All 24 Championship sides are in action on New Year's Day as the battle for promotion continues at a pace.
Leaders Cardiff look to maintain lead at the top
All 24 Championship sides are in action on New Year's Day as the battle for promotion continues at a pace.
Cardiff City remain five points clear at the top of the table and the Welsh outfit travel to
Birmingham City - who sit just two places above the drop zone.
Steve Bruce's
Hull City remain in the second automatic place one point ahead of Middlesbrough and they will look to consolidate their spot as they travel to
Blackpool.
Middlesbrough will hope they can climb back into the top two as they are also on the road as they face
Derby at Pride Park.
Fourth-placed
Crystal Palace will look to increase the pressure on under-fire
Wolves boss Stale Solkbakken as they host the Black Country outfit at Selhurst Park.
Leicester City go in search of back-to-back wins at the King Power Stadium as they welcome
Huddersfield Town.
Managerless
Blackburn entertain new
Nottingham Forest boss Alex McLeish as he looks for his first win since taking charge at the City Ground.
The day's early kick-off sees Gianfranco Zola's
Watford look to maintain their promotion push as they entertain
Charlton Athletic.
Leeds United look to end a run of two successive defeats and get their promotion push back on track as they host
Bolton at Elland Road.
At the bottom there is an archetypal six-pointer as basement side
Barnsley travel to the team directly above them
Peterborough United.
Third-from-bottom
Bristol City could climb out of the drop zone if they can claim victory at
Millwall, but they would also need
Sheffield Wednesday to lose at home to
Burnley.
Finally, Mick McCarthy's
Ipswich look to continue their recent revival as they welcome
Brighton to Portman Road.