Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday LIVE: Championship team news, line-ups and more

Follow live coverage of Bristol City taking on Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship today.

An increasingly competitive second tier of English football continues to be an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Relegation from the top flight last season means that Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are back in the second tier this season and are expected to fight for play-off places again at least, but so will Norwich City, a Improving Coventry and defeated play-off finalists Leeds United. At the other end of the table, Wayne Rooney aims to revive Plymouth’s fortunes after they narrowly avoided relegation last year, with Portsmouth and Derby being promoted from League One, along with play-off final winners Oxford .

Follow live updates from today’s game in the live blog below.

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Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday

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