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Some team news from West Brom. The Baggies are fifth but sort of in a no-man’s land between automatic promotion and securing a playoff place.

How they stand in League One…

If you have a team in the EFL or follow it closely, you’ll have a good grasp of how things stand. Alternatively, you my be a bored Premier League fan who is vaguely curious and has little better to do on a rainy Bank Holiday Monday. Either way, take a butchers at this lot. Let’s start with the Championship.

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A full report from Leicester coming up but if you want hot-off-the-press quotes from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, the scorer of the Foxes’ 33rd-minute equaliser, you can read Barry’s blog.

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League Two fixtures

All today’s 3pm games. Mansfield v Accrington is off due to a waterlogged pitch while in the 1pm kick-off Grimsby currently lead Bradford 1-0.

3pm
Crewe v Forest Green
Harrogate v Gillingham
Morecambe v Barrow
Newport v Crawley
Notts County v MK Dons
Stockport v Wimbledon
Sutton v Swindon
Tranmere v Colchester
Walsall v Salford City

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Leicester beat Norwich to go top

Full-time at Leicester and the hosts return to the summit with a deserved 3-1 victory. The top three have all played 39 games now so it’s in Leicester’s hands even though Ipswich and Leeds can go above the Foxes later today.

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Game over at The King Power as sub Jamie Vardy blasts home his 14th of the season and eighth in nine games to put the game out of sight. 3-1 to Leicester.

Leicester v Norwich now in added time and the Foxes still lead 2-1. Victory will send them top again.

League One fixtures

Today’s games. The first eight involve home teams whose names begin with ‘B’ or ‘C’. Was the fixtures computer in light-hearted mood? Something for The Knowledge maybe?

3pm
Blackpool v Wycombe
Bolton v Reading
Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury
Burton Albion v Barnsley
Cambridge v Wigan
Carlisle v Lincoln
Charlton v Stevenage
Cheltenham v Exeter
Leyton Orient v Peterborough
Northampton v Port Vale
Oxford Utd v Fleetwood

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Championship fixtures

Nine 3pm kick-offs today. Here they are along with those two big games later in the day.

3pm
Birmingham v Preston North End
Coventry v Cardiff
Middlesbrough v Sheff Wed
Plymouth v Bristol City
Rotherham v Millwall
Stoke v Huddersfield
Sunderland v Blackburn
Swansea v QPR
West Brom v Watford

5.30pm
Ipswich v Southampton

8pm
Leeds v Hull

Leicester’s wobble down the stretch looked to be continuing when they went a goal down at home to Norwich but the Foxes have turned it around and lead 2-1 with just over 10 minutes to play. Follow the final stages in Barry Glendenning’s live blog here.

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Preamble

Welcome to Part II of Easter’s EFL double header. Once again, the Championship’s top trio have been given staggered kick-off times. Leicester are in action as we speak, Ipswich host Southampton at 5.30pm while Leeds take on Hull at Elland Road in an 8pm kick-off. We’ll have live minute-by-minute coverage of that Yorkshire derby. At the bottom, it’s even more chaotic with just five points separating Millwall in 16th to Sheffield Wednesday in 23rd. Rotherham, 19 points adrift at the bottom, will be relegated today if they fail to win.

We’ll also dip into the action in Leagues One and Two where Portsmouth and Stockport lead their respective divisions. Mansfield, just a point off the pace, won’t be taking over top spot in League Two. That’s not a prediction; it’s a fact based on their home game against Accrington being called off due to a waterlogged pitch.





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