What do Cardiff have in response to going a goal down against Blackburn?

Well Aden Flint has just come close to leveling soon after Joe Rothwell's strike put the visitors in front.

He sees his header inside the box saved after he met Joe Ralls' delivery.

A brilliant save from Luton keeper James Shea.

Ryan Christie is looking lively this afternoon and after an excellent diagonal ball from Jaidon Anthony, he drills it low and Shea dives down to react.

A first decent chance at Kenilworth Road.

Lewis Cook snatches possession from Luton and feeds a useful pass to Ryan Christie, but the Scot can only blaze his shot over the bar.

Mark Harris does well to keep the ball in play as Cardiff go on the attack once more against Blackburn.

James Collins tries to head home but can't quite get onto the end of Harris' delivery.

Cardiff get the first chance on goal in this game and they pressure Blackburn from a corner.

Curtis Nelson gets his head onto it but his effort goes wide of the mark.

Bournemouth have a chance to go four points clear at the top of the Championship before second-placed Fulham host Bristol City at 15:00 GMT.

Emiliano Marcondes should be in good spirits following his hat-trick in the FA Cup at Yeovil last weekend.

He is occupying the number 10 role and looking to run in behind early on, no chances to speak of so far though.

Reda Khadra returns to the Blackburn starting line-up after last week's FA Cup defeat by Wigan and he wins a free-kick for the visitors early on against Cardiff.

The hosts will be hoping not to concede early against Blackburn, who have in-form striker Ben Brereton Diaz among their ranks today.

We are under way in both of today's early Championship games.

Meanwhile, Newport have also got their early League Two game going against Harrogate.

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Cody Drameh goes straight into Cardiff's starting line-up having joined the Bluebirds from Leeds United on loan this week.

Meanwhile, Blackburn lose Tyrhys Dolan to a hamstring strain while Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Scott Wharton and Reda Khadra return to the XI.

Cardiff: Smithies, Ng, McGuinness, Flint, Nelson, Drameh, Vaulks, Wintle, Ralls, Harris, Collins.

Subs: Phillips, Morrison, Bagan, Pack, Sang, Colwill, Davies.

Blackburn: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan, van Hecke, Wharton, Edun, Travis, Rothwell, Buckley, Khadra, Brereton-Diaz.

Subs: Pears, Ayala, Rankin-Costello, Johnson, Davenport, Butterworth, Gallagher.

Here's how the two teams line up for one of today's early fixturesin the Championship.

High-flying Bournemouth make eight changes from their FA Cup win against Yeovil last week, with Emiliano Marcondes starting having scored a hat-trick in that tie.

Luton: Shea, Bree, Naismith, Bradley, Adebayo, Burke, Mpanzu, Clark, Campbell, Bell, Jerome.

Subs: Potts, Berry, Sluga, Mendes Gomes, Lansbury, Onyedinma, Osho.

Bournemouth: Travers, Cook, Kelly, Lerma, Solanke, Christie, Marcondes, Stacey, Davis, Cahill, Anthony.

Subs: Nyland, Mepham, Hill, Kilkenny, Pearson, Rogers, Lowe.

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The pressure to keep winning remains for table-toppers Bournemouth, but Scott Parker's side have three victories in a row in all competitions, suggesting they could be on their way back to their best form.

It's a first league fixture in five weeks for Luton, who have since seen the return of club legend Mick Harford to the dugout after cancer treatment, while manager Nathan Jones has signed a new contact through until 2027.

But the Hatters have won just one of the last eight games between the two sides in all competitions and the Cherries look to be favourites to get another three points today.

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It's all eyes on the league for Tony Mowbray's Blackburn as the second half of the season picks up steam.

There were a number of changes to his side for last week's abject FA Cup defeat by League One side Wigan Athletic, with goalkeeper Aynsley Pears at fault as the Latics fought back to win.

He drops to the bench today, with Thomas Kaminski returning to the starting line-up, while victory against lowly Cardiff will boost their hopes of challenging Fulham for second spot in the Championship table, after the Cottagers thrashed Reading earlier this week.

And finally, here is today's League Two fixture list, with all games getting going at 15:00 GMT with the exception of the early kick-off at Rodney Parade:

• Newport County v Harrogate Town (12.30 GMT)
• Bradford City v Salford City
• Bristol Rovers v Hartlepool United
• Carlisle United v Crawley Town
• Colchester United v Barrow
• Exeter City v Scunthorpe United
• Mansfield Town v Walsall
• Northampton Town v Forest Green Rovers
• Port Vale v Swindon Town
• Stevenage v Sutton United
• Tranmere Rovers v Rochdale

Here is today's League One line-up, with all of the fixtures getting under way at 15:00 GMT:

• Accrington Stanley v Sunderland
• AFC Wimbledon v Morecambe
• Bolton Wanderers v Ipswich Town
• Cheltenham Town v Charlton Athletic
• Crewe Alexandra v Shrewsbury Town
• Doncaster Rovers v Wigan Athletic
• Fleetwood Town v Rotherham United
• Gillingham v Burton Albion
• Lincoln City v Cambridge United
• Portsmouth v Milton Keynes Dons
• Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle
• Wycombe Wanderers v Oxford United

All of today's Championship games are listed below, with all kicking off at 15:00 GMT unless stated:

• Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers (12:30)
• Luton Town v AFC Bournemouth (12:30)
• Derby County v Sheffield United
• Fulham v Bristol City
• Huddersfield Town v Swansea City
• Middlesbrough v Reading
• Millwall v Nottingham Forest
• Peterborough United v Coventry City
• Preston North End v Birmingham City
• QPR v West Brom

Not only do we have one early game in the Championship to look forward to, but we have two.

The weekend starts here, folks. First up, we've got Cardiff v Blackburn and Luton v Bournemouth in the Championship and Newport v Harrogate in League Two.

Then from 15:00 GMT, there's a feast of football to get stuck into across the EFL.

Kick-off in our early games is coming soon.