1,059 EFL matches EVERY season shown LIVE across main Sky Sports channels or via the Sky Sports+ service.
SKY GAMES BREAKDOWN EACH SEASON
328 Championship matches
248 League One matches
248 League Two matches
ALL 15 play-off games
ALL 93 Carabao Cup games
ALL 127 Vertu Trophy games
EACH WEEKEND UP TO 10 LIVE EFL fixtures will be shown, five from the Championship, five from Leagues One and Two.
TIME SLOTS: Five to seven games will be shown on Saturdays at 12.30pm, regular games on Fridays (8pm) and Sundays (12.30pm) with additional matches on Thursday and Monday nights (8pm).
EVERY opening day match will be shown.
EVERY final day game will be shown.
EVERY designated midweek game round will be shown (this does not necessarily include games which were originally due to be played at the weekend, but we displaced to midweek for whatever reason. These games are sometimes shown, but it’s at the discretion of the clubs.)
EVERY bank holiday game will be shown (including Easter, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day.
EVERY League One & League Two game will be shown during international breaks.
SATURDAYS 3PM
Those matches not selected for broadcast which kick-off in the Saturday 3pm slot will not be shown. Broadcast games will be shown out of this time with the final kick-off times and days to be confirmed at a later date.
The EFL says there will be seven 3pm Championship games each regular Saturday and 19 League One/Two games combined at 3pm on Saturdays.
STREAMING
Those matches not on the main Sky channels, but also selected will be available via Sky Sports+ like last season
MATCH COVERAGE
Games shown live on the main Sky channels will have a minimum of eight cameras.
Games on Sky Sports+ rather than on the main Sky channels will have a minimum of six cameras for Championship, four cameras for League One games and two cameras for League Two matches. The games shown on Sky Sports+ are not produced by Sky but by the EFL’s production partner IMG.
ITV
10 LIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES (These will already have been selected by Sky. Last season ITV used Sky’s match pictures, but had their own commentators/reporters/pundits and did their own pre and after-match coverage. (ITV have the option to show a League One or League Two game instead of a Championship match if they wish).
10 CARABAO CUP GAMES A SEASON INCLUDING THE FINAL, ONE SEMI-FINAL AND TWO QUARTER-FINAL (ALL CARABAO CUP GAMES WILL BE ON SKY).
HIGHLIGHTS: Dedicated free-to-air highlights shows for both the EFL and Carabao Cup will continue to be shown on ITV. Mini highlights packages of all games will also be available soon after the final whistle on Sky Sports YouTube channel.
The EFL’s three divisions are coming back for a new season and details of when to expect fixture changes for live TV coverage have been confirmed.
Sky will again screen more than 1,000 games from all three divisions as they enter the third season of their five-year deal for live UK TV rights.
ITV will continue to show a selection of live games from both the EFL and Carabao Cup which Sky have picked for broadcast. ITV has deal with the Sky for ten EFL games and a similar number of Carabao Cup games.
Every Carabao Cup, Vertu Trophy and EFL play-off game will again be live on Sky Sports.
TV game schedule changes up until almost the middle of January will be confirmed by the end of July.
EFL TV GAMES ANNOUNCEMENT SCHEDULE
EFL OPENING WEEKEND: All games will be screened on Sky from all three divisions – scheduleHERE
GAMES TO END OF SEPTEMBER: announced by July 2.
GAMES TO END OF WEEKEND 8-11 JANUARY: announced by July 31.
GAMES TO END OF MIDWEEK MARCH 3: announced by November 6.
GAMES FROM MARCH 5 ONWARDS: Will be announced four weeks in advance on a weekly basis.
PENULTIMATE WEEKEND: Will be announced three weeks in advance
FINAL WEEKEND: Will be announced the week prior but all matches in each division will kick-off at the same time.
EFL ON TV 2026/27
SKY SPORTS
1,059 EFL matches EVERY season shown LIVE across main Sky Sports channels or via the Sky Sports+ service.
SKY GAMES BREAKDOWN EACH SEASON
328 Championship matches
248 League One matches
248 League Two matches
ALL 15 play-off games
ALL 93 Carabao Cup games
ALL 127 Vertu Trophy games
EACH WEEKEND UP TO 10 LIVE EFL fixtures will be shown, five from the Championship, five from Leagues One and Two.
TIME SLOTS: Five to seven games will be shown on Saturdays at 12.30pm, regular games on Fridays (8pm) and Sundays (12.30pm) with additional matches on Thursday and Monday nights (8pm).
EVERY opening day match will be shown.
EVERY final day game will be shown.
