The visitors come close to going ahead for a second time.

Benik Afobe's cross is flicked into the path of Scott Malone, who's closed down well at the back post and can't get a shot off.

Two early goals in the lower leagues right after half-time.

Jake Reeves has put Stevenage 1-0 up against Barrow.

And Charlie Seaman has put Doncaster ahead against Wimbledon.

Another chance for the home team, another chance for Leandro Bacuna and he really should score.

The Curacao international slices horribly wide when well-placed.

Geoff Doyle
BBC Three Counties Radio sport

Osho very impressive on league debut but massively helped by Naismith who is a rock.

Onyedinma impressing, Bell accomplished & Adebayo starting as he left off last season.

Scouts will be watching the striker this season & he is going to be worth A LOT of money.

Caught your breath?

Well either way we're getting back under way for the second half in most of our 15:00 BST games.

The Special One: We can't imagine the atmosphere in all of the stadiums at the moment! It must be a long lost feeling for so many footy fans.

Hugh WAFC: Wigan are back. We take the lead, concede a minute later.

Glen Williams: Barnsley look the more dangerous at the minute, I must say. Cardiff a little too tentative and ponderous on the edge of their own box and cannot sustain possession in attack.

• Harrogate still lead Rochdale 2-1 after a fast start while Forest Green are 1-0 up at home to new-boys Sutton United.
• Mansfield are 1-0 up at Bristol Rovers, as are Northampton against Port Vale.
• All our other fixtures in the fourth tier are level, including Carlisle against Colchester which only got under way at 15:15 BST.

• Rotherham and Wycombe have both had perfect starts so far with the sides leading 2-0 against Plymouth and Accrington respectively.
• Morecambe are 1-0 up at Ipswich, Burton are ahead away to Shrewsbury and Oxford are also leading on the road, 1-0 up against Cambridge.
• We're level in Bolton, Crewe, Fleetwood and Gillingham. And it's 1-1 between Sunderland and Wigan with half-time fast approaching after a delayed kick-off.

• Three goals in four minutes at the Bet365 Stadium see Stoke lead 2-1 against Reading
• Newly promoted Blackpool and Peterborough both 1-0 down at Bristol City and Luton respectively
• Wayne Rooney's threadbare Derby side drawing 1-1 with Huddersfield, whose head coach Carlos Corberan is isolating - along with four players - after positive Covid-19 tests
• Long-range strikes from Jed Wallace and Rob Dickie see QPR and Millwall all square
• Blackburn lead Swansea, Cardiff-Barnsley and Preston-Hull level

We've reached half-time in most of our games across the EFL.

Wow, fair to say we've missed that drama!

Lucy Oliva
Squad Goals

Image source, Rex Features

"The noise must be incredible for the players playing in front of fans for the first time in 18 months.

"It must be surreal!"

Mike Fabert: Mad passage of play! We concede (a very poor goal as well) and then we go straight down the other end and win a penalty and Geads does the rest! That might’ve been the shortest meltdown in #SAFC history!

Dave H: 1-0 up Minutes later concede. Tics are back!

Philip West: I’m absolutely loving this. Proper high-intensity, full-throttle game so far.

Plenty of views on that mad few minutes at the Stadium of Light!

The home team have their tails up now and it could be 2-0!

Tyrhys Dolan is played in on goal but this time visiting goalkeeper Steven Benda is off his line to deny him.

Ged Scott
BBC Sport at Bet 365 Stadium

Football's mad! You wait 17 months to see a goal . . . and then you get three in three minutes!!!

But, from the beauty of Nick Powell's clinically taken far-post opener for Stoke on 25 minutes, the other two weren't exactly collectors' items.

Stoke had countless opportunities to clear their lines before John Swift levelled from a tight angle a minute later.

Then Reading keeper Rafael Cabral simply dived (1970 FA Cup final Gary Sprake-style for any older readers) over the top of a low speculative shot from Jacob Brown.

Joe Thompson
Former Rochdale and Tranmere midfielder on Squad Goals

“I said about there being a bit of added spice with some former players playing for Wigan today.

“The fans can turn on you quickly if results aren’t going well but when you get a goal and those fans are behind you that momentum is very difficult to stop.”

Sunderland have equalised through an Aidan McGeady penalty two minutes after falling behind to Gwion Edwards' goal.