QPR are pushing their two full-backs a long way forward.

Tariq Lamptey on the left and Amadou Mbengue on the right are asked to do a lot up and down the pitch.

Yousef Salech bursts into the home 18-yard area but is forced wide before he can unleash a shot - he is not the man you want to be giving space to with four goals to his name already this season.

First attempt of the game goes to the hosts as Nolan Galves advances down the right for Albion and crosses into the middle only for Felix Horn-Myhre to head off target.

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Four of this evening's five matches in the third tier have also started.

Reading v Mansfield is a 20:00 BST kick-off.

We'll keep you up to date with all the action over the next couple of hours.

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This is a meeting of two clubs who had quiet deadline days - but for contrasting reasons.

While QPR got their business done early, Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy made it clear he wanted to strengthen his squad as Tuesday's deadline approached - but it did not happen.

Cardiff have made only four signings following their promotion from League One, with two of those - goalkeeper Nathan Trott and left-back Calum Scanlon - returning having been on loan last season.

The concern for some Cardiff fans is that Barry-Murphy's squad lacks depth, with Bluebirds likely to be tested in three-game weeks like this one.

Here we go then.

Who will be top of the tree come 10 o'clock tonight?

Three of our four Championship games are up and running with Burnley v Middlesbrough to follow in 15 minutes.

We'll bring you all the build-up and team news shortly.

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James Morrison has made one change to the Albion XI beaten 3-1 at Middlesbrough on Saturday.

Harry Whitwell drops to the bench with Kareem Tunde handed a start.

Nathan Jones has made three changes to the Addicks side which beat Preston 1-0.

New signing from Nottingham Forest Tyler Bindon makes his debut, as does 19-year-old academy graduate Alan Mwamba and Millenic Alli, who teed up the winner for former Baggie Karlan Grant on Saturday.

Ivan Mesík and Sonny Carey drop to the bench, where they are joined by deadline day signing Junior Nkeng but Nathaniel Chalobah misses out through injury.

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If Charlton are to continue their fairytale start and return to the top of the Championship tonight they will have to do it the hard way.

West Brom are turning The Hawthorns into a fortress once more, unbeaten in eight at home and thumping Burnley 3-1 in their last game there before dropping their first points in a defeat at Middlesbrough by the same score on Saturday.

Nathan Jones has never won at Albion in three previous visits, although the Addicks did enjoy a good run at the Baggies, winning three straight there before taking just two points from their past three visits.

Karlan Grant returns to his old stomping ground having scored the winner against Preston on Saturday, which made it three straight wins, after the 2-1 victories against Derby and at West Ham in their last away game.

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Wrexham are winless in four matches across all competitions so far this season.

They have also failed to keep a single clean sheet in that run.

But they have happy memories of The Den having earned their first win of the 2025-26 campaign here almost exactly a year ago.

Phil Parkinson will be thrilled to have deadline day signings Joe Worrall and Callum O'Hare on the bench.

Perhaps more importantly, last season's top scorer Josh Windass is available to start for the first time this season after making a full recovery from a calf injury.

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Alex Neil has made three enforced changes to the Lions XI after the 5-1 drubbing at Southampton on Saturday.

Elkan Baggott, Dan Kelly and Lyndon Dykes come in with Camiel Neghli dropping to the bench while Tairyk Arconte and Kyrell Lisbie miss out.

Phil Parkinson has made four changes to the Wrexham side which went down 2-1 at home to Birmingham.

In come Max Cleworth, Issa Kabore, Matty James and Josh Windass.

Zak Vyner, Danny Imray and Oli Rathbone drop to the bench, there’s no Nathan Broadhead, but deadline day arrivals Callum O’Hare and Joe Worrall are among the substitutes.

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"They don't lose often but when they do lose, they seem to get a bit of a pasting unfortunately."

Millwall fan and journalist Alex Grace is not far wrong.

A 5-1 humbling at Southampton on Saturday was a first loss of the Championship season for the Lions - and just a 20th defeat in 72 league games since Alex Neil took over as boss in December 2024.

