Follow live coverage as Derby County face Middlesbrough in the Championship today.

The increasingly competitive second tier of English football continues to be intense and exciting, with the prize being a place in the Premier League at the end of the season.

Relegation from the top flight last season means Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United are all back in the second division this season and are expected to be battling for play-off places again. But so are Norwich City, an improving Coventry and beaten play-off finalists Leeds United. At the other end of the table, Wayne Rooney is trying to get Plymouth back on their feet after they narrowly avoided relegation last year. Portsmouth and Derby are the promoted sides from League One, as is Oxford, the winner of the play-off final.

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Derby County FC – Middlesbrough FC

Derby County v Middlesbrough

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