PREMIER LEAGUE – LIVE CONFIRMED GAMES HERE

PREMIER LEAGUE ON TV 2025-26

SKY SPORTS

• At least 215 games each season

• ALL first pick matches each weekend

• Games at 8pm Friday and Monday (including more than previously), Saturdays 5.30pm, Sundays at 2pm and 4.30pm

• ALL games rescheduled to 2pm on Sundays due to European midweeks – Sky will show multiple matches at the same time in this slot.

• EVERY game from three midweek rounds of games (Midweeks of December 3/December 30/January 7)

• ALL ten final day matches for the first time.

• “Most of the festive fixtures” with Boxing Day Premier League action returning to Sky – it’s thought Sky will show 9 of the ten Boxing Day games, with TNT the other game).

TNT SPORTS

• 52 live games a season

• Saturday 12.30pm kick-offs

• EVERY game from two entire midweek fixture rounds (Midweeks of February 11/March 4)

BBC SPORT

• FREE-TO-AIR highlights through Match of the Day

• Extra digital rights for BBC online platforms.

EFL – LIVE CONFIRMED GAMES HERE

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 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 midweek game will be shown.

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).

9 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.

CHAMPIONS AND EUROPA LEAGUES – LIVE CONFIRMED GAMES – CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HERE, EUROPA LEAGUE HERE

UEFA EUROPEAN COMPETITION RIGHTS 2024-25 to 2026-27 SEASONS

TNT SPORTS

– 553 OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, EUROPA LEAGUE AND EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE GAMES EXCLUSIVELY LIVE EACH SEASON (EUROPA COMPETITIONS ONLY ON TNT SPORTS WITH EVERY SINGLE GAME AVAILABLE LIVE.)

TNT SPORTS HAS CONFIRMED IT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL THREE FINALS FREE-TO-AIR ON SOME PLATFORMS.

AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

– 17 ‘FIRST PICK’ TUESDAY NIGHT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GAMES EACH SEASON

BBC SPORT

– WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHAMPIONS LEAGE HIGHLIGHTS AND FINAL HIGHLIGHTS AS WELL

FA CUP – LIVE CONFIRMED GAMES HERE

TNT SPORTS

TNT Sports will show ALL televised FA Cup games in the UK. Effectively every game not scheduled for a 3pm Saturday kick-off will be shown from the third round onwards with a dramatic uplift in the number of games being shown live. TV coverage will start at the first round proper stage.

BBC

TNT has agreed a deal with the BBC which means the corporation will screen 14 of TNT’s games free-to-air. Although the BBC will use TNT’s match pictures, the BBC will have its own presenters, reporters and commentators and pundits. The BBC’s games will include one semi-final and the final. Under broadcasting rules, the final has to be made available free-to-air as one of the protected sports events.

SPFL & SCOTTISH FOOTBALL – LIVE CONFIRMED GAMES HERE

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL ON TV 2025-26

SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP: Up to 60 games LIVE on Sky Sports, 20 LIVE on Premier Sports.

SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP: Up to 30 games LIVE on BBC Scotland

LEAGUE 1: Up to 10 games LIVE on BBC ALBA

SCOTTISH CUP: Games LIVE on BBC Scotland and Premier Sports

PREMIER SPORTS CUP: Games LIVE on Premier Sports.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL

WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE: All games live on either Sky Sports – who will show the majority of matches – and the BBC. WSL2 games on YouTube with Sky having the option to show selected games.

WOMEN’S FA CUP: 19 games a season live on TNT Sports with six of those also showing on Channel 4.

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: All 75 games on Disney+ with some being made available on a free-to-air broadcaster, likely to be the BBC.

ENGLAND WOMEN’S FRIENDLIES ITV

SEE MORE ON WOMEN’S FOOTBALL ON TV HERE

NATIONAL LEAGUE – LIVE CONFIRMED GAMES HERE

Games again on DAZN as part of a seven-year deal. Selected games moved to 5.30pm on Saturdays for full enhanced production coverage, all other games outside the 3pm Saturday black-out available live with limited camera coverage. Some games also moved to Saturday 12.30pm to suit international DAZN market, but available in UK too.

Every game available on demand in full with mini highlights packages available too.

OTHER

UEFA Nations League – England matches on ITV, all others on Premier Sports

England men’s friendlies/Euro/World Cup qualifiers – ITV

FA Community Shield – TNT Sports

FA Youth Cup – semi-finals and final on TNT Sports, selected others may be on FA YouTube

UEFA Super Cup – TNT Sports

UEFA Youth League – TNT Sports

Premier Sports Cup – Premier Sports

LaLiga – LaLiga TV, Premier Sports (every game LIVE) with ten games a season also LIVE on ITV 4.

Bundesliga – TBC, UK rights held by Sky Sports up until the end of last season.

Northern Irish League – BBC iPlayer/Sky Sports

German Cup – Premier Sports

Serie A – DAZN (up to ten games from each match week) TNT Sports (two games from each match week)

Coppa Italia – Premier Sports

Ligue 1 -games available pay-per-view on Amazon.

Australia/New Zealand A-League – TBC

Portuguese Primeira League – Triller TV+

Dutch Eredivisie – Triller TV+

MLS – Apple TV + (selected games free, others requite MLS Pass)

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