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Today is the final chance of the season for your Championship team to do transfer business.

The window closes at 19:00 GMT, meaning teams - and fans - can avoid the usual late-night transfer scramble.

It has already been a busy window - for some teams anyway - but whether it turns out to be a day of transfer action or a pretty quiet one for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.

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Queens Park Rangers head coach Julien Stephan has praised his side after they came from a goal down to beat Championship leaders Coventry City 2-1.

Stephan's side had gone behind after Josh Eccles' header early in the second half.

But goals from Richard Kone and Nicolas Madsen secured a memorable win for the R's - who had been beaten 7-1 by Coventry earlier this season.

"I think it was a great game, a great win. All the credit to the players because I think they played with a lot of ambition today, quality as well," Stephan told BBC Radio London.

"I think we had probably three or four good situations in the first half, concede a goal early in the second half with the first situation for them, but the players showed today great, great, great character and great desire to change the momentum.

"If I have to sum it up it's the situation when we equalised through Richard Kone and how Nico Madsen ran to take the ball and put the ball immediately in the middle.

"It means a lot for me in terms of character and how the players wanted not only a draw, but a win today, and they did everything to have this win, so big, big credit to the players."

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Table-topping Coventry and QPR will both be seeking a spark as the Sky Blues head to West London on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

Monday's defeat at Norwich made it seven games without a win on the road in all competitions for Frank Lampard's side, four of them defeats, though they remain three points ahead of second-placed Middlesbrough, with Ipswich a further five back.

The R's are 12th, four points adrift of the play-off places going into the weekend programme, but have won just one of their seven games since Christmas, against rock-bottom Sheffield Wednesday, and have lost two of their past three at home after a four-match winning streak.

• QPR were beaten by a six-goal margin in this season's reverse fixture against Coventry (1-7 in August 2025), which remains their joint-heaviest defeat in a Championship match (since 2004-05).

• Coventry have already scored seven goals against QPR this season; the last time they scored 10+ across home/away games against an opponent in a single league campaign was in 1963/64, also against QPR (10).

• QPR have only won one of their past seven games in the Championship (D3 L3). Since Boxing Day, only Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday (both 0) have fewer league wins in the second tier.

• Coventry have lost three of their past six league games (W2 D1), more defeats than they suffered across their first 23 matches in the Championship this season (W15 D6 L2).

• Based on xG on target faced (excl. own goals), Coventry's Carl Rushworth has prevented more goals than any other goalkeeper in the Championship this season (+6.6 – 32 conceded from 38.6 xG on target).

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A new initiative highlighting the work of football club charities has been launched by the English Football League (EFL).

'Scan to Smile' will be rolled out in stadiums across the EFL from Friday until the end of January, with supporters invited to scan QR codes on posters displayed around grounds.

Each scan will unlock a short, uplifting story from a person whose life has been positively impacted by the support of their local club charity.

The subjects tackled include mental health support, combating loneliness, improving physical wellbeing, employability and confidence.

The EFL said it hoped the initiative would use "the reach and influence of football to offer fans a moment of positivity on matchday".

Trevor Birch, chief executive at the EFL, said: "Behind every club are people whose lives have been positively changed through the work and dedication of their local EFL club charity.

"This initiative gives supporters the chance to see that impact first-hand and reminds us that football truly is a force for good."

QPR have made a £1m offer to Dundee for centre-back Luke Graham, but Portsmouth are expected to make another bid after having a £400,000 offer rejected, while Sheffield United, Aberdeen and Hearts are also interested in the 21-year-old. (LondonWorld), external

Read all the latest EFL transfer rumours in Friday's gossip column here.

This will be Wrexham's first trip to Loftus Road in 22 years and they will be looking to avoid falling to a second successive league double, albeit the last one was in 2004.

QPR's past two league games have finished goalless against Stoke and Oxford United respectively.

• QPR have won each of their past four league games against Wrexham in succession, as many as across their prior 12 matches combined between 1960 and 2001 (D4 L4).

