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Wolves defender Ryan Bennett has played more Championship games without ending on the losing side than any other player this season.

His 14 starts have yielded 12 wins and two draws for Wanderers, and his only goal was an important one - a stoppage-time winner against promotion rivals Bristol City on 30 December.

Promising start by improving Birmingham at St Andrew's against second-placed Derby.

Jeremie Boga is twice involved in the thick of the action with a couple of dangerous crosses. Jonathan Grounds strikes the post with an initial effort before Sam Gallagher just fails to properly connect with an effort.

Reading have the first real chance of the afternoon at the KCOM as Jon Swift tests Allan McGregor with a free-kick.

The keeper is down to parry that effort behind for a corner.

The Championship leaders have made a decent start at Barnsley.

Romain Saiss has had two attempts for Wolves, but neither has made it past Tykes goalkeeper Adam Davies.

Helder Costa did then find the net, but it was ruled out for offside.

Bristol City midfielder Callum O'Dowda looks like he's already lining-up his next move after his career is done.

No goals so far at Ashton Gate....

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Everyone has their favourite player or club - have you ever named a pet after them?

Or perhaps, even more daringly, your child?

That's what one Wolves fan did. The Express and Star reported earlier this week, external of a newborn baby being given the middle names Ruben and Nuno in honour of midfielder Ruben Neves and head coach Nuno Espirito Santo.

Get in touch using #bbcefl on social media - we'd love some pictures too!

In case you've just joined us, there's been one game already in the Championship.

Cardiff picked up a big win against struggling Sunderland to make it a less than happy return to south Wales for Chris Coleman.

Read our full report of how the Bluebirds netted four without reply...

And we're off!

Good luck to your sides this afternoon and may all your footballing wishes come true....

Although rights restrictions prevent us from streaming live audio commentary of today's EFL matches, you are still able to tune in to your local BBC radio station for extensive coverage of your team.

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Any fans who haven't had too many pies or pints, and with boots in the car, might want to make themselves known to Karl Robinson at some point...

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Yeovil Town, Notts County and Newport County were rewarded for their FA Cup shocks with plumb home ties in the fourth round.

Yeovil will host Manchester United, Notts will play either Swansea or Wolves, while Tottenham will be the visitors to Newport's Rodney Parade at the end of the month.

All three teams are on the road today - at Port Vale, Lincoln and Grimsby respectively - while leaders Luton go to struggling Chesterfield.

Rivalries will be renewed when MK Dons host AFC Wimbledon - we're sure you don't need reminding of the many reasons why those two clubs don't get on...

The picture at the top of League One could change significantly as second-placed Shrewsbury go to third-placed Blackburn. Shrewsbury start five points clear of Rovers.

Leaders Wigan are at home to Peterborough and will pay tribute to their former defender, Juan Carlos Garcia, before kick-off.

The Honduras international, who played for his country at the 2014 World Cup, passed away earlier this week from leukaemia aged 29.

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• Leaders Wolves make SIX changes at Barnsley, with John Ruddy, Willy Boly, Barry Douglas, Romain Saiss, Ruben Neves and Diogo Jota all restored to the starting line-up after missing last weekend's FA Cup tie with Swansea.
• Midfielder Liam Walsh will make his first Bristol City start against Norwich after his midweek debut from the bench against Manchester City.
• Derby have brought Matej Vydra back into their starting line-up after their FA Cup defeat by Manchester United - the Rams play Birmingham.

• Blues, looking for a fourth straight win, are unchanged to start for the fourth game in a row. That's what you call faith from manager Steve Cotterill.
• Tim Ream makes his 100th appearance for Fulham this afternoon - the west London club are away at Middlesbrough today.

So that's some of the main games to look out for in the Championship from 15:00 GMT, who'll be the players hoping to make headlines for their sides?

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Hull boss Nigel Adkins faces one of his former clubs this afternoon when Reading come to town.

Adkins was in charge of the Royals towards the back-end of their last season in the Premier League, but could not prevent them dropping out of the top flight in 2013.

"We kept the football club from going into administration," he told BBC Radio Humberside.

"We helped change the culture. There were no owners suddenly once we got relegated, there was no money and we couldn't sign anyone.

"We got everyone playing well and missed out on the play-offs at the end of that next season. But, then we had to cut costs and play youngsters while still trying to find new owners.

"For me, that's one of the proudest achievements of my whole career. I'd like to think we did a lot of things behind the scenes to keep the club going and give them the opportunity to get new investment and new owners."

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Now, here's a fact to knock you off your stride this afternoon before the game between two under-achievers - Hull and Reading.

It seems Hull's struggles to find regular wins are all to do with letters in the alphabet, except one.

All five of the Tigers' wins this season have come against sides beginning with B:

• Burton
• Bolton
• Birmingham
• Barnsley
• Brentford

It's only Bristol City that haven't had their name added to that group.

To stretch the point even further, who did Hull beat in the FA Cup third round last weekend? BLACKBURN!

Can Nigel Adkins break that chain and manufacture a much-needed W against a team beginning with R?

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Play-off chasers Middlesbrough and Fulham meet at the Riverside both hoping to pick up a fourth win in their past five games.

Tony Pulis will be looking for a first home win as Boro boss and the chance to end a rather sorry statistic of of no home win in six league matches as a manager, stretching back to August 2017 with West Brom.

Slavisa Jokanovic has seen his Fulham side knock in the goals of late, but will be somewhat concerned by the fact they have only kept two clean sheets in their past 21 league games.

But that might not matter when you consider no Championship side has scored more away goals than them this season, with leaders Wolves level on 22.

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Bristol City return to Championship action after their midweek exploits against Manchester City in the Caraboa Cup semi-final first leg.

Lee Johnson's side won many plaudits for their display at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, but he knows a result is all that matters this afternoon following back-to-back Championship defeats at the end of the Christmas period.

They face a Norwich side with two wins from their past three and who still have a chance to mount a push towards the play-offs.

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BBC East Midlands sports editor

Gary Rowett said when he took over at Derby that he was not concerned by what had happened previously and was ready to embrace the challenge.

Results have steadily improved, which has clearly helped, but Rowett has been both impressed and grateful for the backing he has received and feels everything is in place to achieve the long-standing goal of reaching the Premier League.

They have been talking about a new contract for three weeks, so it is not a knee-jerk reaction to the interest from Stoke.

And while Rowett has his heart set on managing in the top flight, he would dearly love to do it with a club where he has such strong links, having lived in the area for years and been a player, coach and manager.