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
QPR 0-0 Cardiff
Image source, Rex FeaturesNo goals to talk about so far inside the opening 15 minutes at Loftus Road.
Rhys Healey has shown some promise coming forward for Cardiff and taken a couple of efforts on goal. But there's concern briefly for Joe Bennett as he takes a knock.
All OK to continue for the left-back and on he goes.
League Two latest
Chesterfield, winless away from home since October, have fallen behind at Coventry, with Marc McNulty netting for the Sky Blues.
Leeds United 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Should be 1-0 to Leeds and a new year goal for Kemar Roofe.
Forest failed to clear a dangerous Leeds corner and a Pontus Jansson header before the ball eventually fell to Roofe from six yards out, but he couldn't keep his snap-shot volley under the crossbar.
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Callum Robinson (14 mins)
An instant reply from Preston! Callum Robinson heads in a right-wing cross at the back post.
Daniel Ayala (13 mins)
Tony Pulis sees his first goal of his Middlesbrough reign fly in through Daniel Ayala.
The defender towers above the Preston defence to head into the corner.
Leeds United 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Image source, Dan WestwellManagerless Forest are showing a bit of endeavour at Elland Road for their caretaker Gary Brazil.
Just over 10 minutes gone and the visitors have come forward on a couple of occasions with some neat interchanges, it's just the final ball evading them.
League Two latest
League Two table-toppers Luton have had Alan Sheehan sent off - a straight red after an altercation with Matt Rhead - and they're now behind, as Michael Bostwick puts in-form visitors Lincoln ahead straight from the resulting free-kick.
League One latest
The first goal of the afternoon in League One has gone to third-tier leaders Wigan.
Nick Powell has put them in front at strugglers Northampton with a header.
Derby County 0-0 Sheffield United
Not a huge amount to talk about in the opening stages at Pride Park, but Leon Clarke has sized up an effort for the visitors.
His shot deflects off Rams captain Richard Keogh and behind to safety for a corner.
Sheff Wed 0-0 Burton
Burton have the chance to open the scoring from the spot... But Lucas Akins' penalty is saved by Joe Wildsmith!
Huge cheers from the home crowd.
Stevenage 0-1 Cheltenham - Mohamed Eisa (2 mins)
Image source, Rex FeaturesOnly took two minutes of the new year for Cheltenham Town to take the honours of first EFL goal of 2018.
Mohamed Eisa puts the visitors ahead early at Stevenage in the League Two fixture.
Leeds United 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Off and running at Elland Road where the strains of "Marching On Together" were echoing around the stands among the home fans.
Forest here hoping to give their caretaker manager Gary Brazil a strong start to 2018.
And we're off!
Will 2018 bring your side good fortunes on the pitch? Stick with us to find out....
Image source, Getty ImagesHurry up lads, there's a game about to start!
Strap yourselves in, here comes the first EFL action of 2018...
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QPR v Cardiff (15:00 GMT)
Image source, Rex FeaturesFormer QPR boss Neil Warnock is back at Loftus Road once again this afternoon.
But he arrives with his promotion-chasing Cardiff side enduring a run of three straight losses, which has seen them lose ground on their rivals.
QPR - situated five points above the relegation places - are bidding for a first home win since October.
Preston v Middlesbrough (15:00 GMT)
Image source, PANew Boro boss Tony Pulis' first game in charge at the Riverside didn't entirely go to plan, as they lost 1-0 to an improved Aston Villa.
What he'd want today then is a nice three-point banker, to get off the ground, right?
So, not an away trip to Preston - a side who are unbeaten in nine games...
This is eighth v ninth in the Championship and it should be fascinating.
Derby County v Sheffield United (15:00 GMT)
Image source, EmpicsFive wins out of six made the last month of 2017 a very sweet one for Gary Rowett and Derby County fans.
The Rams climbed up to second following victory at Ipswich on Saturday and Bristol City's agonising late defeat at the hands of leaders Wolves.
This afternoon they kick off 2018 with the visit of Sheffield United, who themselves will be hoping the New Year brings them renewed energy for their own automatic promotion hopes.
The Blades were second themselves as recently as mid-November, but just one win their past eight matches has cut Chris Wilder's men down to sixth.
Leeds United v Nottingham Forest (15:00 GMT)
Image source, EmpicsRight then - not long to go now until kick-off, so let's tee up some of the games to look out for in the Championship....
Life after Mark Warburton for Nottingham Forest begins at Elland Road this afternoon.
Fifth-placed Leeds will be the first test for caretaker manager Gary Brazil and the hosts will be keen to right the wrongs of their surprise defeat by Birmingham City on Saturday.
Before that loss against the Blues, Leeds had won four in a row and gone unbeaten in six to put themselves back in the promotion shake-up at the turn of the year.
Forest, as has already been mentioned, are without a win in four and last won on their travels at the end of October.
The chimes of Big Ben at midnight signalled the start of the January transfer window, and a couple of EFL clubs have already been parading new signings.
Preston agreed a deal for Motherwell striker Louis Moult in December and he's officially joined the club today, although he won't feature against Middlesbrough this afternoon.
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