The recent confrontation between Leeds United boss Garry Monk and Jurgen Klopp's big pal David Wagner at Huddersfield underlined that this season's Championship is bigger and more intense than ever - involving great clubs, personality managers and star players.
From Rafa Benitez and Newcastle United leading the title race to big-city rivals Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday and Derby battling for play-off places and the struggles of Gianfranco Zola and Steve Bruce down below, there's something for everyone to fight for in a full programme of matches on Tuesday night.
And there's plenty of quality on show too; many Premier League teams would like to have Jack Grealish, Will Hughes, Jonjo Shelvey, Nelson Oliveira, Helder Costa, Matt Ritchie and Dwight Gayle in their dressing-room
Ahead of some mouthwatering fixtures, with Newcastle's trip to revitalised Norwich looking the pick of the bunch, Sportmail looks at how the next set of games and how the Championship could pan out from top to bottom.