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Cabbages, cabbages....

Just when you think football can't get more bizarre, it literally throws vegetables into the mix.

Steve Bruce's exit from Villa Park will forever be linked with his brush with fresh produce, but life goes on at the club without him.

Kevin MacDonald once again assumes the caretaker role having last done so when Tim Sherwood was handed his P45 in October 2015.

A trip to the furnace of the New Den and Millwall await and after failing to put fellow strugglers Preston away in midweek, anything less that three points for MacDonald this afternoon could mean rotten tomatoes.

Let's take a look at some of the key Championship matches coming up in the next 15 minutes or so...

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Ipswich Town, Plymouth Argyle and Macclesfield Town.

What do they all have in common? Well, no league wins so far in this EFL season between them.

A trip to Swansea, a home match against AFC Wimbledon and the visit of Notts County all lie in store for under-fire managers Paul Hurst, Derek Adams and Mark Yates.

Will it be one game too far for them all come 17:00 BST or will they finally get to bathe in the glory of three points?

Stick with us to find out....

• Bury v Mansfield Town
• Crawley Town v Cambridge United
• Forest Green v Newport County
• Grimsby Town v Port Vale
• Lincoln City v Crewe Alexandra
• MK Dons v Cheltenham Town
• Macclesfield Town v Notts County
• Morecambe v Tranmere Rovers
• Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United
• Stevenage v Colchester United
• Swindon Town v Northampton Town
• Yeovil Town v Exeter City

• Blackpool v Rochdale
• Bradford City v Sunderland
• Bristol Rovers v Walsall
• Charlton Athletic v Coventry City
• Doncaster Rovers v Fleetwood Town
• Luton Town v Scunthorpe United
• Peterborough United v Barnsley
• Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon
• Portsmouth v Gillingham
• Shrewsbury Town v Accrington
• Southend United v Oxford United
• Wycombe Wanderers v Burton Albion

• Birmingham City v Rotherham United
• Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest
• Millwall v Aston Villa
• Norwich City v Stoke City
• Preston North End v Wigan Athletic
• QPR V Derby County
• Sheffield United v Hull City
• Swansea City v Ipswich Town
• West Brom v Reading
• Bolton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers (17:30 BST)

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West Brom include Jay Rodriguez and Dwight Gayle in attack with their visitors Reading without leading scorer Jon Dadi Bodvarsson through injury. Marc McNulty makes a first Championship start for the club.

Middlesbrough are unchanged as they host their former boss Aitor Karanka and his Nottingham Forest side.

Aston Villa caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald makes three changes for the trip to Millwall with Jonathan Kodjia dropping to the bench and Orjan Nyland returning in goal.

The hosts have Jed Wallace back from suspension.

New England call-up Mason Mount (pictured above) starts for his loan side Derby at QPR. Frank Lampard opts for Jack Marriott ahead of David Nugent in attack.

Sheffield United are unchanged for the visit of Hull as Chris Wilder's side chase a fourth win in a row.

The Tigers have Fraizer Campbell and Dan Batty back in their side.

George Byers and Daniel James return for Swansea, who also include former Ipswich loanee Bersant Celina for the visit of the Tractor Boys. Ipswich boss Paul Hurst has defender Matthew Pennington back from suspension and also hands Andre Dozzell a start.

Final Score

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Jason Mohammad is in the studio alongside Paul Ince and Martin Keown as his pundits.

All over Red Rover then in West Yorkshire and a bit of an eventful lunchtime meeting of those two Championship promotion contenders.

Time for us to turn our attentions to matters across the Championship, League One and League Two for our 15:00 BST kick-offs....

Brentford's Kamohelo Mokotjo tells Sky Sports:

"It's very frustrating to concede a late goal.

"I'm proud of my performance today and the team's performance, we worked very hard and didn't deserve to lose.

"We’ve got to be more aggressive defending set pieces, but it was a great atmosphere here today and a great performance from our boys."

Leeds United goalscorer Pontus Jansson leaves no-one in any doubt what he felt about Brentford's penalty.

He tells Sky Sports: "This is a robbery from the referee, it feels bad."

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So it ends 1-1 at Elland Road in what was at times a pulsating Championship encounter.

The Bees took the lead through Neal Maupay's penalty after Ollie Watkins controversially went down.

But Pontus Jansson's late header means the spoils are shared.

Leeds stay top, but Middlesbrough, Sheffield United and West Brom all have a chance to go top.

Brentford move up to fifth, but their winless run is now six games in all competitions.

A second booking for the Leeds defender sees him off in the final few seconds. Is it too late for Brentford to take advantage?

They have a free kick which they can whip in - it'll be taken again as Ayling did not get off in time.

The Leeds fans are in full voice now as their side chase a winner - and they almost get it.

Lewis Baker's glancing header goes just wide of the far post after a ball in from the left - what a chance.

Four minutes of stoppage time to go.

Do not go anywhere - this could go either way!

Lucky Brentford again.

Seventeen-year-old debutant Jack Clarke beats his man and gets to the byline on the right.

He fires in a low cross, goalkeeper Luke Daniels just gets fingers on it and the Bees clear.

Ollie Watkins comes off for Brentford.

Leeds fans telling him what they feel about him going down for the penalty.

He is replaced by Alan Judge.

A wasted chance for Brentford.

Romaine Sawyers with an outrageous backheel springs the Bees from defence to attack.

They're three on two, but Ollie Watkins can't finish and Leeds clear.

Great defending by Pontus Jansson.

With just over 10 minutes to go it's getting more edgy.

Ezgjan Alioski has a few choice words with the Brentford bench after trying to get the ball back after it went out.

The Bees then go up the other end and Neal Maupay wins a foul 30 yards out, but the free kick is well defended.

Maupay's second-half penalty is still the difference.

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