Darren Ferguson has used all three of his substitutes by the hour mark.

It's not been a good afternoon for Posh, they've created very little and been shaky at the back.

A second hat-trick of the day in the fourth tier as Dom Telford bags his third, with Newport now 5-0 up over Stevenage.

Paul Lewis also struck a treble in Northampton’s comprehensive 3-0 victory over Carlisle in the early kick off.

Leaders Forest Green have equalised through Jake Young to level matters at Bradford.

Port Vale have equalised against Crawley through Tom Conlon and Exeter lead Salford through Matt Jay’s ninth of the campaign.

Gareth Vincent
BBC Sport Wales at the bet365 Stadium

Cardiff fans, not surprisingly, are not happy.

They have just chanted 'Cardiff get battered, everywhere we go' - and suggested, using different slightly words, that Stoke cannot be very good because 'it's only 3-0'.

After eight successive defeats, these are tough times.

Plymouth have turned it around against Ipswich and now lead 2-1 as they seek to stretch their unbeaten run to 15 games.

Rotherham look set to leapfrog Sunderland after going 3-1 up against the Black Cats and Curtis Tilt has put Wigan 2-0 up at home to 10-man Burton.

Welsh international Sam Vokes has put Wycombe 3-1 up away at Fleetwood and John Marquis has edged Pompey in front against Bolton.

You'd have to think a second Coventry goal would put this one to bed.

Gustavo Hamer's long range free-kick goes just wide.

Derby have been chasing this game since falling behind in the eighth minute but they're not giving up.

Ravel Morrison sees his free-kick well-saved Rovers goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski.

Millwall goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski keeps out Matty Pearson's close range effort.

I'm not sure I've ever seen that before. Strange!

Lys Mousset hits the bar with a searing drive for Sheffield United.

Dan Grimshaw has also made good saves to deny Morgan Gibbs-White in this second half.

Hosts threatening.

Gareth Vincent
BBC Sport Wales at the bet365 Stadium

Steve Morison must have thought long and hard about his first half-time team-talk since becoming Cardiff's caretaker boss.

Whatever he said did not have the desired effect.

Less than minute after the restart, Will Vaulks was dispossessed in his own half and Jacob Brown fed Steven Fletcher to claim his second goal of the afternoon for Stoke.

It is a long way back for a Cardiff side who have lost a club-record eight games in a row.

Wayne: What a goal. Thunderbolt of a strike!

Karl: Don’t have a clue how he’s found the net from there! What a hit!!

Dave: That was a beauty, talk about putting your laces through it!!!!

Emil Riis has a couple this afternoon and his opener against Luton has impressed the Preston fans.

• Leaders Forest Green find themselves behind to Bradford thanks to Andy Cook’s early goal.
• Northampton are cruising to victory in the early kick-off with Carlisle thanks to Paul Lewis’ hat-trick. Not long to go now in that one.
• Newport lead Stevenage 3-0 at half-time and Crawley took the lead just before the break against Port Vale despite being down to 10 men.
• Swindon lead Oldham 1-0 and Leyton Orient are two goals to the good at home to Hartlepool.
• Mixed fortunes for the two bottom sides with Mansfield leading, but Scunthorpe two down to Colchester.

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• Rotherham lead Sunderland 2-1 at the New York Stadium thanks to Freddie Ladapo's goal just before half-time
• Johnnie Jackson's spell as interim Charlton boss is going well as his side lead Doncaster 2-0 at the break
• Leaders Wycombe are 2-1 up at Fleetwood, while second-placed Wigan lead Burton 1-0
• Kyle Vassell has given Cheltenham the lead against a Sheffield Wednesday side that just can't get going.
• Lincoln are 1-0 ahead at home to Shrewsbury after a first-half that had 11 minutes of added time.

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• Matt Godden's early goal gives fourth-placed Coventry a 1-0 lead at struggling Hull City.
• Bristol City, who are without a home win since 26 January, come from behind to lead at home to lowly Barnsley thanks to a quickfire double from Andi Weimann.
• Stoke 2-0 up at home to managerless Cardiff City and going fifth as it stands, while Luton are dropping from sixth to 12th as they trail 2-0 at Preston.
• Ben Brereton Diaz scores twice for Blackburn to give them a 2-0 lead at bottom side Derby and Swansea 3-0 up at home to Peterborough.

David Buchanan
Ex-Preston & Northampton full-back on Squad Goals

Olivier Ntcham strikes right on the stroke of half-time and it looks like it’s game over in that one.

Swansea look to be cruising, but this is the Championship so we know better than to say it's all over don't we?