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Summary

  • Swansea win at Rotherham to close gap on leaders Norwich to four points

  • Canaries held by Middlesbrough in early game after Buendia red card

  • Brentford up to third after thrashing Wycombe 7-2 in thriller

  • Also wins for Blackburn, Derby & Sheff Wed

  • 19 matches across League One & League Two

  • Games at Charlton, Northampton & Walsall off because of waterlogged pitches

  1. Until next timepublished at 17:15 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    #bbcefl

    That's it for our coverage of the EFL, with Brentford putting in the stand-out performance of the day with a 7-2 win over Wycombe.

    The Bees were beaten in the Championship play-off final last season and could go one better.

    There is one match left in the second tier from this round of fixtures, with Watford hosting Queens Park Rangers on Monday.

    It's also transfer deadline day. We'll bring you every deal before the window closes at 23:00 GMT in two days' time.

  2. Rams the big winners at the bottompublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    How it stands

    Derby County are out of the bottom six for the first time all season after beating Bristol City.

    Rotherham's midweek optimism after victory over Boro was smashed by Swansea, while Nottingham Forest's draw with Barnsley is not enough to stop them dropping a place.

    Wycombe are now 11 points adrift after their heavy defeat.

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  3. Chasing pack cut Canaries leadpublished at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    How it stands

    Top of ChampionshipImage source, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport

    Norwich maintain a lead at the top of the Championship but wins for Swansea and Brentford take a big bite out of it.

    The Swans host the Canaries on Friday, in what could prove to be a crucial game in the race for automatic promotion.

    Neither Bristol City or Middlesbrough are truly able to take advantage of Bournemouth's defeat by Reading last night, so they stay in the top six for now.

  4. League Two full-time headlinespublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    CambridgeImage source, Rex Features
    • League Two leaders Cambridge United beat Crawley Town 3-1, after Carlisle United edged Exeter City in the early kick-off to go second.
    • Forest Green Rovers and Cheltenham Town end the day third and fourth after their Gloucestershire derby ends goalless, while Tranmere Rovers beat Morecambe to move up to fifth.
    • Bottom side Southend United are thrashed 5-1 at Port Vale, while a 95th-minute winner for Stevenage sees them beat Grimsby Town, who themselves had equalised in stoppage time.
  5. League One full-time headlinespublished at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Hull City celebrateImage source, Getty Images
    • Lincoln miss TWO penalties in their 1-0 home defeat by fellow promotion hopefuls Doncaster Rovers - Taylor Richards' goal is enough. Jorge Grant and Anthony Scully pass up the spot-kicks.
    • It means Hull go to the top on goal difference after they beat Swindon 1-0 thanks to Greg Docherty's early strike.
    • Shrewsbury continue their good form with 2-0 victory over Peterborough - even with boss Steve Cotterill away battling Covid-19.
    • MK Dons beat AFC Wimbledon 2-0 in a game charged with emotion at Plough Lane
    • Rochdale win for the first time in eight games, beating Bristol Rovers 2-1 thanks to Alex Newby's double.
  6. Championship full-time headlinespublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    BrentfordImage source, Rex Features
    • Swansea are four points behind leaders Norwich City, who drew with Middlesbrough in the early kick-off, after the Swans won 3-1 at Rotherham.
    • Brentford thrash bottom club Wycombe 7-2 to go 18 unbeaten and climb to third.
    • Cardiff take a point from a second consecutive game under new boss Mick McCarthy as Championship draw specialists Millwall record a 13th stalemate.
    • Derby move up to 18th and five points clear of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over Bristol City.
    • Sheffield Wednesday beat Preston for a third win in four, and the Owls are four points from safety with a game in hand.
  7. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Brentford 7-2 Wycombe

    Brentford put in a merciless second half performance to extend their unbeaten run to 18 league games.

    Ivan Toney now has 18 league goals after ending his seven-match goal drought.

    Rock-bottom Wycombe are now 11 points from safety with one win in 14 league outings.

  8. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Huddersfield 1-1 Stoke

    Pipa sends an effort wide and that's the last opportunity for the Terriers as it ends all-square.

    Ultimately a frustrating afternoon for Carlos Corberan's men who played against 10 men for the entire second half. They at least brought their five game losing run to an end.

    For Stoke, they will surely be content with a point in the circumstances, but the draw stretches their own run of games without a win to nine.

    Neither of these teams has been able to celebrate a league victory in 2021 as yet.

  9. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Derby 1-0 Bristol City

    Colin Kazim-Richards' fourth-minute goal proves the winner as Derby County see off Bristol City.

  10. Postpublished at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Huddersfield 1-1 Stoke

    Seconds remaining, can Huddersfield find a late winner or will Stoke hold on?

  11. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Rotherham 1-3 Swansea

    Swansea make it seven unbeaten and five wins in six in all competitions.

    The Swans are now four points behind leaders Norwich, and face the Canaries next.

    Rotherham's survival bid suffers a set-back with a first defeat in four.

  12. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Cardiff 1-1 Millwall

    It's back-to-back draws for new Cardiff boss Mick McCarthy as nothing separates these two mid-table sides.

    It's seven without a win for the Bluebirds in the Championship, and one win in seven for the Lions.

    Millwall have now drawn 13 of their 26 league games this season.

  13. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Nottm Forest 0-0 Barnsley

    Neither side could make the breakthrough in this one at the City Ground.

    Forest avoid defeat but for Barnsley it's now five without a win in the league.

  14. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Birmingham 1-1 Coventry

    All square in the landlords versus tenants meeting.

    Birmingham end a run of six straight defeats at home, but it's just one win in nine for Aitor Karanka's men.

    It's one defeat in four for Coventry.

  15. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Blackburn 1-0 Luton

    Adam Armstrong's late goal proves the difference.

    They left it late but it matters not for Blackburn and Tony Mowbray who move up to eighth and within three points of the playoff places.

    Luton will feel slightly hard done by after conceding so late and seeing a goal of their own chalked-off for offside in the closing stages.

  16. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Sheff Wed 1-0 Preston

    Wednesday have done it!

    Liam Palmer chose a good time to grab his first goal for nine years as the Championship strugglers picked-up three vital points.

    They've now won their last four home games and will need to keep that sort of form up for the remainder of the campaign if they are going to stay up.

  17. Postpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    League Two update

    Scratch that for Stevenage... Matt Stevens has scored in the fifth minute of injury time against Grimsby! Could this be the first away win of the season? Yes. They've won 2-1.

  18. goal

    GOAL: Brentford 7-2 Wycombepublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Josh Dasilva (89 mins)

    ANOTHER for Brentford in a goalfest in west London.

    Josh Dasilva the scorer this time. He drives into the box, opens up his body and bends it into the bottom left-hand corner.

    At least Wycombe are taking it with some humour.

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  19. DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    Blackburn 1-0 Luton

    Just after Blackburn take the lead Luton think they have the equaliser.

    But it's not to be as Harry Cornick lashes the ball home, only to look up and see the offside flag raised.

    Heartbreak for the Hatters.

  20. Postpublished at 16:51 Greenwich Mean Time 30 January 2021

    League Two update

    Oldham have snatched a late winner perhaps in the derby against Salford? Davis Kellior-Dunn striking to make it 2-1 in injury time.

    Grimsby's Stefan Payne might just have denied Stevenage a first away win too... It's 1-1.