 1-0 ahead at struggling Forest Green Rovers.

    Notts County, who started the day level on point with the Hatters, are being held 0-0 at home to Grimsby.

    Chris Dagnell's late strike has given Crewe a 2-0 lead at home to Crawley Town,

    Matt Green's 45th-minute penalty has given Lincoln a 1-0 lead at home to Accrington, who had defender Farrend Rawson sent off.

    Shawn McCoulsky has put Newport County ahead at Cambridge United - his 10th goal of the season in all competitions.

  7. League One latestpublished at 15:54 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Blackburn RoversImage source, Rex Features

    Blackburn are up to second at the moment as they still lead sixth-placed Charlton 1-0 in the big game in League One.

    Leaders Wigan are being held 0-0 at AFC Wimbledon, as are Shrewsbury at home to Blackpool.

    Chris Long's goal late in the first half has seen Northampton Town come from a goal down to lead Walsall 2-1 at the Sixfields.

    At Glanford Park there has been two goals in a minute - Kieran Agard leveling for MK Dons in the 42nbd minute before Scunthorpe's Kevin van Veen put the home side ahead very soon after.

    Alex Lacy's 37th-minute strike has doubled Gillingham's lead at home to Bristol Rovers while Bradford City still lead at Southend.

  8. HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Saturday's EFL action

    Half-time whistles have gone at most, if not all, of the 15:00 GMT games across the EFL.

    It was a slow start but the goals soon flowed.

    We'll have headlines from the Championship, plus Leagues One and Two, shortly.

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    GOAL Bristol City 2-0 Nott'm Forestpublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Joe Bryan (45+2 mins)

    Joe Bryan celebratesImage source, Rex Features

    That's extremely hard on Forest, but they now have a mountain to climb.

    Joe Bryan fancies his chances from range, much like team-mate Marlon Pack just now, and it takes a deflection to wrongfoot Jordan Smith and go in.

    City are on a roll.

  10. Postpublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Birmingham 0-1 QPR

    QPR should have doubled their lead.

    The ball falls nicely for Northern Ireland striker Conor Washington but he skews his effort wide from just 10 yards.

    Birmingham are severely lacking confidence and that might have killed them off.

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    GOAL Leeds United 1-0 Norwich Citypublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Pontus Jansson (41 mins)

    Pontus Jansson scores for a second successive game at Elland Road.

    The Swede glances home a free-kick off the post to give Leeds the lead.

  12. League Two updatepublished at 15:44 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Barnet are buzzing at the Hive - two goals in four minutes has seen them go 2-0 up at home to Morecambe.

    Jamal Campbell-Ryce got the opener after half an hour before Jack Taylor doubled the lead.

    Callum Ainley has given Crewe the lead at home to Crawley Town - could Harry Kewell's side's mini-revival be coming to an end?

    Mohamed Eisa has levelled for Cheltenham at Coventry City while everywhere else is still goalless.

  13. Postpublished at 15:42 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Sunderland 0-0 Fulham

    The chance of the game falls to the visitors.

    Liverpool loanee Sheyi Ojo finds Fulham skipper Tom Cairney, but he's shut down by Tyias Browning and Sunderland keeper Robbin Ruiter gets down to block.

    Not pretty from the hosts, but effective.

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    GOAL Millwall 2-0 Middlesbroughpublished at 15:40 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    George Saville (37 mins)

    George Saville scrambles the ball home from close range after Boro fail to clear.

    In the last nine games the Lions have won just once, but they are well on the way to doubling that tally.

  15. Postpublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Bristol City 1-0 Nott'm Forest

    Mark Clemmit
    BBC Sport on Final Score

    Marlon Pack celebratesImage source, Rex Features

    Bristol City are starting to look like the real deal. They had six wins in eight games before today.

  16. League One latestpublished at 15:38 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Blackburn have taken the lead at home to Charlton in the big game in League One - it looks like an own goal by Leon Best with assistance from Charlie Mulgrew.

    At Glanford Park as Hakeeb Adelakun has put Scunthorpe United ahead at home to MK Dons while Mark Byrne has put Gillingham ahead at home to Bristol Rovers.

    It is still 1-1 between Northampton and Walsall - both goals coming in the first four minutes.

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    GOAL Bristol City 1-0 Nott'm Forestpublished at 15:37 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Marlon Pack (36 mins)

    Bobby Reid was just denied by Forest keeper Jordan Smith and Mustapha Carayol also spurned a chance for the hosts, but it was only a matter of time.

    Marlon Pack is the man to make the breakthrough, finding the corner of the net with a good strike from distance.

    Bristol City's great campaign continues. And here's their goal GIF...

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    GOAL Millwall 1-0 Middlesbroughpublished at 15:34 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Jed Wallace (32 mins)

    Jed Wallace beats the offside trap and pokes home after a lovely ball in by Ryan Tunnicliffe.

  19. Postpublished at 15:32 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Sunderland 0-0 Fulham

    Fair play to Sunderland, they are showing signs of perhaps ending this simply awful home record of theirs.

    George Honeyman is the latest to threaten Fulham's goal - his right foot strike is beaten away by Marcus Bettinelli.

    At the other end Rui Fonte finds the back post and Oliver Norwood, whose header is just wide.

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    GOAL Ipswich 2-0 Readingpublished at 15:28 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2017

    Joe Garner (27 mins)

    Ipswich have breathing space as Joe Garner heads in from Martyn Waghorn's corner.

    It could be a long way back for Reading from here.