⚽ Updates from the 3pm GMT New Year’s Day kick-offs ⚽ Live scores | Tables | Follow us on Bluesky | Email Niall As a new year begins, the race to reach the Premier League is – even by the Championship’s usual standards – absolutely wide open. Coventry remain the clear front-runners, but their blistering early form has slowed in recent weeks; Frank Lampard will seek to start the new year on a high against out-of-form Charlton today. Behind them, Middlesbrough (at Derby), Ipswich (at home to Oxford) and Hull City (at home to Stoke) will look to keep up the chase. Elsewhere, Southampton host Millwall, eight places but just seven points above their hosts in the table. The division’s form side, Watford, host Birmingham, who are 15th but still in reach of the playoffs. Continue reading...