Brentford's midfield and forward line have sparked into action, and the offside flag has denied them a couple more entries into the Rangers box.

First Ivan Toney and then Tariqe Fosu stray behind the last line of the Hoops defence.

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It's all gone rather scrappy in Lancashire.

Sunderland are still on top possession wise but both sides are struggling to create clearcut chances.

25 minutes gone.

Almost a second for Brentford after QPR keeper Seny Dieng gifts them an opening.

He passes the ball straight to Emiliano Marcondes on the edge of the area but the Danish midfielder sees his shot saved as Dieng makes amends for his error.

That goal has rather come against the run of play in the opening quarter of an hour.

But for all of QPR's possession, the visitors have not mustered a shot on target as yet.

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QPR have another corner, but the Bees clear and threaten to counter-attack.

Bryan Mbeumo doesn't put enough on his attempted through ball to Tariqe Fosu, and it's cut out by a back-tracking Rangers defender.

Ethan Pinnock pings a ball over the top and out to the left looking for Brentford winger Tariqe Fosu, but the ball rolls out of play.

Then Rico Henry wildly overhits a cross which Bryan Mbeumo controls brilliantly at the back stick.

The Frenchman is forced back and then shoots at goal from 25 yards out, and it's a straightforward save for visiting keeper Seny Dieng.

Sunderland have enjoyed the brighter opening at Highbury Stadium with Denver Hume carving out a couple of chances.

First the full-back sent a shot from distance wide, before his strike after a clever one-two with Charlie Wyke was saved by Jayson Leutwiler.

Josh Morris has also gone into the book for Fleetwood.

The corner comes to nothing after a poor delivery, but QPR have settled well and look really comfortable on the ball.

Decent spell of possession for QPR inside the Brentford half, but Ilias Chair is crowded out by the home defence as he looks to get into the box.

The R's work it back out to the right and Bright Osayi-Samuel wins the first corner of the game.

Bright Osayi-Samuel gets an early chance to take on Rico Henry, and he leaves the Brentford left-back on his backside in the area.

But the R's winger can't make room for a cross and the supporting Todd Kane has his attempted centre cut out.

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After a minute's silence in memory of Argentina legend Diego Maradona who died on Wednesday, the west London derby is under way at the Brentford Community Stadium.

Matt Donohue is the man in the middle.

They're also under way in the League One game between Fleetwood and Sunderland.

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Tonight's sole game in League One sees in-form Fleetwood Town take on Wearside giants Sunderland.

Five wins in their past six league matches has seen Joey Barton's Cod Army climb to seventh. They've also been scoring for fun over the past couple of weeks with a 4-1 victory at Bristol Rovers followed by a 5-1 home thumping of Plymouth on Saturday.

Sunderland are struggling to click into top gear at home, but are unbeaten in their six away games this season.

A point for Fleetwood would take them into the play-offs, but the Black Cats need to win to move into the top six.

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There's no doubt where Brentford's goal threat comes from.

Summer signing Ivan Toney has netted 11 times for the Bees in the league this season, going some way to replace the attacking contributions of the now-departed Ollie Watkins and Said Benrahma.

Bright Osayi-Samuel was the man running the show for QPR against Rotherham on Tuesday.

The winger scored one, set one up and saw two other efforts hit the woodwork.

Ilias Chair and Lyndon Dykes are the Hoops' joint-top scorers with four goals - and all of the latter's strikes have come from the penalty spot.

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Brentford come into this one unbeaten in six games - although four of those matches have been drawn.

The Bees have kept three successive clean sheets but have only mustered one goal in the same timeframe, which was Ivan Toney's winner at Barnsley on Tuesday.

QPR are two without defeat, but have lost their past three games against Brentford - conceding three goals each time.

And the R's have lost 18 of their past 19 games played on a Friday. Ouch.

Rangers boss Mark Warburton will be looking to turn around their fortunes on his return to his former club.

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank makes two changes from Tuesday's 1-0 win at Barnsley.

Defender Mads Bech Sorensen and midfielder Emiliano Marcondes come into the starting line-up.

Brentford XI: Raya, Dalsgaard, Bech Sorensen, Pinnock, Henry, Janelt, Dasilva, Marcondes, Mbeumo, Fosu, Toney.

Subs: Daniels (GK), Thompson, Jansson, Stevens, Jensen, Canos, Ghoddos, Forss, Pressley.

QPR manager Mark Warburton makes three changes from their 3-2 win against Rotherham in midweek.

Right-back Todd Kane and centre-back Rob Dickie return, and Tom Carroll replaces Geoff Cameron in midfield.

QPR XI: Dieng, Kane, Dickie, Barbet, Hamalainen, Ball, Carroll, Osayi-Samuel, Chairl, Willock, Dykes.

Subs: Kelly (GK), Kakay, Masterson, Wallace, Bettache, Thomas, Adomah, Bonne, Kelman.

Good evening and welcome to our coverage of tonight's EFL action.

There's a derby in the Championship, with last season's beaten play-off finalists Brentford hosting Queens Park Rangers.

The Bees will move into the top six if they win tonight, while QPR are aiming to cut the gap to the play-offs.

Meanwhile in League One, seventh entertain eighth as Fleetwood Town welcome Sunderland.

Kick-off in both those games is 15 minutes away, and team news from west London is around the corner.

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