The English Football League (EFL) has seen several managerial decisions made this year, with Coventry City and Southampton in the play-off race vying for promotion. Northampton, Tranmere and Walsall are hoping a new manager will help halt their slide. Meanwhile, Middlesbrough and Southampton are set to meet in the promotion race, with the focus now being on automatic promotion and a crack at the top six. Middlesborough's Kim Hellberg, who replaced Rob Edwards for promotion, opened with four consecutive wins. Matt Bloomfield's tenure at Oxford United has been uneventful, but he remains hopeful about extending the club's Championship stay into a third season. Meanwhile Northampton's Kevin Nolan's departure from League Two came on a day after he was sacked.