SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Wigan 1-0 West Brom
West Brom have been forced into an early change with Darnell Furlong replacing Semi Ajayi with just 20 minutes on the clock.
Summary
Sheff Utd thump Reading to go top of the Championship
Norwich score stoppage-time winner at Birmingham to go second
Watford also score injury-time winner against Middlesbrough
Kompany gets first home win as Burnley beat Millwall
QPR score three first-half goals in victory over Hull
Luton beat Cardiff; West Brom held at Wigan
Opening night of EFL Trophy with 12 Premier League U21 teams involved
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Postpublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Sheff Utd 1-0 Reading
The home side have got their tails up now.
Goalscorer Oli McBurnie heads across goal and Iliman Ndiaye sees a close range shot blocked.
If this stays as it is then the Blades will end the day top of the table.
Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Cardiff 0-0 Luton
Luton with the early possession in the Principality but now Cardiff coming into the game.
Sheyi Ojo has lifted the first chance of the game over after being teed up by Andy Rinomhota's header.
And Max Watters has drawn a low save from Luton goalkeeper Ethan Horvath.
GOAL: QPR 2-0 Hullpublished at 20:02 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Ethan Laird (15 mins)
QPR's good start just got better!
Hull City conceded five in their last away game as they lost 5-2 at West Brom and right now it looks like this one could be going the same way.
Manchester United loanee Ethan Laird bags the first goal of his senior career with a striker's finish six yards out.
Fair to describe Hull's defending so far as... loose.
get involved Get Involved - #bbceflpublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
No messing this evening.
If you're a fan of an EFL club, regardless of if they're in action tonight or not, who do you (realistically) want them to bring in before the window closes?
We'd love to hear from you. Use #bbcefl on Twitter to get in touch.
GOAL: Sheff Utd 1-0 Readingpublished at 19:58 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Oli McBurnie (11 mins)
Image source, Rex FeaturesHe can't stop scoring!
Oli McBurnie, who ended his 43-league game drought against Luton on Friday, makes it two in two with a header from Max Lowe's super cross.
What is it they say about buses?
GOAL: QPR 1-0 Hullpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Ilias Chair (10 mins)
llias Chair has the home fans out of their seats!
The Morocco international has been in great form this campaign and bags his third of the season with an absolute beauty.
He picks up the ball on the halfway line, runs forward and curls in an unstoppable shot from 25 yards out.
Lovely.
Postpublished at 19:55 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Burnley 0-0 Millwall
First warning shot of the night from the home side.
Iceland international Johan Berg Gudmunsson drifts in and smashes an effort wide of the goal with his left foot.
GOAL: Wigan 1-0 West Brompublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Josh Magennis (6 mins)
The home side have come out swinging this evening after being humbled by local rivals Burnley at the weekend.
Josh Magennis chases a long ball over the top and outmuscles Semi Ajayi before firing home.
Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
QPR 0-0 Hull
QPR create the first opening of the night.
Ilias Chair and Lyndon Dykes link up before the former sends an effort wide of the post.
Papa John's Trophy beginspublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
There are also 28 (twenty-eight) fixtures on the opening night of the EFL Trophy.
The competition involves all 48 teams from Leagues One and Two and 16 Premier League academy sides.
A hatful have already kicked off and we'll keep you across the best of the action here.
Struggling League One side Burton were 4-0 up after just 12 minutes against Leicester City Under-21s but the young Foxes (the cubs?) pulled it back to 4-2 before the break.
Image source, Getty ImagesKICK-OFFpublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
We are under way in our six 19:45 BST Championship games.
Here we go.
Elsewhere in the Championship...published at 19:44 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Image source, Rex FeaturesStruggling Birmingham City, winless in four, host improving Norwich City. Former Aston Villa boss (and self-confessed Villa fan) Dean Smith is unlikely to get a warm welcome from the home faithful.
Burnley will look to build on Saturday's 5-1 shellacking of Wigan when they host a Millwall side who have lost their past two.
Cardiff have been the model of inconsistency so far with two wins, two draws and two defeats from their six games. Luton have won just one of their six matches but looked sharp in their 1-1 draw with Sheffield United on Friday.
Wigan will look to bounce back from the aforementioned 5-1 reverse by Lancashire rivals Burnley. West Brom fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Huddersfield on Saturday but former Latics boss Steve Bruce knows his side need to start putting some more wins on the board.
Watford are marking 100 years of playing at Vicarage Road. Visitors Middlesbrough finally got their first win of the season against Swansea on Saturday and they'll be out to play party-poopers. That one starts at 20:00 BST.
Roaring Tigers look to raid Rangerspublished at 19:41 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
QPR v Hull (19:45 BST)
Third-placed Hull City have made a great start to the season thanks, in part, to seven goals from poacher Oscar Estupinan.
The Colombia international scored a hat-trick (from a combined distance of about 10 yards) in Saturday's 3-2 win over Coventry.
QPR claimed a 3-2 win of their own at the weekend as they battled past Watford thanks to Albert Adomah's late winner.
Michael Beale's men have a record of won two, drawn two and lost two so far this season.
Top two face off in Sheffieldpublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Sheff Utd v Reading (19:45 BST)
Image source, Rex FeaturesIf someone had told you that Sheffield United would be second in the Championship after six games before the season started there's a reasonable chance you'd have not been too surprised.
If they then told you they were behind Reading... perhaps more so.
The Royals have won four of their six matches, including their past three in a row without conceding.
Paul Ince's men, beaten 4-0 when they visited South Yorkshire to play Rotherham a couple of weeks ago, will face a stern test of their credentials at Bramall Lane tonight.
Tonight's Championship fixturespublished at 19:33 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
All games kick off at 19:45 BST, unless stated
- Birmingham City v Norwich City
- Burnley v Millwall
- Cardiff City v Luton Town
- Queens Park Rangers v Hull City
- Sheffield United v Reading
- Wigan Athletic v West Bromwich Albion
- Watford v Middlesbrough (20:00 BST)
Magnificent sevenpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 30 August 2022
Image source, Rex FeaturesWe've got seven games for you in this midweek Championship special.
For the managers in charge of the 14 teams in action tonight this is the last game they have to watch their charges in action before the window shuts on Thursday.
Could any performances tonight force some last-minute changes of heart?
Let's get straight to it.