Follow live coverage as Burnley face Queens Park Rangers 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.

Despite only Swansea City, Preston North End and Plymouth scoring fewer goals in the Championship so far this campaign, the R's possess players who are capable of causing serious problems for second-tier defences, including Ilias Chair and Brest loanee Karamoko Dembele, who lit up League One at Blackpool during 2023-24.

Then comes a trip to Turf Moor on the weekend to make a demanding QPR's task, but an earlier success at Burnley in April 2023, under former boss Gareth Ainsworth, will provide confidence as they ended Burnley's long home unbeaten streak with goals from Sam Field and Chris Martin