Championship Easter Monday fixtures LIVE: Full match schedule and talkSPORT commentary details

For most, Easter means eating an incredible amount of chocolate. 

But for fans of the Championship, it also means a jam-packed schedule of football.

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Every team in the second tier will play twice during the Easter period, with 12 games held on Good Friday and another 12 on Easter Monday. 

There are plenty of storylines emerging ahead of the busy schedule, too, both at the top and bottom of the table.

Leeds and Burnley are in pole position for promotion to the Premier League, while there are multiple sides eyeing a play-off spot.

Meanwhile, six teams are separated by eight points in the relegation battle, with things wide open heading into the climax.

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Championship Easter fixtures 

Leeds are sitting joint top of the Championship, and they could well have secured promotion by Monday evening.

Daniel Farke's side are five points clear of third-placed Sheffield United with just three matches remaining.

Having beaten Oxford 1-0 on Friday, victory over Stoke City on Easter Monday could get the job done, depending on other results.

The Blades beat relegation-threatened Cardiff despite their poor recent form to set up a blockbuster against Burnley.

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Chris Wilder's United face Scott Parker's men, and that game could well determine the automatic promotion slots.

Burnley will be promoted if they beat Sheffield United, while Leeds will return to the Premier League if they beat Stoke and the Blades fail to win at Turf Moor.

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In the play-off race, Bristol City, Frank Lampard's Coventry, West Brom, Middlesbrough and Millwall are in a battle.

Those teams are separated by seven points heading into the second part of the Easter schedule, and only two places are available.

And Plymouth are fighting for their lives at the bottom themselves, sitting five points from safety.

Cardiff, Derby, Hull, Portsmouth, Stoke and Oxford all remain threatened by the drop in what is going to be a thrilling finish.

talkSPORT are going to have live coverage of two games across our network over Easter Monday.

The monster meeting between the Blades and Burnley is exclusively live on talkSPORT, with Leeds vs Stoke being aired on talkSPORT 2.

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To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM

The full Easter Championship schedule can be found below...

Good Friday - Friday, April 18

• Derby 0-1 Luton
• Blackburn 4-1 Millwall
• Bristol City 2-1 Sunderland
• Coventry 2-0 West Brom
• Middlesbrough 2-1 Plymouth
• Norwich 3-5 Portsmouth
• Preston 1-2 QPR
• Stoke 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
• Swansea 1-0 Hull
• Watford 1-2 Burnley
• Sheffield United 2-0 Cardiff
• Oxford 0-1 Leeds

Easter Monday - Monday, April 21

• Cardiff vs Oxford - 3pm
• Hull vs Preston - 3pm
• Leeds vs Stoke - 3pm - live on talkSPORT 2
• Luton vs Bristol City - 3pm
• Millwall vs Norwich - 3pm
• Plymouth vs Coventry - 3pm
• Portsmouth vs Watford - 3pm
• QPR vs Swansea - 3pm
• Sheffield Wednesday vs Middlesbrough - 3pm
• Sunderland vs Blackburn - 3pm
• West Brom vs Derby - 3pm
• Burnley vs Sheffield United - 5:30pm - live on talkSPORT

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