"It does seem to be when the wheels come off, they can come off quite badly for whatever reason," Grace told BBC Radio London.

Of those 20 league losses Millwall have suffered under Neil, five of them (25 per cent) have been by three goals or more.

"There's always the next game and playing on Wednesday night [at home to Wrexham] is key because they want to get the response done and get it out of their system as quickly as possible," Grace added.

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Millwall come into this tasty-looking clash off the back of a 5-1 pasting at Southampton on Saturday, which came as a surprise after Alex Neil's men won their opening two games without conceding.

After drawing their opening two matches, Wrexham went down 2-1 at home to Birmingham last time out and are one of only three sides yet to pick up a win.

The Lions have won their past three at The Den without conceding, if they can bounce back and repeat the feat tonight it will be their best home run in more than 16 years. They will also have to do it without talisman Femi Azeez.

The Red Dragons won’t make it easy, however, since they were promoted back to the EFL in 2023 they are unbeaten in all seven league games in London, claiming 15 points, and winning all three in the Championship last year, including a 2-0 success at Millwall, and now they can call upon the service of Callum O'Hare.

Should be a cracker.

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QPR make five changes to the side which came from behind to win at Blackburn Rovers at the weekend.

Jake Clarke-Salter, Dennis Cirkin, Ilias Chair, Paul Smyth and Richard Kone are among the substitutes.

Into the side come Tariq Lamptey, Glen Kamara, who makes his first league start, Koki Saito, Harvey Vale and Alfie Lloyd.

Brian Barry-Murphy brings Calum Scanlon into his Cardiff City side with Krystian Bielik dropping to the bench in the only change to the team which drew with Sheffield United on Saturday.

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An unbeaten start and a shot at going top of the pile - what's not to like for QPR fans at the moment?

This is all in contrast to this time last season where they had taken only one point from their opening three games and had been battered 7-1 at Coventry City.

"I enjoyed the win, but I know we've got some work to do and some improvements to make, because I think these players are capable of making them," said boss Julien Stephan after Saturday's 2-1 win at Blackburn Rovers - standards are expected to be higher this year at Loftus Road.

Newly promoted Cardiff City are in west London tonight having also made an unbeaten start on their return to the Championship, albeit they have drawn all three games so far.

The Bluebirds have lost just two of their past 10 on the road, they will need to be at the top of their game if that record is to be extended.

The dust has settled on a busy summer transfer window with the usual deadline-day frenzy.

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Swansea soared to the summit last night with an eye-catching display to see-off Watford, but Charlton know a win at the Hawthorns tonight would put them back on top of the pile.

QPR are also in with an outside chance of going first tonight if Charlton falter and they find their own shooting boots as they welcome Cardiff to West London.

The Baggies could actually overhaul the Addicks with a two-goal win while Middlesbrough and Millwall are other sides, like Albion, seeking a third win in four to stay among the pace-setters.

Burnley and Wrexham find themselves below the dotted line and are the only remaining sides without a win, along with pointless basement-boys Preston.

• Lincoln 0-0 Blackburn
• Portsmouth 0-2 Derby
• Preston 1-3 Bristol City
• Sheff Utd 3-2 Bolton
• Swansea 2-0 Watford
• West Ham 4-2 Wolves
• Birmingham 1-1 Southampton
• Stoke 1-0 Norwich

We have three games at 19:45 BST tonight with Burnley and Middlesbrough joining the party at 20:00 BST.

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Blackpool watched on as Huddersfield Town replaced them at the top of League One last night with a 3-1 win over Oxford United.

A victory at Barnsley for the Tangerines this evening could take them back to the top, although goals scored might keep them off the summit.

Reading seek a first win at home to Mansfield Town who put five past Luton on Sunday with Hatters hoping to bounce back from that mauling when Stockport visit Kenilworth Road.

Wigan will hope to secure their first points of the season at home to MK Dons while Burton Albion go for a first home win against AFC Wimbledon.