Follow live coverage as Birmingham City face Oxford United in the Championship today.
An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains 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 term means Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton are all back in the second tier this term and will be expected to push for play-off spots again at least, but so too will newly-promoted Birmingham City and Wrexham, with a host of hopefuls eyeing up the £200m jackpot that comes with promotion to the top flight. At the other end of the table, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City hope to stay up amid crises.
Follow updates from today’s game in the live blog below.
Birmingham City FC 0 - 0 Oxford United FC
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:12
Foul by Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City).
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:11
Demarai Gray (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:12
Foul by Tyler Goodrham (Oxford United).
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:08
Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:09
Attempt missed. Kyogo Furuhashi (Birmingham City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:06
Attempt missed. Paik Seung-Ho (Birmingham City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Willum Willumsson.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:06
Offside, Oxford United. Will Lankshear is caught offside.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:05
Attempt missed. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross following a set piece situation.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:05
Foul by Siriki Dembélé (Oxford United).
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:03
Attempt missed. Tyler Goodrham (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Will Lankshear.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
15:02
First Half begins.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
14:30
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Birmingham City vs Oxford United
13:00
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