While the return of UEFA competition will capture the attention of many this week, there is also a full programme of midweek action across the English Football League for us to look forward to.
Promotions and relegations are never cemented in the dog days of October, but it's often results earned during floodlit programmes like this upon which campaigns are built or falter.
In an already intriguingly tight division, any one of four teams could go into the weekend sitting top of the Championship while the same number could find themselves in 24th, looking up at the rest.