Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa, Birmingham vs Leeds - Championship scores LIVE updates
TONY PULIS takes charge of Middlesbrough for the first time this afternoon against Aston Villa while rock-bottom Birmingham host Leeds United - Express Sport brings you live coverage of the Championship's 3pm kick-offs.
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Championship scores live - Express Sport brings you goal updates from the 3pm kick-offs
Championship Live Scores
Barnsley 0 Reading 0
Birmingham 0 Leeds 0
Brentford 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0
Burton 0 Norwich 0
Hull 0 Fulham 0
Ipswich 0 Derby 1 (Winnall)
Middlesbrough 0 Aston Villa 0
Nottingham Forest 0 Sunderland 0
Sheffield United 0 Bolton 0
FIRST GOAL OF THE DAY!
Derby County, who can go second if they win at Ipswich, are ahead thanks to Sam Winnall’s opener.
The Rams striker heads home Tom Lawrence’s inch-perfect corner on 13 minutes.
PEEP!
3pm: We are underway in all nine of the 3pm kick-offs.
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Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa prediction
14:30: Championship pundit David Prutton believes Tony Pulis will enjoy a winning start as Middlesbrough boss.
“Middlesbrough made it very clear that the only target for the season was an immediate return to the Premier League, and they were far too inconsistent under Garry Monk to launch a real challenge for the top two,” he told Sky Sports.
“That's why Tony Pulis is in.
“This is a heavyweight game in the Sky Bet Championship and the reverse fixture earlier in the season was an absolutely dreadful goalless draw.
“There should be more goals here, though, and I think it Boro will edge it.”
Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa line ups
Middlesbrough: Randolph, Shotton, Ayala, Friend, Leadbitter, Howson, Downing, Braithwaite, Assombalonga, Gestede
Subs: Dimi, Christie, Guedioura, Baker, Traore, Fletcher, Bamford
Aston Villa: Johnstone, Elmohamady, Elphick, Chester, Hutton, Snodgrass, Hourihane, Jedinak, Adomah, Onomah, Hogan
Subs: Steer, Bree, Bjarnason, Doyle-Hayes, Hepburn-Murphy, O’Hare, Grealish
Birmingham vs Leeds line ups
Birmingham: Stockdale, Colin, Roberts, Dean, Grounds, Gardner, Kieftenbeld, Davis, Maghoma, Boga, Gallagher
Subs: Truman, Morrison, Nsue, N’Doye, Gleeson, Jota, Jutkiewicz
Leeds: Wiedwald, Ayling, Cooper, Jansson, Berardi, Phillips, Shaughnessy, Alioski, Hernandez, Cibicki, Roofe
Subs: Lonergan, Anita, Pennington, Klich,Said, Lasogga, Grot
Welcome
13.30: Good afternoon and welcome to Express Sport's live coverage of the Championship's 3pm kick-offs.
The big game this afternoon is Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa, which sees Tony Pulis take charge of the home side for the first time since his appointment on Boxing Day.
There were two fixtures last night - Millwall beat QPR in the London derby at The Den while Cardiff crashed to their third-straight defeat with Preston the latest team to beat them.
