It's been a funny old start to the season for Bristol City, who followed four successive victories with a five-game winless run.

Head coach Dean Holden spoke in the week of the importance of ridding themselves of that 'streaky' tag, established under his predecessor Lee Johnson following a number of long winning and losing runs.

A 3-1 defeat - and poor performance - at Reading last Saturday may well have set alarm bells ringing that another 'streak' was just around the corner, although they just about managed to buck the trend by coming from behind to beat QPR on Tuesday.

Today they face a Birmingham side who've been much more consistent. Blues have regularly struggled for goals and won just three times all season.

Knowing the Championship, everything points towards an away victory today, then?

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These two sides are only separated by a point with Huddersfield sitting in 16th and QPR in 17th.

Huddersfield will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing 3-0 loss at Cardiff on Tuesday.

The Terriers are unbeaten in their last five league matches against today's visitors though.

QPR are looking to avoid three defeats on the bounce but Mark Warburton has not got the best records when visiting Huddersfield.

The R's boss has lost both of his two away league matches at the John Smith’s Stadium as a manager, losing with Brentford in 2014 and QPR in February this year.

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Coventry go into today's game drawing their last two games 1-1 scoring an injuring time equaliser against Derby in their last outing.

The Sky Blues sit four points above the drop zone with just a point separating them and today's opponents but are unbeaten in their last four league games

Rotherham need a win today if they are to leapfrog Coventry.

The Millers are in desperate need of a win, only picking up a point in their last four matches.

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Preston looked very good in their last outing against Bournemouth, coming on top to claim their first win in three games.

They'll be hoping Tom Barkhuizen continues his good form - the forward has scored three in his last four league games.

Wycombe welcomed fans back at Adams Park on in midweek but they went down 1-0 against Stoke.

The Chairboys remain in the relegation zone and the omens are not looking good.

They are winless in their last 12 competitive matches against Lilywhites who have won their last five matches against Wycombe in all competitions, with this their first meeting since 2018 in the FA Cup, a 5-1 win.

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It's been a bit of a topsy-turvy few weeks for play-off hopefuls Swansea.

The Swans have drawn one, won one and lost one of their past three matches

They'll be looking to get back on track today against a Luton side who have won three of their seven away matches this season.

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Something of a sign of the times at Stoke today as Middlesbrough boss Neil Warnock drops Duncan Watmore to the bench after his double in the win over Swansea in midweek.

All the teams are having to manage their players' workload in this congested season, even ones led by Neil Warnock.

Both teams are in decent form and a win for either could see them finish the day in the top six depending on other results.

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It's a brilliant day for all fans getting to see their team play live today but it's extra special for the 2,000 supporters who will be at the Brentford match.

This will be their first visit to their team's brand new Community Stadium.

Their team is in fine form too, with three straight wins having propelled them up into the top six.

Opponents Blackburn have also won their past three games and are the division's joint top scorers with 29 goals.

Hopefully a cracker for this stadium's first game with fans in attendance.

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Watford missed the chance to go top on Wednesday when they could only draw 0-0 at lowly Nottingham Forest.

Despite that minor setback, Vladimir Ivic's men are in good form and have won six and drawn one of their seven home games so far this season.

They face a Cardiff side who are just about the epitome of midtable so far.

The Bluebirds have won five, drawn five and lost five and are 12th.

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Norwich fell to a surprise 3-1 midweek defeat at Luton with boss Daniel Farke concerned the referee's decisions may have been swayed by the 1,000 Hatters fans back in attendance.

He'll be glad that the shoe is on the other foot today then as the Canaries welcome back 2,000 of their own supporters to Carrow Road.

Victory today will send them back to the Championship summit after they were deposed yesterday following Bournemouth's thumping 4-0 win at Barnsley.

Sheffield Wednesday's are yet to record victory under new boss Tony Pulis but have drawn their past three games.

However, they need wins if they're to climb away from the bottom three before Christmas.

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If you're just joining us, firstly, hello, and secondly, how about a quick look of what's still to come in the second tier today after Reading's 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the day's early kick off?

Ten games, all starting at 15:00 GMT:

• Brentford v Blackburn Rovers*
• Bristol City v Birmingham City
• Coventry City v Rotherham United
• Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers
• Millwall v Derby County*
• Norwich City v Sheffield Wednesday*
• Preston North End v Wycombe Wanderers
• Stoke City v Middlesbrough
• Swansea City v Luton Town
• Watford v Cardiff City*

*Denotes games where some fans will be in attendance

Final Score

Time to either push the red button on your television remote or click or tap the video console at the top of this page.

Eilidh Barbour is keeping the seat warm on Final Score this afternoon for Jason Mohammad alongside Micah Richards and Dion Dublin in the studio.

They're ready to go to keep you updated with all the goals as they go in.

Thanks for that Adam.

Now that the action at Madejski Stadium is over we'll turn our attentions to the 15:00 GMT games throughout the EFL.

There's a chance later for Norwich to go above both Bournemouth and Reading.

Both Bristol City and Watford could also pick up wins to join the Royals and Cherries on 30 points.

Forest remain 21st, but their three-point cushion above the bottom three could be reduced later.

Reading manager Veljko Paunovic enjoys a first chance to celebrate a victory with the club's supporters.

He and the Reading players head over to applaud 2,000 who were allowed in to see the win.

All over at the Madejski Stadium.

Reading go level on points with current leaders Bournemouth with their second win in three.

That also stretches their unbeaten run to four matches.

Forest now without a win and a goal in their past five matches.

A tough afternoon for them once Ryan Yates' goal line handball meant a red card after just 16 minutes.

Another booking sees Cafu get a ticking off for having a bit of handbags with Alfa Semedo.

Not been a fun afternoon for him.

Four minutes being added on at the end of this one.

Substitutes Sone Aluko and Sam Baldock almost combine nicely for a Reading third.

Aluko's low ball in from the left met by Baldock but he can't direct it the right side of the post.

Approaching the final throes of this one.

Forest's barren spell in front of goal looks like stretching to five successive matches.

And Reading use up their full allocation of five substitutes as Lewis Gibson and Sam Baldock come on to replace Omar Richards and goal-scorer Lucas Joao.

Chants and applause for Joao from those home fans inside the stadium.