EFL live: Championship, League One & League Two action

Summary

Second-placed Leeds lose at Charlton, Swansea draw against Reading
Derby end testing week with 3-2 win at home to Birmingham
Preston & Bristol City share thrilling 3-3 draw at Deepdale
Monk's Sheff Wed thrash Middlesbrough 4-1 on Riverside return
Huddersfield off bottom with draw at home to Millwall

Live Reporting

Matt Newsum and Jay Freeman

League One updatepublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Drama at Fratton Park and Portsmouth miss the chance to take the lead against Bolton Wanderers!
Pompey win a penalty after Jack Hobbs conceded a foul in the box but Brett Pitman cannons his spot kick off the right post.
Elsewhere in League One, George Williams has pulled a goal back for MK Dons at Sunderland.
GOAL: Derby 2-2 Birminghampublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Ivan Sunjic (59 mins)
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BIRMINGHAM ARE LEVEL!
What a way to land your first goal for your club?! Blues' highly-promising Croat midfielder Ivan Sunjic pops up with his first repayment on a £6m fee.
It was cool as you like as he calmly side-footed the ball in from the edge of the box after Derby failed to fully clear. Superb.
Postpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Huddersfield 1-1 Millwall
Bit of concern before as Matt Smith and James Brown clashed heads, but both are allowed to return.
Some collision.
GOAL: Blackburn 1-2 Lutonpublished at 16:17 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Matty Pearson (57 mins)
Luton are back in front at Ewood Park!
Defender Matty Pearson, a former Blackburn Rovers player, has headed home from a corner to restore the Hatters' advantage.
League One updatepublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
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AFC Wimbledon have pulled a goal back against Peterborough thanks to Mitchell Pinnock's left footed strike from inside the box.
Meanwhile, Fleetwood are 2-0 up at Shrewsbury and are keeping up their fine form as third place beckons. Josh Morris is the man on the scoresheet for Joey Barton's side.
GOAL: Derby 2-1 Birminghampublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Gary Gardner (56 mins)
Hope for the Blues, and it comes from a set-piece.
The ball is swung in from the left and there is Gary Gardner to get the crucial touch to pull Birmingham right back into the contest.
Will that give the Blues a boost?
GOAL: Preston 2-2 Bristol Citypublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Daniel Johnson (51 mins)
Two penalties, two goals and Preston North End are level against Bristol City!
After a handball from Ashley Williams, this time Daniel Johnson steps up to beat Daniel Bentley from the spot and we're all square at Deepdale.
Postpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Charlton 1-0 Leeds
Josh Cullen goes close for Charlton who are chasing a second, but his shot brings a fine save out of Kiko Casilla.
Have to praise the Addicks approach, it's certainly not a case of defending the lead with everyone behind the ball.
GOAL: Hull 1-1 Cardiffpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Robert Glatzel (55 mins)
Cardiff have equalised at the KCOM Stadium and what a time to do it.
Robert Glatzel works on to Leandro Bacuna's delivery and finds the net from close range.
Lucky Boyepublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Swansea 1-0 Reading
Gareth Vincent
BBC Sport Wales at the Liberty Stadium
Swansea led Reading at the break, but the home side were unhappy with referee Keith Stroud after a contentious decision just before the half-time whistle.
Reading forward Lucas Boye was booked on 27 minutes for chopping down Connor Roberts.
So he should really have seen red when he stopped a Swans counter in stoppage time by pulling back Matt Grimes with not one but two arms.
The Argentine got away with a ticking off - leaving the home side remonstrating with Stroud as they went down the tunnel.
League One updatepublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
A big goal at the top of League One as Kayden Jackson has sent Ipswich back ahead against Tranmere as they look to galvanise their position at the top of the table.
Elsewhere in the thrid tier, Colby Bishop has given Accrington the lead against struggling Southend.
GOAL: Derby 2-0 Birminghampublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Martyn Waghorn (50 mins)
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Harsh on Birmingham who went close through Lukas Jutkiewicz just a moment before but Derby expose a mistake from Marc Roberts to score.
Chris Martin tried to take advantage, and cleverly played in Martyn Waghorn who slotted coolly past ex-Rams keeper Lee Camp.
Relief around Pride Park.
League One updatepublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
We have an early goal in League One and it's gone to Bristol Rovers as Jonson Clarke-Harris has scored against his former club, Rotherham United.
That's his eighth goal of the season.
Postpublished at 16:08 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Charlton 1-0 Leeds
Marcelo Bielsa not mucking about as he makes two changes, Adam Forshaw and Eddie Nketiah come on for Jamie Shackleton and Ezgjan Alioski.
He saw it wasn't working and dealt with it. Will it turn the tide?
KICK-OFFpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
#bbcefl
Right, 45 minutes to go.
Let's have it.
League Two half-time headlinespublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
- Leaders Exeter City are 1-0 down at home to Grimsby Town, while Crewe Alexandra levelled late in the first half against Cheltenham Town in their top-of-the-table clash.
- Forest Green Rovers are hammering Salford City 3-0 at the Peninsula Stadium and heading up to fourth as it stands
- Morecambe slumped to the bottom of the table having gone 2-0 down at home to Northampton Town, with 10-man Scunthorpe United leading Bradford City 1-0 and Stevenage a goal up against Cambridge United.
League One half-time headlinespublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
- Leaders Ipswich Town being held 1-1 by Tranmere Rovers, with Wycombe Wanderers currently in second as it stands after leading 2-0 away at Rochdale
- Callum Lang's own goal all that separates Shrewsbury Town and Fleetwood Town, with Joey Barton's side moving up to third as it stands.
- Oxford United are 3-0 up against Gillingham, struggling AFC Wimbledon are 2-0 down against Peterborough United and bottom side Bolton Wanderers are holding out-of-form Portsmouth.
Championship half-time headlinespublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
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- Swansea City are heading top of the Championship as things stand, with Borja Baston putting them 1-0 up inside three minutes at home to Reading.
- Leeds United, who have won four games in a row away from home, are 1-0 down at Charlton Athletic.
- Garry Monk's Sheffield Wednesday are 4-1 up against his former side Middlesbrough, while Derby County, Bristol City and Hull City are also all in front at the break.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
#bbcefl
Referees are drawing on their old ACME Thunderers (other whistles are available) for the half-time break around the EFL.
How was your team's first 45? Good, bad or ugly?
With that, we'll take a moment to compose ourselves, and round up the best of the action so far.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 28 September 2019
Middlesbrough 1-4 Sheff Wed
Not all going Sheffield Wednesday's way this afternoon, as Sam Hutchinson is replaced before half-time by Massimo Luongo.
The Australia skipper hasn't had too many moments to impress since moving from QPR, but he's on right now.
Not a bad time to come in.