Close again for Sheffield United!

Off the crossbar in fact as Morgan Gibbs-White strikes a brilliant direct free-kick from range that nearly has the beating of Luke Southwood in Reading's goal.

West Brom wing-back Conor Townsend is played in on goal but home goalkeeper Daniel Grimshaw keeps his effort out.

Lyle Taylor has returned to make a start for Forest this evening but he's found himself in the book early on for a late challenge on Luton's Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu.

Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres tries his luck from range but Blues goalkeeper Matija Sarkic makes a comfortable stop.

Moments later Sarkic is called into action again as he stops Callum O'Hare's shot after some neat build-up play from the home side.

Calvin Andrew
Ex-Rochdale, Mansfield and Port Vale forward on Squad Goals

I said on the first Tuesday that Fulham would go up and I'm sticking with that. I think they will run away with the Championship. They've got the likes of Aleksandar Mitrovic, who is banging in the goals. He's potent, too good for this level.

Still goalless at the Riverside.

Preston appeal ambitiously for a penalty as their leading scorer Emil Riis goes to ground in the box, but nothing given.

Ged Scott
BBC Sport at the CBS Arena

It's a belting atmosphere here for Birmingham City's first Championship trip to Coventry in almost 10 years.

After two seasons as Blues' tenants at St Andrew's, Coventry have a home of their own again. Well sort of! It belongs to Wasps really. But the Sky Blues have really made their most of being 'back home' again.

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Seven wins and a draw from their first nine home games is better than every other team in the division bar Fulham (whose goal difference is slightly better).

And there is a matching mood of expectancy among the noisy home fans. But this is a derby. Form often goes out of the window. And Lee Bowyer's fired-up Blues, although dressed in a garish orange and olive green change strip for a game which did not require a strip, look in a mood for mischief.

Sheffield United and David McGoldrick almost find their way to an opening goal once again.

John Fleck's long diagonal cross from a short corner comes all the way over to the striker who has a shot on target parried behind by Luke Southwood.

Reading clear the following corner.

A bad start for second-placed Exeter City, where a Sylvester Jasper goal has put Colchester 1-0 up at home to the Devon club.

Louis John has Sutton 1-0 ahead over Mansfield, while Sam Nicholson has scored for Bristol Rovers in their game at Salford City.

A late winner on Saturday may have brought a bit of solace for troubled Oldham Athletic, but they trail 1-0 at Northampton due to a Jon Guthrie goal.

Forest doing all the early running in this one.

Scott McKenna goes close to heading them infront from a corner only for it to graze the top of the crossbar.

Shayne Lavery gets a decent sight of goal for the hosts but he lifts his effort is too close to Albion goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.

Off and running in our later kick-off at The Select Car Leasing Stadium as they now call it.

Sheffield United force an early corner through Rhian Brewster and almost find a way through David McGoldrick to slot it home at the back post.

Boro spark into life for the first real time this evening.

Duncan Watmore looks to be in on goal after Isaiah Jones finds him in the area, but he can't quite get the shot away and it's smothered at this feet by Preston goalkeeper Dan Iversen.

No early signs of problems for Oxford after their game at Wigan on Saturday was postponed due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the squad. Luke McNally and Cameron Brannagan have put them two up at home to struggling Fleetwood.

The fastest goal of the night was scored by Diallang Jaiyesimi of Charlton, who has put the Addicks 1-0 ahead at Morecambe.

While struggling Crewe lead 1-0 at AFC Wimbledon with a Chris Long goal.

Calvin Andrew
Ex-Rochdale, Mansfield and Port Vale forward on Squad Goals

I've been in two administrations at Luton and Crystal Palace and both times we've had the table up in the dressing room of where we would have been without the points deductions.

I wonder if Derby and Reading are doing the same?

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Forest have brought in midfielder Braian Ojeda for a start this evening and he's taken an early sighter on goal.

But his first effort goes comfortably over the visitors' crossbar.

West Brom have dropped off it with just one point from their past two games.

The Baggies remain third in the table but defeat tonight would leave them nine points behind leaders Fulham, having played a game more.

Albion forward Grady Diangana fires a shot wide of the target.

Philip Zinckernagel netted an early goal for Forest at Reading on Saturday and he has an early sight of goal at the City Ground this evening.

His shot gets deflected behind for a corner which the Hatters get clear to avoid any further danger.

The hosts, who could go third with a win, have the first chance of the game as midfielder Liam Kelly fires wide from outside the area.

A bright start from the visitors at the Riverside.

Preston get forward with Tom Barkhuizen who has a great chance to open the scoring as he looks to meet a ball across from skipper Alan Browne at the far post, but he's just inches away from making contact to slot home.