From Matt Grimes to Louie Barry, BBC Sport looks at some of the key talking points ahead of this weekend's EFL action.

Gary Rowett reckons his Oxford United side produced their best ... knew that John Eustace’s side would be tough to break down. The former Birmingham boss expected it might take a moment of magic to ...

The U's are unbeaten in their past eight games (W5 D3) since Gary Rowett took over from Des Buckingham ... Image caption, Birmingham City are two points clear with two games in hand on Wycombe ...

Gary Rowett reckons his Oxford United side produced ... knew that John Eustace’s side would be tough to break down. The former Birmingham boss expected it might take a moment of magic to win ...

Oxford United boss Gary Rowett said his side's 1-1 draw at Preston ... of because we dug in and showed character," the former Birmingham City manager told BBC Radio Oxford. "To come in 1-0 up ...

Former Birmingham City goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak ... The first year was great, with Gary Rowett, I played most of the games and I really enjoyed the football club, it was great," Kuszczak told ...

United's head of recruitment Ed Waldron also said: "Following Ole’s decision to represent Indonesia in November, the club’s connections allowed us to move quickly to ensure we could bring him in at ...

The only nagging doubt in my mind was that we were playing against a side managed by Gary Rowett who has not lost ... faced against us while in charge of Birmingham ,Derby, Stoke and Millwall.

But I would expect my old club Birmingham to get out of the division. I just think the quality they've got in the squad, the quality they've added and I think the only thing that can maybe stop ...

Sanderson worked under Eustace at Birmingham, initially on loan from ... than a couple of months later due to health reasons. Gary Rowett took interim charge for the latter stages of the season ...

Oxford United boss Gary Rowett has confirmed the resurgent U's look set to miss out on in-demand Hull City winger Ryan ...