Luton's James Collins is very lucky to still be on the pitch.

After being fouled by Hull defender Angus MacDonald, Collins appears to push his head into his opponent's midriff - forcing him to the ground.

But the Hatters' striker gets away with a booking.

Preston keeper Declan Rudd produces an acrobatic save to tip Gary Gardner's powerful effort over the bar. That's a fine stop.

Luton have started this second half well, getting a bit of joy down the left and winning several corners.

On the face of it a draw is no good for either side but with Wigan's 12-point deduction hanging over them it would give both sides a chance of staying up on the final day.

Let me remind you that if either side is beaten here, they're effectively relegated.

Bright start from Reading at the start of the second half.

Chris Gunter puts in an early cross which is touched on by Andy Rinomhota but Yakou Meite is unable to reach it.

Birmingham are without a victory in the Championship since February and not technically safe from relegation yet, with Wigan having appealed against their 12-point deduction. The managerless Blues will want a big second half here, to make absolutely sure of staying up.

As for Preston, this scoreline could keep their faint play-off hopes alive, but both of the games involving Cardiff and Swansea aren't going North End's way at the moment.

Trailing at the interval and with only a very small chance of snatching sixth place, managerless Bristol City have made a change.

Pedro Pereira is on for Jack Hunt as the Robins chase at least two goals to turn this around.

We're getting under way in the second halves of our seven ongoing Championship matches.

Plenty still to be decided at the top and bottom of the table. A big 45 minutes ahead.

Struggling Charlton scored a stoppage-time equaliser in an eventful contest at The Valley...

Brentford's eight-game winning run was ended at Stoke - is it also the end of the automatic promotion hopes?

They'll need second-placed West Bromwich Albion to slip up again on Wednesday if they're going to make it to the Premier League after today's defeat...

There were two Championship games completed earlier today, with big implications at both ends of the table...

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• Fulham are set to keep their slim hopes of automatic promotion alive - Neeskens Kebano's opener and two goals from Aleksandar Mitrovic have given Scott Parker's side a 3-0 lead against Sheffield Wednesday.
• Sean Morrison's early header has put Cardiff in front at Middlesbrough. It won't quite be enough to confirm a play-off spot just yet as Swansea are beating Bristol City, but Millwall are losing at QPR.
• Hull and Luton, who both began their match inside the bottom three, are goalless at the interval.
• Blackburn lead Reading 2-1, while Preston are a goal to the good against Birmingham.

After that flurry of late first-half goals, we've got half-time whistles starting to blow across the Championship.

We'll bring you the main headlines shortly...

Paul Fletcher
BBC Sport at Deepdale

Preston just about value for their lead - though Blues' defending from the corner that led to the goal was awful.

Nobody cut out the corner and eventually it dropped for the waiting Patrick Bauer to slot home when in all honesty he was up there to compete for a header.

Floodlights were on before the half-hour mark and a drinks break where a nice cup of tea might have done a better job than an icy glass of water - this is Championship football at Deepdale in July.

Take out the crowd and you soon realise what an extraordinary amount of shouting takes place on a football pitch.

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