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DING DING!

The second half is beginning to get under way across the English Football League.

A big 45 minutes awaits.

• The EFL's bottom side Stevenage are in front at Cambridge thanks to Elliott List.
• Leaders Swindon trail at Newport to Josh Sheehan's first-minute goal.
• Plymouth are heading into the automatic promotion places, as it stands, with Niall Canavan's goal giving them the lead over Mansfield.
• Colchester and Northampton both boast two-goal leads at the interval.

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• Out-of-sorts Ipswich down to fifth as it stands as they trail to Manny Monthe's goal at Tranmere.
• Top two Rotherham and Wycombe drawing at home to Bristol Rovers and Rochdale respectively - Wycombe's Jason McCarthy scores on third debut for club.
• Sol Campbell's lowly Southend go ahead at Accrington, who level through Dion Charles.
• Portsmouth, Coventry, Shrewsbury and Oxford all lead away from home.

• Blackburn lead 10-man Sheff Wed 3-0 courtesy of a Lewis Holtby brace and Cameron Dawson's unfortunate own goal in the process of making a save
• Brentford held to a goalless first half at Huddersfield as they aim to put the pressure on second-placed Leeds
• Strugglers Wigan holding Swansea 1-1 at the Liberty having taken the lead while Barnsley goalless at Bristol City

As the whistle is sounded around the country, let's take a look at how things stand at the halfway point across the English Football League..

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Derby captain Wayne Rooney has grown into the game in the past five minutes and wins a free-kick 25 yards out.

The former Manchester United man takes it, but can only find the Hull wall.

Brentford are valiantly trying to force a goal late in this first half against Huddersfield however the hosts have come closest to taking the lead.

Trevoh Chalobah heads Karlan Grant's delivery over the bar.

Can Wigan get back into this one against a reinvigorated Swansea side?

Well they've just come close to edging back ahead at the Liberty Stadium as Antonee Robinson puts in a lovely ball for Joe Garner who heads narrowly over the crossbar.

The Barnsley woodwork is struck for a second time this afternoon as Bradley Collins pushes Ashley Williams' header on to the post.

Second-placed Wycombe are on a lean spell and fell behind to Rochdale's Iain Henderson, but Jason McCarthy has equalised for the Chairboys with a mishit cross - just hours after he rejoined the club.

Elsewhere, Manny Monthe's goal has Tranmere ahead against stuttering Ipswich and promotion-chasers Coventry lead at Doncaster through Jordan Shipley.

Hull star Jarrod Bowen has looked the most likely to make something happen at Pride Park.

Wayne Rooney is struggling to get on the ball for Derby in the 'number 10' position - might he be more suited to that deeper role?

Almost a second for Birmingham but Cardiff keeper Alex Smithies produces a fine save to deny Jude Bellingham one-on-one.

Bradford and Colchester have each scored two goals in as many minutes to go 2-0 up at home to Scunthorpe and Macclesfield respectively.

Elsewhere, Josh March has levelled for Forest Green against Salford, while Carlisle, Crawley and Northampton have all gone ahead.

Barnsley are asking questions of Bristol City here.

Aapo Halme heads Alex Mowatt's corner to Conor Chaplin, who forces a fine save from Dan Bentley.

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Things go from bad to worse pretty quickly for Sheffield Wednesday, who are reduced to 10 men.

Massimo Luongo is the man to see red for a poor challenge on Lewis Travis.

This could be a long afternoon for the Owls.