Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Leeds 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.

Live updates from the Championship match at the Bet365 Stadium between Leeds United and Stoke City where Daniel Farke and Narcis Pelach lock horns

Daniel Farke believes most teams in the Championship see Leeds United at home as their biggest game of the season and raise their game accordingly as he prepares for a Boxing Day visit to Stoke City (8pm).

Leeds are three points behind leaders Sheffield United but with a much healthier goal difference and they take on a Stoke City side with no wins in their last five games. The Potters are 19th in the table and four points above the relegation zone.

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,