BIG news in the Norwich team. Dutchman Tim Krul drops to the bench and Angus Gunn steps in as goalkeeper.

The other change from the 3-2 defeat at home to Preston sees Kieran Dowell come in for youngster Aaron Ramsey.

Watford make three changes from the side which lost up at Blackpool last Saturday.

Craig Cathcart, Yaser Asprilla and Keinan Davis are in. Christian Kabasele, Edo Kayembe and Vakoun Bayo are out.

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In the last meeting between these sides in January, Norwich won 3-0 in a Premier League basement battle with USA international Josh Sargent scoring twice.

It proved to be the last game in charge for Claudio Ranieri as Watford boss. Since then, both Roy Hodgson and Rob Edwards have been and gone.

Now it is Slaven Bilic in the hottest seat in English football. He started with a 4-0 win at Stoke, but successive losses against Swansea and Blackpool were not what was expected. The ex-West Ham and West Brom manager won't want a third straight defeat.

As for Norwich, Dean Smith is nearing a year in charge and is putting the Canaries in a strong position to challenge for an immediate return to the top flight.

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Watford and Norwich. Norwich and Watford. They go up. They come down.

In recent seasons, their paths have been interlinked as the archetypal yo-yo clubs. In 2015 and 2021, they were promoted together. In 2020 and 2022, they were relegated together.

Now in the new season, the Canaries are up and running in the promotion chase. Things have been much harder for the Hornets, who begin this match in a lowly 17th place.

So hopefully you have grabbed a bit of tea/dinner, whatever you want to call it, and are ready to go again after a frantic afternoon of Championship football.

QPR could have gone top with a win at Luton. They lost 3-1.

Sheffield United then had the chance to go three points clear at home to Blackpool. Instead they needed a 98th minute equaliser to rescue a 3-3 draw in which there were four players sent off and a missed Blades penalty.

So with those slips up, Burnley went top on goal difference over the Blades thanks to a thumping 4-0 win over Swansea.

Now we are back to see if Norwich can end a crazy day on top of the Championship. To do so, they will need to win at Vicarage Road.

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Ok, that's as far as we go in here for now after an action-packed afternoon in the EFL.

We'll be back for an exciting looking match between Watford and Norwich at 19:30 BST.

I'm off for a lie down.

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• Leaders Stevenage are held at Gillingham as Elkan Baggott cancels out Danny Rose's opener.
• The game between second and third ends 0-0 as Leyton Orient are held by 10-man Northampton.
• Jack Stretton scores twice as Carlisle go nine games unbeaten with a 3-0 win over Doncaster.
• Andy Cook's 13th goal of the season is enough for Bradford to win at Salford.
• There are home wins for Rochdale over Barrow and Swindon against Colchester respectively.
• Grimsby win 3-1 at 10-man Stockport, while Sutton have an away-day derby win at AFC Wimbledon.
• Crawley climb off the bottom with a 2-1 success over Newport.

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• Leaders Plymouth record a fifth win on the spin as they ease to a 4-1 victory at MK Dons.
• The gap is now four points as Ipswich, in second, suffer a shock 1-0 home loss to Lincoln.
• Lee Gregory scores twice as Sheffield Wednesday, in third, move one point behind the Tractor Boys with a 2-0 success at Cambridge.
• Will Osula scores twice for Derby in a 3-0 success at Accrington for whom Sean McConville misses two penalties in as many minutes.
• Oxford win 4-2 at Exeter, Bristol Rovers enjoy a 4-1 success away at Cheltenham and Shrewsbury grab a slender victory at Fleetwood.
• Port Vale come from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to Forest Green Rovers and Wycombe come from behind to beat Peterborough 3-1.
• The bottom two share the points as Burton and Morecambe finishes 1-1.
• Bolton and Barnsley ends goalless.

• Oliver Norwood scored a 98th minute equaliser to make it 3-3 against nine-man Blackpool. The Blades had led 2-0 then found themselves 3-2 down before the late drama.
• Vincent Kompany's Burnley made it twelve games unbeaten after hitting four without reply against 10-man Swansea.
• West Brom picked-up their first win in 10 games in their first match after the departure of Steve Bruce, beating Reading 2-0.
• Blackburn held off Middlesbrough's comeback to triumph 2-1.
• Sunderland came from behind to beat Wigan 2-1.
• Coventry remain bottom of the league but picked up their second win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Cardiff thanks to Viktor Gyokeres.
• Zian Flemming grabbed his fifth goal in as many games to give Millwall a win over Bristol City despite the Lions missing a late penalty.
• Stoke scored two second-half goals to defeat Preston.

Right. Ok.

Where are we?

Let's have a look at the headlines from an absolutely bonkers afternoon in the EFL.

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What.

A.

Game.

How long have you got?

The home side raced into an early 2-0 lead but the away side came roaring back to lead 3-2 just after the break.

Thereafter the Seasiders had two men sent off, Rhian Brewster hit a penalty against the post for the home side and then in the last of eight minutes of time added on Oli Norwood levelled!

And the drama didn't end there!

Sunderland come from a goal down to take all three points thanks to a header from Dennis Cirkin.

That late missed penalty has no impact after all as the referee blows the final whistle shortly afterwards to see Millwall pick-up the three points.

A big win for the Sky Blues who win thanks to Viktor Gyokeres goal.

Saved!

It stays 2-1 as Max O'Leary in the Robins goal saves Benik Afobe's spot-kick.

Blackburn take the points and stretch their run of alternating between wins and losses to 10 successive games.

They took an early two-goal lead in this before Duncan Watmore pulled one back for the home side just before the break.

Boro threw the lot at it after the break but they couldn't find a leveller and they drop into the relegation zone.

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West Brom win for the first time in ten games!

No shots on target for Preston, who are comfortably beaten by a resurgent Stoke City.

Second-half goals from Will Smallbone and Tyrese Campbell did the trick for Alex Neil's visitors.

Decent day's work for the Clarets.

Two for Jay Rodriguez and one apiece for Vitinho and Anass Zaroury give the Vincent Kompany's men a comprehensive win.

Swasea, who had won their previous four, ended the game with 10 men after Joel Piroe was sent off for a stamp.