EFL ON TV 2025/26

SKY SPORTS

1,059 EFL matches EVERY season shown LIVE across main Sky Sports channels or via the Sky Sports+ service. (Sky Sports+ is incorporated into all Sky services for sports subscribers- Sky Q, Sky Stream, Sky Glass, Sky’s apps and NOW TV).

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 (12noon/3pm) 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 four cameras for Championship and League One games and two cameras for League Two matches.

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.

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FRIDAY MAY 8

8PM HULL V MILLWALL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)

SATURDAY MAY 9

EFL PLAY-OFFS

12.30PM MIDDLESBROUGH V SOUTHAMPTON CHAMPIONSHIP (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)

3PM STEVENAGE V STOCKPORT LEAGUE ONE (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)

8PM BOLTON V BRADFORD LEAGUE ONE (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL)

SUNDAY MAY 10

EFL PLAY-OFFS

3PM GRIMSBY V SALFORD LEAGUE TWO (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL)

6PM CHESTERFIELD V NOTTS COUNTY LEAGUE TWO (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL)

MONDAY MAY 11

8PM MILLWALL V HULL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)

TUESDAY MAY 12

8PM SOUTHAMPTON V MIDDLESBROUGH CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFFS (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL)

WEDNESDAY MAY 13

8PM STOCKPORT V STEVENAGE LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFFS (SKY SPORTS)

THURSDAY MAY 14

8PM BRADFORD V BOLTON LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFFS (SKY SPORTS)

FRIDAY MAY 15

LEAGUE TWO PLAY-OFFS

7.15PM SALFORD V GRIMSBY (SKY SPORTS)

8PM NOTTS COUNTY V CHESTERFIELD (SKY SPORTS)