Summary

  • West Brom beat Cardiff 4-2 and go top of Championship

  • Hogan gives Stoke first win of season at Swansea

  • Millwall beat 10-man Leeds

  • Forest up to second; Preston go third

  • Fulham 2-2 Charlton in lunchtime Championship fixture

  • Get involved via #bbcefl

  1. KICK-OFFpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Fulham 0-0 Charlton

    And it's the visitors Charlton who get this one started.

    Both sides are in their home kits - Fulham in white shirts and black shorts, the Addicks in red jerseys and white shorts.

  2. Postpublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Fulham v Charlton (12:30 BST)

    So, south west London v south east London.

    What shall we call this? The Thames derby?

    They're just about ready to go...

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

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    We'll use a selection throughout today's live text commentary.

  4. Teenager saves the day for Bluespublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Friday result: Birmingham 2-1 Middlesbrough

    Odin Bailey goalImage source, Rex Features

    The weekend's Championship business got under way on Friday night, and it was a cracker at St Andrew's.

    Birmingham thought they had thrown away three points when Daniel Ayala bundled in an undeserved equaliser for Middlesbrough a few minutes from time.

    But teenage substitute Odin Bailey headed in a winner for Blues moments later to earn his side a dramatic victory.

    Let's hope for more of the same at Craven Cottage this lunchtime. The players are on their way out...

  5. Team newspublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Fulham v Charlton (12:30 BST)

    Joe BryanImage source, Rex Features

    Fulham boss Scott Parker makes two changes from Tuesday's 4-1 win at 10-man Reading. Ivan Cavaleiro and Steven Sessegnon come in for Bobby Decordova-Reid and Denis Odoi.

    Fulham XI: Bettinelli, Bryan, Ream, Mawson, Sessegnon, Arter, Johansen, Cavaleiro, Cairney, Knockaert, Mitrovic.

    Subs: Rodak, Odoi, Le Marchand, Reed, Onomah, Decordova-Reid, Kamara.

    Five new faces come into the Charlton side following their home defeat by Swansea in midweek - Jonny Williams, Jake Forster-Caskey, Darren Pratley, Chris Solly and Naby Sarr all start.

    Charlton XI: Phillips, Lockyer, Pearce, Williams, Forster-Caskey, Gallagher, Pratley, Bonne, Solly, Sarr, Cullen.

    Subs: Amos, Matthews, Oshilaja, Leko, Field, Oztumer, Lapslie.

  6. Postpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Fulham v Charlton (12:30 BST)

    Let's get a bit of team news from Craven Cottage...

  7. Postpublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Fulham v Charlton (12:30 BST)

    Following last season's struggles in the Premier League which saw them ship a hatful of goals each week, life is a bit calmer in the Championship for Fulham.

    Scott Parker's side are unbeaten in their past five games and enjoyed a 4-1 thumping of Reading in midweek.

    Charlton are enjoying life back in the second tier following promotion.

    A blistering start saw them unbeaten in their first six matches, although three defeats in their past four has provided a bit of a reality check. They're still at the right end of the table though, in eighth.

  8. Postpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Fulham v Charlton (12:30 BST)

    Yep, it's a busy old day coming up in the Championship, League One and League Two.

    The pressure is really starting to crank up on a few teams and managers now.

    Not so much Fulham and Charlton though. They've both started the 2019-20 campaign in fine fettle...

  9. Postpublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 5 October 2019

    Afternoon!

    We've got another packed few hours of EFL action for you, starting on the banks of the River Thames.

    It's Fulham v Charlton - a derby of sorts, but not sure you could call it a rivalry.

    That gets under way in 15 minutes. Then it's a full programme from 15:00 BST. You'd be a fool to miss it...

    Craven CottageImage source, Rex Features