Coventry playmaker Gustavo Hamer hits a belter of a free-kick which gets Angus Gunn travelling to stop.

The corner is dealt with.

Stoke win a set-piece at the other end and it takes some brave defending from the visitors - with the end result an injury and stoppage, to Liam Kelly.

Midway through the first half, and Daniel Bentley's save from Wycombe striker Admiral Muskwe is the only effort on target of the game.

Middlesbrough's Jonny Howson smacks the bar again, and this time it's a header.

Neeskens Kebano has the Rotherham defence on toast as he shimmies and shuffles a yard before curling in and outswinger which Howson guides powerfully again at the frame of the goal.

Close to a third.

Half an hour to go and Bournemouth are holding off the Millwall revival.

The Lions scored with their first (and so far only) effort on target this evening.

And the chance came from a defensive error by the Cherries.

The Middlesbrough lead has roused Rotherham from their slumber but there's still a threat on the break.

They've at least asked some questions of Middlesbrough in the past five minutes, and had the ball broken more kindly there might have been a chance in the box for Michael Ihiekwe, but it was swept away.

Boro keep hitting on the counter though, and Michael Smith has to clear for a corner.

James Chester has gone off injured for the home side and Conner Taylor is on for a debut.

Coventry starting to impose themselves on the game, but Angus Gunn has been cool and calm at the back.

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Admiral Muskwe forces visiting keeper Daniel Bentley into a save as the Zimbabwe forward pokes goalwards from inside the area.

Muskwe, who's on loan from Leicester, has two goals in his past three outings.

Coventry have come closest to a goal with a raid and Stoke goalkeeper Angus Gunn made a number of blocks and saves, some more orthodox than others, to deny the Sky Blues.

Earlier Sam McCallum put in a great ball from the left but the connection wasn't clean and the ball bounced away to safety.

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Yannick Bolasie drifts in off the left and lets rip with a shot but it's always rising over the top. Middlesbrough pushing for a second.

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Middlesbrough have a man advantage after the first-half dismissal of Matt Crooks for Rotherham, and continue to put the home side under the pump.

Blanket possession so far, but for some good work from Freddie Ladapo holding the ball up.

Josh Tymon does well down the Stoke left, but his cross just evades the lurking Jacob Brown in the Coventry box.

They've had a corner too, which came to zilch.

The first real chance at Adams Park falls to the visitors.

The ball breaks for Han-Noah Massengo in the Wycombe box and the midfielder cuts the ball onto his left foot before dragging his shot narrowly wide of the post.

Rotherham make two changes at the break, with Matt Olosunde and Jamie Lindsay on for Dan Barlaser and Joe Mattock.

Wycombe are unchanged from their draw at Swansea on Saturday, when the Chairboys let a 2-0 lead slip late on.

Bristol City boss Nigel Pearson has brought in Stephen Sessegnon, Adam Nagy and Nahki Wells into the Robins side.

Back under way at The Den.

A Millwall comeback doesn't look like it's on the Cards. The hosts failed to test visiting keeper Asmir Begovic in the first half.

The Lions have brought Connor Mahoney on for Alex Pearce.

Nice open pitch at the Bet365 Stadium and an open start to match, albeit without any real goalmouth action.

Both teams happy to move the ball between the lines. A promising start.

Two more games are getting started in the Championship.

It's a crucial evening for bottom club Wycombe Wanderers, who realistically need to beat Bristol City to keep their hopes of staying up alive.

Stoke City host Coventry City, and the visitors could do with a few more points to secure their place in the second tier for next season.

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One of the placards at the protest against the European Super League heart-warmingly pleaded that fans still wanted "their cold nights in Stoke". It's a sentiment we all enjoyed, I think.

Coventry, tonight, will get a mildish night in the Potteries as they seek the couple of points needed to ensure a midtable finish on their return to the Championship this season.

Stoke are already well-assured of their Championship status, although with Covid restrictions in place, journalists might have to come up with another cliche for uninterested players from being "already on the beach", unless it's Cromer or Weston-Super-Mare rather than Puerto Banus.

In essence, this game has all the feel of an end-of-season dead rubber, albeit with mild, mild peril for Coventry. That said, it could end up being the game of the night, an exhibition in all that is good about the English football pyramid, and I hope so.