• Wrexham have won just two of their nine away league games against QPR in club history, winning 2-1 in September 1962 and 1-0 in October 1980.

• QPR have kept a clean sheet in each of their past three league games, drawing the last two 0-0. They last went four without conceding in December 2024.

• Wrexham have won each of their past two away league games and will be looking to win three in succession in the second tier of English football for the very first time.

• Wrexham's Sam Smith has scored nine goals in his past 16 league starts, netting in each of his past three in a row.

QPR and Swansea are among the clubs interested in signing Ghanaian striker Jalal Abdullai, 21, who has returned to Swedish club Elfsborg after scoring nine goals in 24 games while on loan at Norwegian side Molde FK. (TEAMtalk), external

Want to read more EFL transfer news and rumours? Check out Thursday's gossip column in full here.

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All English Football League games across a four-day period in February will begin one minute late to raise awareness for the Every Minute Matters campaign.

The initiative will be in place for 36 matches across the Championship, League One and League Two between 5 and 9 February.

EFL sponsor Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have been working together since May 2024 to highlight the importance of speed when it comes to performing live-saving CPR.

Later kick-off times will serve as "a stark reminder that every minute matters", the EFL said.

Bristol Rovers defender Tom Lockyer collapsed while playing for Luton Town eight minutes into the Championship play-off final against Coventry in May 2023.

Lockyer then suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch seven months later during a Premier League game at Bournemouth.

"What happened to me can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time," said Lockyer, who is now a BHF ambassador.

"Every year, more than 40,000 people in the UK suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and most of them never make it home.

"I'm here today because of the transformative power of CPR as every minute matters when it comes to saving a life.

"This February, we want everyone to get behind this life-saving initiative, learn the skills and be ready to step in because your actions could give someone else the chance I was given."

Throughout February, the Every Minute Matters campaign will call on fans to learn CPR using the BHF's online RevivR, external tool.

"Each minute without CPR reduces a person's chance of survival, so we're urging fans to learn the skills now, before you ever need them," said Dr Charmaine Griffiths, chief executive of the BHF.

EFL chief executive officer Trevor Birch added: "The one minute kick-off adjustment is a simple, powerful reminder that swift CPR can be the difference between life and death."

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QPR head coach Julien Stephan felt his side battled hard in the wind and rain at the Kassam Stadium during their 0-0 draw at Oxford.

"[The conditions] were really difficult for the players," he told BBC Radio London.

"For me, it's the worst thing to play with wind. That's why I want to highlight the mentality of the players. They never gave up and wanted to have another clean sheet, the third one in four games.

"It's part of consistency. It's a good sign of improvement for these players because we struggled in the first part of the season, away, especially in November and December.

"The only disappointment is not creating more danger in the penalty area. We prepared the situation well, we had good ideas to create the momentum, but we need just a little bit more quality in the last pass and the last move in the penalty area."

He added that 19-year-old Esquerdinha, who was stretchered off in the second half, will have a scan, but added: "It was not too bad for him".

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Aberdeen are in talks to sign QPR centre-back Liam Morrison on loan. Morrison joined QPR from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2024. (Sky Sports), external

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Relegation-battling Oxford United will seek a first win under new boss Matt Bloomfield when they welcome Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday night (19:45 GMT kick-off).

The U's are five points adrift of safety and have won just one of their past eight games (D2 L5).

Meanwhile, the Hoops are 11th but still in touching distance of the play-off spots, four points behind the top-six.

• Oxford United are winless in four league meetings with Queens Park Rangers (D1 L3), but have never gone five without a win against the Rs.

• QPR won this exact fixture last season 3-1, but have never won back-to-back away league games at Oxford United before.

• Oxford United are without a win in their past 10 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Championship games (D4 L6) since defeating Luton 3-2 in January 2025.

• QPR have won each of their previous three away league games played in midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday), last winning four in a row in August 1971.

• Oxford United have only won one of their past eight league matches against London clubs (D3 L4), beating Millwall 1-0 away from home in January 2025.