Championship preview: Contenders, pretenders and strugglers

BBC Sport highlights five things to look out for across Saturday's Championship action. Based on the past six matches, Chris Davies' Birmingham City are first and Sheffield United fifth in the Championship form table With League One and League Two clubs involved in the FA Cup this weekend, the Championship has a free run of the EFL. So far England's second tier has served up its usual helping of drama and chaos in equal measure while sacking season seems to be in full swing. Struggling Derby County open proceedings on Friday against Bolton Wanderers and we have picked out five things you may want to keep an eye out for on Saturday.

Birmingham City are unbeaten at home in the Championship this season Tom Wagner and his Knighthead Capital Management hardly made an auspicious start as owners of Birmingham City. Sacking boss John Eustace when they were sixth in the Championship and appointing Wayne Rooney took many by surprise and, with the former Manchester United and England striker winning only two of his 15 league games in charge before being replaced by Gary Rowett, relegation became a near certainty. A rebuild under Chris Davies saw Blues pay a League One record fee to sign Jay Stansfield, with his 19 goals helping to fire them to a record-breaking promotion. Last season