Live EFL 2025/26 fixtures on Sky Sports | Championship, League One, League Two games, dates, kick-off times
Are you a Championship, League One or Two fan? Over 1,000 of the EFL’s 1,891 games across the EFL, Carabao Cup & Vertu Trophy will be broadcast throughout the season; every one of the 72 EFL clubs to be featured live on Sky more than 20 times in the 2025/26 season
Wednesday 30 July 2025 14:08, UK
The EFL fixture lists are out! This year, League One and League Two will start a week earlier than the Championship on the weekend of August 1-3, with the EFL's top division kicking off from August 8-10 - scroll down for all the live EFL matches on Sky Sports this season.
Luton Town, relegated from the Championship last season, host newly promoted AFC Wimbledon in our very first live League One offering on Sky Sports Football on Friday Night Football on August 1 (8pm kick-off), while Barnet then entertain Fleetwood first up in League Two on the same channel on August 2 (3pm).
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Meanwhile, our live Championship proceedings begin with Ipswich Town, relegated from the Premier League last season, who travel to Birmingham City, promoted from League One last time around on Sky Sports Football on Friday August 8 (8pm), with Southampton taking on Wrexham at 12.30pm on the same channel on August 9.
The draw for round one of the Carabao Cup has also been made and you can see the full draw here. Matches will take place the week commencing August 11.
When will you find out when your team is on TV?
All matches selected for broadcast were confirmed for the period up to the FA Cup third round - on the weekend of January 10 next year - before a ball was kicked in the 2025/26 season.
This is up to five months' notice provided to fans and clubs, a significant increase on the previous deal, which had seen five weeks' notice given across the majority of the season.
By selecting TV picks early and giving much more notice, fans will be able to plan with certainty when making travel and hotel arrangements.
Sky Bet EFL fixtures will be broadcast via either an existing Sky Sports channel or Sky Sports+ with all televised fixtures also available on streaming service NOW.
Now do not forget folks that over 1,000 of the EFL's 1,891 games across the EFL, Carabao Cup and Vertu Trophy will be broadcast on Sky Sports throughout the season and not only that, but every one of the 72 EFL Clubs to be featured live on Sky more than 20 times next season.
And it is also important to remember that:
Matches will be broadcast live across existing Sky Sports channels or on Sky Sports+
Every EFL match which is shown on Sky Sports will also be available on the Sky Sports app 📱.
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League One opening weekend games on Sky
Friday August 1
- Luton vs Wimbledon, kick-off 8pm - Live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports+
Saturday August 2
- Blackpool vs Stevenage, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Bradford vs Wycombe, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Burton vs Mansfield, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Cardiff vs Peterborough, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports+
- Doncaster vs Exeter, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Huddersfield vs Leyton Orient, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Lincoln vs Reading, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Plymouth vs Barnsley, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Rotherham vs Port Vale, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Wigan vs Northampton, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
Sunday August 3
- Stockport vs Bolton, kick-off 12pm - Live on Sky Sports+
League Two opening weekend games on Sky
Saturday August 2
- Accrington vs Gillingham, kick-off 3pm- Live on Sky Sports+
- Barnet v Fleetwood, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports+
- Bristol Rovers v Harrogate, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Cambridge v Cheltenham, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Chesterfield v Barrow, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Colchester v Tranmere, kick-off 3pm- Live on Sky Sports+
- Grimsby v Crawley, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- MK Dons v Oldham, kick-off 3pm- Live on Sky Sports+
- Newport v Notts County, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Salford v Crewe, kick-off 3pm- Live on Sky Sports+
- Shrewsbury v Bromley, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Walsall v Swindon, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
Championship opening weekend games on Sky
Friday August 8
- Birmingham vs Ipswich, kick-off 8pm - Live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports+
Saturday August 9
- Southampton vs Wrexham, kick-off 12:30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports+
- Charlton vs Watford, kick-off 12:30pm -Live on Sky Sports+
- Coventry vs Hull, kick-off 12:30pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Middlesbrough vs Swansea, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Norwich vs Millwall, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Oxford vs Portsmouth, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- QPR vs Preston, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Stoke vs Derby, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- West Brom vs Blackburn, kick-off 3pm - Live on Sky Sports+
- Sheff Utd vs Bristol City, kick-off 5:30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football
Sunday August 10
- Leicester vs Sheff Wed, kick-off 4.30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football
Live selections after opening weekends...