EVERY designated midweek game round will be shown (this does not necessarily include games which were originally due to be played at the weekend, but we displaced to midweek for whatever reason. These games are sometimes shown, but it’s at the discretion of the clubs.)
EVERY bank holiday game will be shown (including Easter, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day.
EVERY League One & League Two game will be shown during international breaks.
SATURDAYS 3PM
Those matches not selected for broadcast which kick-off in the Saturday 3pm slot will not be shown. Broadcast games will be shown out of this time with the final kick-off times and days to be confirmed at a later date.
The EFL says there will be seven 3pm Championship games each regular Saturday and 19 League One/Two games combined at 3pm on Saturdays.
STREAMING
Those matches not on the main Sky channels, but also selected will be available via Sky Sports+ like last season
MATCH COVERAGE
Games shown live on the main Sky channels will have a minimum of eight cameras.
Games on Sky Sports+ rather than on the main Sky channels will have a minimum of six cameras for Championship, four cameras for League One games and two cameras for League Two matches. The games shown on Sky Sports+ are not produced by Sky but by the EFL’s production partner IMG.
ITV
10 LIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES (These will already have been selected by Sky. Last season ITV used Sky’s match pictures, but had their own commentators/reporters/pundits and did their own pre and after-match coverage. (ITV have the option to show a League One or League Two game instead of a Championship match if they wish).
10 CARABAO CUP GAMES A SEASON INCLUDING THE FINAL, ONE SEMI-FINAL AND TWO QUARTER-FINAL (ALL CARABAO CUP GAMES WILL BE ON SKY).
HIGHLIGHTS: Dedicated free-to-air highlights shows for both the EFL and Carabao Cup will continue to be shown on ITV. Mini highlights packages of all games will also be available soon after the final whistle on Sky Sports YouTube channel.
All dates are provisional and may not be confirmed by this schedule. But this is the best estimate and the dates the Premier League are hoping to announce TV fixture dates by, BUT these are approximate dates and not set in stone. MW refers to match week, W/C refers to week commencing
THE Premier League returns on Friday, August 21st with newly-promoted Coventry heading for champions Arsenal live on Sky Sports.
The match is one of seven games out of the ten opening weekend fixtures to be shown live on TV with six on Sky and the other on TNT Sports.
The same TV arrangements will be in place as last year as the Premier League enters the second of its four-year deal for live UK rights with Sky and TNT with free-to-air highlights available on Match of the Day through the BBC.
It means Sky have the bulk of the matches again including all games displaced to Sunday 2pm due to European matches in midweek. Sky also have the first pick game of each weekend match week.
So far the opening weekend’s TV games have been confirmed. You can see the estimated dates when the Premier League will announce re-arrangements for TV matches HERE
FRIDAY AUGUST 21
PREMIER LEAGUE
8PM ARSENAL V COVENTRY (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY AUGUST 22
PREMIER LEAGUE
12.30PM HULL V MAN UNITED (TNT SPORTS 1)
5.30PM BRENTFORD V SPURS (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
SUNDAY AUGUST 23
PREMIER LEAGUE
2PM MAN CITY V BOURNEMOUTH (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
2PM BRIGHTON V ASTON VILLA (SKY SPORTS TBC)
4.30PM NEWCASTLE V LIVERPOOL (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
MONDAY AUGUST 24
PREMIER LEAGUE
8PM FULHAM V CHELSEA (SKY SPORTS PL/MAIN EVENT)
PREMIER LEAGUE ON TV 2026-27
The Premier League enters the second season of its four-year deal with main rights holder Sky Sports, TNT Sports and BBC for highlights. Therefore, the TV arrangements are the same as last season. Due to where it falls in the calendar, more Boxing Day games are likely to be available this season on TV.
SKY SPORTS
At least 215 games each season
ALL first pick matches each weekend
Games at 8pm Friday and Monday, Saturdays 5.30pm, Sundays at 2pm and 4.30pm
ALL games rescheduled to 2pm on Sundays due to European midweeks – Sky will again show multiple matches at the same time in this slot.
EVERY game from three midweek rounds of games (Midweeks of December 2/December 30/January 6)
ALL ten final day matches.
The pick of the Boxing Day Premier League action.
TNT SPORTS
52 live games a season
Saturday 12.30pm kick-offs
EVERY game from two entire midweek fixture rounds (Midweeks of February 10/March 3)
BBC SPORT
FREE-TO-AIR highlights through Match of the Day
Digital rights for BBC online platforms including weekend highlights from Saturday and Sunday matches available at 8pm on BBC iPlayer (30 minutes after final whistle for midweek evening fixtures).
