Huddersfield Town and Middlesbrough kick-offs moved

The Football League have allowed teams to alter the start times of matches when the away side is travelling a long way to play.

Huddersfield's July trips to Birmingham City (1st) and Reading (7th) will now kick off at 6pm.

Boro's game the Madejski Stadium seven days later will also start at 6pm, while the July 5 home game against Queens Park Rangers will kick off at 2pm.

The Terriers restart the 2019-20 campaign with a 3pm visit from relegation rivals Wigan Athletic on Saturday. Boro's home game against Swansea City that day had already been brought forward to 12.30pm.

All Championship clubs have nine matches to play, with the final round on Wednesday, July 22.

The play-offs will then take place as normal but leaders Leeds United, seven points clear of third, will be hoping to go up automatically, while an eight-point gap could be too much for Sheffield Wednesday to make up. For Huddersfield, Boro, Hull City and bottom-placed Barnsley, the run-in will be about trying to stay in the Championship for next season.

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