Aston Villa thrash Bristol City 5-0 at Villa Park
Villa goals from Hogan, Snodgrass (2), Bjarnason and Hourihane
Second-placed Derby drew with Sheffield United
Cardiff lost at QPR, Leeds were held by managerless Forest
Overhead drone stopped play between Yeovil and Crawley for 11 minutes
Leon Clarke (57 mins)
And just like that - The Blades are level and it's Leon Clarke on the scoresheet yet again!
A 15th of the season for the striker as he heads in Clayton Donaldson's cross.
Image source, EmpicsDerby County 1-0 Sheffield United
Sheffield United go close to a leveller at Pride Park.
John Fleck gets on the end of a good flowing move from the visitors but his effort is side-footed just wide of the target.
Leeds United 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Still nothing to separate the sides at a lively Elland Road. Managerless Forest doing a good job here for their caretaker boss Gary Brazil.
Both sides with plenty of time on the ball, but still no clear cut chance since the restart.
Image source, Rex FeaturesTom Trybull (52 mins)
The Canaries are level!
James Maddison's free-kick is headed in by Tom Trybull.
Game on at Carrow Road.
Joe Ralls pen (54 mins)
Cardiff take the lead courtesy of a Joe Ralls penalty, which he smashes past Alex Smithies right down the middle.
Jake Bidwell had brought down Callum Paterson in the home side's penalty area.
Bolton 1-0 Hull
Image source, Rex FeaturesWhat a miss by Jarrod Bowen!
Nouha Dicko's cross leaves the Hull man with an almost open goal, but he hits the woodwork from six yards.
How costly could that be?
QPR 0-0 Cardiff
Lively restart at Loftus Road where both sides have come close to finding the opener.
Firsly, Jack Robinson causes some problems with a long throw into the Cardiff area, which they just manage to clear.
The, Kenneth Zohore almost looks in for a goal at the other end, but Nedum Onuoha is well across to make the block for Rangers.
Lloyd Dyer (50 mins)
Image source, Rex FeaturesBurton double their lead at Hillsborough!
Lloyd Dyer is sent clear and the winger finishes well past Joe Wildsmith.
The Brewers are looking good for all three points.
Ethan Pinnock (46 mins)
Just two days after he scored a stoppage-time equaliser against Reading, he's at it again! Ethan Pinnock is there at the far post to put Barnsley ahead against Sunderland from a corner.
Derby County 1-0 Sheffield United
Mark Clemmit
BBC Sport on Final Score
Birmingham letting Gary Rowett go has got to be one of the worst decisions in football history... Ever!
He's just absolutely pumping along with Derby, 18 league wins in his 35 matches before today.
Now Derby are starting to emerge as the credible rivals to Wolves at the top of the Championship.
Here we go again as the second half kicks off in our 15:00 GMT games....
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Accrington A-A Morecambe
At half-time, the League Two game at Accrington has been abandoned by the officials because of persistent heavy rain.
Stanley had been leading 1-0.
Aston Villa v Bristol City (17:30 GMT)
Image source, EmpicsStill to come, once we're done with the fun and games of the 15:00 kick-offs, is a big game at Villa Park.
From 17:30 GMT, Aston Villa - buoyed by their win at Middlesbrough last time out - will host Carabao Cup semi-finalists Bristol City.
The Robins will be looking to return to winning ways after their dramatic, last-gasp loss to leaders Wolves on Saturday evening.
Stay with us for dedicated live text commentary of this match later. It should be terrific.
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The game of the day is delivering in League Two, with Luton and Lincoln both scoring twice and having a player sent off. Here are all the half-time scores:
It's going well for the top two in League One so far, with both Wigan and Shrewsbury leading again. Here are the half-time scores:
Image source, EmpicsHalf-time whistles are being blown up and down the country across the three EFL divisions.
Quite a few goals and talking points from the opening 45 minutes of the year. We'll sum up as many as we can shortly...