Brereton Diaz threatening to overtake Mitrovic as scoring run goes on

It's been another busy day of action for EFL sides.

The Championship saw ten matches take place on Saturday. With the top two of Fulham and Bournemouth playing out an entertaining 1-1 draw on Friday night it allowed the chasing pack to try and close the gap.

West Bromwich Albion stayed third with a lunchtime win at fellow play-off contenders Coventry City. Elsewhere, Blackburn kept up the heat with a third straight win at home to Preston North End.

At the bottom, Wayne Rooney's Derby County suffered another defeat - 1-0 at Bristol City - to leave them 20 points adrift of safety.

Here, we look at five talking points to emerge from the action.

BBD strikes again

Ben Brereton Diaz can do no wrong.

He's not only becoming a cult hero for Chile but he's enjoying the best form of his life for Blackburn Rovers.

Saturday saw him notch his 17th goal of the season to seal a third straight win for Rovers in a Lancashire derby at home to Preston North End. He's now just four behind top scorer, Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic.

The 22-year-old nodded in just after half-time to send Tony Mowbray's men up to fourth in the Championship.

The game at Ewood Park was played in tough conditions on a drenched surface but Brereton Diaz showed his golden touch to seal a fourth win in five for a resurgent Blackburn.

Earlier this week Brereton Diaz visited a Rovers fan who had an image of the striker tattooed on his stomach. The fan, Lewis Hamill, has since gone viral and appeared on Chilean TV to discuss his inking!

Blades turning a corner under Hecky

Sheffield United surprised many when they axed Slavisa Jokanovic last month. The Serbian was only appointed in the summer but the decision to replace him with Paul Heckingbottom is certainly paying off at present.

The former under-23s coach made it two wins from two with an entertaining 3-2 victory at Cardiff on Saturday.

United were trailing 1-0 but the red card handed out to Sean Morrison was a game-changer and the Blades hit three inside 15 minutes to flip the game on its head.

Cardiff rallied with a late goal but couldn't prevent Heckingbottom from maintaining his 100 per cent record. His side are now just four points shy of the play-offs.

Family affair at Doncaster

Doncaster's dismissal of Richie Wellens earlier this week failed to have the desired effect as they were dumped out of the FA Cup at home to Mansfield today.

In the home dugout was caretaker Gary McSheffrey. His assistant was fellow academy coach Frank Sinclair, the ex-Chelsea defender.

And for the final ten minutes of today's cup tie it was a family affair with Sinclair's son Tyrese coming on as a substitute for the Stags.

And the midfielder helped his side over the line in a memorable 3-2 win for Nigel Clough's team - they can now start dreaming of a meeting with Sinclair senior's old side or another Premier League giant in round three.

Hull revival continues

Grant McCann looked under huge pressure just a month ago.

The Hull City boss had lost five games on the spin and there were plenty of calls from Tigers fans that a change was necessary.

Fast forward four weeks and City are a team transformed.

They had won four on the bounce heading into today's visit to Reading and although they couldn't extend that to five, a 1-1 draw will maintain the feelgood factor among the Tigers.

A stunning overhead kick from Reading's Tom Holmes put the hosts ahead but Mallik Wilks fired back for City. They are now six points clear of the bottom three and with a takeover pending, there is reason for Hull fans to be optimistic about 2022.

Fleetwood's failings

Fleetwood are lower than a snake's belly right now.

They are without a manager and Saturday's 5-1 tonking away at Accrington Stanley extended their winless run to 11 games in all competitions.

They were not helped in their quest today when Daniel Batty was shown a red card midway through the first half.

But their fans will not be happy with how the side wilted from that point on.

They are now four points adrift of safety and in need of a serious revival.