Summary

  • Boro fail to join Coventry at the top after being frustrated by Leicester to a 1-1 draw at the Riverside

  • George Hirst seals Ipswich's 2-0 victory at Watford as they close the gap on Boro to six points

  • Lewis Koumas claims Hull's fourth goal of the night as they beat Derby 4-2

  • Sam Smith and Max Cleworth secure a hard-fought 2-1 win for Wrexham against Portsmouth

  • Kuryu Matsuki's double, James Bree, Leo Scienza and Finn Azaz ensure Southampton thrash QPR 5-0 at St Mary's

  • Scott Twine and Emil Riis earn Bristol City a 2-1 victory at Blackburn

  • Liam Cullen scores injury-time equaliser for Swansea against Preston

  • Lyndon Dykes earns Charlton a point at West Brom in crucial fixture towards the foot of the league

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Ben Ashton, Glenn Speller, Steve Mather and Ellie Back

  1. KICK-OFF

    #bbcefl

    Plenty of goals in the first half of our seven 19:45 GMT Championship games.

    Same level of entertainment in this second period? Let's hope so.

    Getting back under way.

  2. Southampton 1-0 QPR

    Three minutes added on at St Mary's.

    Kuryu Matsuki sends a shot wide and here come Saints again.

    They want a second before the half-time oranges are cut.

  3. Southampton 1-0 QPR

    End to end stuff as we approach the halfway mark!

    Saints are pushing for a second with Joe Walsh forced into a another smart stop before the visitors go on the counter attack.

    But it comes to nothing with only Richard Kone up the pitch and the ball is intercepted.

  4. Get Involved

    HT: Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester

    Great half from Leicester! Getting forward more, and every pass is half a second quicker and finding players in better positions. This is what we need! A shame to concede just before the break, but makes a nice change from conceding in the first four minutes in every match.

    Steve, Cambridge

  5. 'Manning the standout for Saints'

    Southampton 1-0 QPR

    Adam Blackmore
    BBC Radio Solent sports editor

    Ryan Manning's had a good first half.

    He provided a great opportunity from the free-kick, made a good pass to Finn Azaz for the goal and has made some good clean tackles.

  6. Get Involved

    HT: Swansea 0-1 Preston

    Some Gin 'n' Juice needed for Swansea at half-time. Perk them up a bit instead of oranges.

    Bryn, Merthyr

  7. HITS THE WOODWORK

    Southampton 1-0 QPR

    Oooh Saints are a hair's breadth away from doubling their lead!

    Taylor Harwood-Bellis meets Ryan Manning's free-kick and beats the goalkeeper but sees his header spring back off the post and evade the waiting Jack Stephens too.

    QPR escape.

  8. HALF-TIME

    Watford 0-1 Ipswich

    Sindre Walle Egeli scoring for Ipswich at WatfordShutterstock

    Sindre Walle Egeli's decent finish after Marcelino Nunez's free kick had hit the Watford wall separates the sides at Vicarage Road.

    Egil Selvik also had to save from Egeli while Nampalys Mendy has had a shot blocked and Luca Kjerrumgaard has headed over for the home side.

    Ipswich up to third as things stand.

  9. HALF-TIME

    West Brom 1-0 Charlton

    It had been quiet at The Hawthorns with the number of empty seats setting the bleak scene for the home side but they've been given a lift on the stroke of half time.

    George Campbell's header has given Baggies boss Eric Ramsay some breathing space.

    Charlton have created little with just a Sonny Carey shot straight at Max O'Leary.

    Just as West Brom equalised, Leicester were also pegged back at Middlesbrough so Albion are back out of the bottom three as things stand.

  10. Southampton 1-0 QPR

    Finn Azaz's eyes light up as the ball breaks to him in the QPR box but his shot is repelled by Joe Walsh.

    The flag then goes up so it wouldn't have counted, but Walsh didn't know that.

  11. 'Players trudging off the pitch'

    Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester

    Matt Heath
    Former Foxes defender

    You saw the players trudging off the pitch at half-time, they looked so down.

    Gary Rowett will highlight the positives because we were great for 45 minutes.

    But there was some slight naivety going into injury time there which led to conceding the goal.

  12. HALF-TIME

    Swansea 0-1 Preston

    Daniel Jebbison celebrates at SwanseaShutterstock

    Daniel Jebbison's close range finish from a Callum Lang assist has the visitors ahead at the break.

    Lang has almost opened his account with a header wide of the target while Ben Cabango has headed wide for Swansea.

  13. HALF-TIME

    Blackburn 1-2 Bristol City

    Bristol City have come from behind to lead at Ewood Park and deservedly so.

    From the moment Yuki Ohashi rifled into the roof of the net for Blackburn, the Robins have dominated.

    Emil Riis with a fine volley into the far corner before Scott Twine finished off a brilliant team move to sweep in a half-volley of his own.

  14. HALF-TIME

    Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester

    Middlesbrough find a leveller just before the break and it's all square at the Riverside.

    Caleb Okoli scored his first goal for relegation-battling Leicester to give the Foxes the lead but Riley McGree has restored parity for automatic promotion-chasing Boro.

    All to play for.

  15. Blackburn 1-2 Bristol City

    A great chance at the end of the half for Ryoya Morishita but he can't divert his close range header on target.

  16. 'Well-worked goal'

    Middlesbrough 1-1 Leicester

    Neil Maddison
    Former Middlesbrough midfielder on BBC Tees

    It's a good ball from Hayden Hackney out to Tommy Conway, who puts it in the middle for McGree who bursts into the box and is able to hit it home.

    He's in the right place at the right time.

  17. goal

    GOAL West Brom 1-0 Charlton

    George Campbell (45 + 3 mins)

    A first league goal for West Brom in 405 minutes!

    A corner to the far post has George Campbell meeting it firmly with a downward header at the far post.

    Relief all around The Hawthorns.

  18. HALF-TIME

    Wrexham 2-0 Portsmouth

    Wrexham's Max Cleworth celebrates with Josh WindassPA Media

    Wrexham are sitting pretty at the break.

    They've not been stunning but they've more than done enough to lead a fairly toothless Pompey.

    Two headers, one from Sam Smith and the other from Max Cleworth are the difference.

    This is Portsmouth's third away trip in a week - they won the first two - but maybe the travelling is catching up with them tonight.

  19. HALF-TIME

    Hull 2-2 Derby

    Derby players celebrate with Sam SzmodicsShutterstock

    What a half of football we've had at the MKM Stadium.

    A bit of "anything you can do" about this one. Hull led twice and have been pegged back twice by Derby.

    Goals galore between two play-off contenders. More of the same in the second 45 please.

  20. Wrexham 2-0 Portsmouth

    A couple of corners here for Pompey as half-time approaches.

    Corners being such a regular source of goals this season, Wrexham have to be on their guard.

    It's cleared to the edge of the box where Zak Swanson pings a fine hit but just sends it over the bar.