Nottingham Forest v Everton, Brighton v Leicester and more: clockwatch - live

4m ago 10.15 EDT Goals are flying in around League One and Two. Barnsley have just taken the lead against third tier promotion-pushers Bolton. Charlton are 1-0 up at relegation-bound Cambridge. Share Updated at 10.17 EDT

5m ago 10.15 EDT Brighton are absolutely bossing things against Leicester so far – which should be no great shock. Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side have suffered nine successive defeats in all competitions, and have lost 16 of their past 18 games since the start of December. It’s absolutely atrocious form. Share

8m ago 10.11 EDT Two of the League One playoff hopefuls have suffered early blows. Huddersfield are trailing at relegation-threatened Burton, while Stockport have gone 1-0 down at home to Rotherham. Share

12m ago 10.08 EDT Championship: Colby Bishop has just seen an early penalty saved in Portsmouth’s key game against Derby at Fratton Park today. No goals as of yet in the second tier 3pm KOs. Share

13m ago 10.07 EDT Elsewhere in League Two, Port Vale can go top with a win over Bromley today and they’ve enjoyed an ideal start, going 1-0 up inside five minutes. In terms of terms that could drop down to League Two … Shrewsbury trail 1-0 at Lincoln. The Shrews could be relegated today. Share

14m ago 10.05 EDT Accrington v Tranmere is a key game in the League Two survival scrap – and it’s first blood to Stanley with Ben Woods scoring inside the first minute. Morecambe v Carlisle is also happening in the fourth tier today – that’s second bottom versus bottom. Share

16m ago 10.03 EDT There’s some footage doing the rounds of the full-time scenes at Plymouth’s Home Park, where it appears there were scuffles in the tunnel as the players headed back for the dressing rooms. Chris Wilder looked incensed with something that was said to him as Plymouth’s players celebrated. Not a happy day for Sheffield United or their manager. Share

22m ago 09.58 EDT We’re almost ready to get under way around the country. Share

27m ago 09.52 EDT One man who will not feature today is Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma. The Japanese winger has been an ever-present this season, but a heel injury means the Seagulls will miss his pace and impetus down the left against Leicester. João Pedro looks set to play a wide role instead; he will dovetail with Danny Welbeck. Share

30m ago 09.50 EDT Chris Wood is a slightly surprising starter for Nottingham Forest today. Many thought he wouldn’t quite recover in time, but it’s a huge boost for Nuno Espirito Santo to have the New Zealander back. Anthony Elanga has also been an injury doubt so starts this one on the bench. Everton will be a tough nut for Forest to crack for sure, and with Manchester City winning, the heat is still on in that top five tussle. Share

35m ago 09.44 EDT An early update from our regular Scottish football contributor, Simon McMahon: It’s really all about the top six today, with the last round of fixtures before the league split. Dundee United, having last week secured a top six place in their first season back in the Scottish Premiership, face St. Johnstone, shock winners at home to Celtic last time out, at Tannadice. The final top six place will likely be decided at Motherwell where a win for visitors Hearts would guarantee them sixth place. Anything else, however, would likely result in St. Mirren claiming the final spot, provided the Paisley side beat Ross County at home. Though if Motherwell win and St. Mirren don’t, then Motherwell will go sixth. Hope that’s clear. Crystal clear, Simon. Share

43m ago 09.37 EDT The result of the day so far (and it will surely not be beaten) is Swindon 5-4 Bradford in League Two. The Bantams, who are still top of the league for now, were 2-0 and 3-1 up but had a man sent off after 14 minutes. The winner came via a 95th minute Jack Shepherd own goal. Football. Share

51m ago 09.28 EDT Birmingham City are League One champions! Having clinched promotion in midweek, the title has been secured without the Blues even needing to kick a ball. Wrexham’s 0-0 draw at Wigan has done the trick. Meanwhile, Wycombe have beaten Stevenage 1-0 to go one point off second. View image in fullscreen Birmingham City’s players celebrate promotion at Peterborough in midweek. Photograph: Ryan Browne/REX/Shutterstock Share

1h ago 09.18 EDT Make that 2-1 to Plymouth. What on earth is happening to Chris Wilder’s normally-so-steely Sheffield United? Share

1h ago 09.12 EDT A big goal for Plymouth! Ryan Hardie has equalised with 10 minutes left on the clock against Sheffield United. Leeds and Burnley might be rather pleased with that goal too … Share

1h ago 09.05 EDT Leeds and Sheffield United are both winning in the Championship early kickoffs – but only by slender margins. Still a good 15 minutes plus added time remaining at Elland Road and Home Park, with Plymouth – 1-0 down to the Blades – in need of some inspiration to kickstart their fading survival hopes. Share

1h ago 09.02 EDT Premier League team news Brighton v Leicester Brighton: Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Dunk, O’Riley, Estupiñán; Ayari, Baleba; Minteh, Adingra, Pedro; Welbeck. Leicester: Hermansen; Justin, Coady, Okoli, Thomas; Ndidi, Soumaré, McAteer; El Khannous, Mavididi, Vardy. Nottingham Forest v Everton Nottingham Forest: Sels; Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Moreno; Domínguez, Anderson, Gibbs-White; Silva, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. Everton: Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Gueye, Garner, Doucouré; Harrison, Ndiaye, Broja. Southampton v Aston Villa Southampton: Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens; Walker-Peters, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Manning; Sulemana, Archer, Onuachu. Aston Villa: Martínez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Maatsen; Onana, Tielemans; Rogers, Ramsey, Asensio; Rashford. Share

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