Follow live coverage as Middlesbrough face Luton Town 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.

Middlesbrough will be out to prove two things this weekend when Luton Town visit the Riverside. Firstly, that they're good enough to improve disappointing home form this season, and secondly, that they have what it takes to be consistent enough to be genuine Championship promotion contenders.

Relegation from the top flight last term means Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United 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 Norwich City,

Follow live coverage as Burnley face Swansea City 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.