Saturday August 9
Peterborough vs Luton - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Reading vs Huddersfield - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Tranmere vs Shrewsbury - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Notts County vs Salford - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Saturday August 16
Wrexham vs West Brom - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Derby vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Portsmouth vs Norwich - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Burton vs Port Vale - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Exeter vs Mansfield - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Chesterfield vs Bristol Rovers - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Oldham vs Swindon - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Sunday August 17
Ipswich vs Southampton - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Tuesday August 19
Walsall vs Grimsby - League Two, kick-off 8pm
Wednesday August 20
Bolton vs Reading - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday August 22
Derby vs Bristol City - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday August 23
Charlton vs Leicester - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Swansea vs Watford - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Hull vs Blackburn - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Luton vs Cardiff - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Rotherham vs Wigan - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Walsall vs Salford - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Newport vs MK Dons - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Friday August 29
Leicester vs Birmingham - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday August 30
Middlesbrough vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
QPR vs Charlton - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Stoke vs West Brom - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Doncaster vs Rotherham - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Cardiff vs Plymouth - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Crewe vs Swindon - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Barrow vs Fleetwood - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Saturday September 6
Newport vs Bristol Rovers - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Bromley vs Gillingham - League Two, kick-off 5.30pm
Friday September 12
Ipswich vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday September 13
Charlton vs Millwall - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Oxford vs Leicester - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Preston vs Middlesbrough - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Bradford vs Huddersfield - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Northampton vs Blackpool - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Accrington vs Colchester - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Crawley vs Cheltenham - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Sunday September 14
Southampton vs Portsmouth - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Saturday September 20
Leicester vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
QPR vs Stoke - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Birmingham vs Swansea - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Lincoln vs Luton - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Blackpool vs Barnsley - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Cambridge vs Fleetwood - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Harrogate vs Shrewsbury - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Monday September 22
Millwall vs Watford - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Friday September 26
West Brom vs Leicester - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday September 27
Coventry vs Birmingham- Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Swansea vs Millwall- Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Wrexham vs Derby- Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
AFC Wimbledon vs Wycombe - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Leyton Orient vs Stevenage - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Oldham vs Barnet - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Crewe vs Notts County - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Tuesday September 30
Derby vs Charlton - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Wednesday October 1
QPR vs Oxford - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Thursday October 2
Rotherham vs Bradford - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday October 3
Wrexham vs Birmingham - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday October 4
Hull vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Sheffield Wednesday vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Blackburn vs Stoke - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Wycombe vs Barnsley - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Doncaster vs Burton - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Newport vs Swindon - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
MK Dons vs Gillingham - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Sunday October 5
Ipswich vs Norwich - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Monday October 6
Harrogate vs Crewe - League Two, kick-off 8pm
Saturday October 11
Oldham vs Barrow - League Two, kick-off 5.30pm
Thursday October 16
Huddersfield vs Bolton - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday October 17
Middlesbrough vs Ipswich - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday October 18
QPR vs Millwall - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Oxford vs Derby - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Southampton vs Swansea - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Lincoln vs Stevenage - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Burton vs Peterborough - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Salford vs Oldham - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Cambridge vs Bromley - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Tuesday October 21
Bristol City vs Southampton - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Wednesday October 22
Sheffield Wednesday vs Middlesbrough - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Thursday October 23
Exeter vs Plymouth - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday October 24
Preston vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday October 25
Ipswich vs West Brom - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Portsmouth vs Stoke - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Coventry vs Watford - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Mansfield vs Wigan - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Bolton vs Cardiff - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Fleetwood vs Accrington - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Cheltenham vs Walsall - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Monday October 27
Port Vale vs Stockport - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday October 31
Wrexham vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday November 1
Leicester vs Blackburn - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Norwich vs Hull - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
West Brom vs Sheffield Wednesday - kick-off 12.30pm
Tuesday November 4
Coventry vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Wednesday November 5
Portsmouth vs Wrexham - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Thursday November 6
Reading vs Stevenage - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday November 7
Watford vs Bristol City - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday November 8
Blackburn vs Derby - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Hull vs Portsmouth - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Millwall vs Preston - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Wycombe vs Leyton Orient - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Northampton vs Mansfield - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Colchester vs Bromley - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Crewe vs Shrewsbury - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Monday November 10
Cheltenham vs Notts County - League Two, kick-off 8pm
Saturday November 15
Gillingham vs Crawley - League Two, kick-off 5.30pm
Thursday November 20
Peterborough vs Stockport - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday November 21
Preston vs Blackburn - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday November 22
Coventry vs West Brom - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Charlton vs Southampton - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Bristol City vs Swansea - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Exeter vs Burton - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Port Vale vs Plymouth - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Harrogate vs Walsall - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Gillingham vs Barnet - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Sunday November 23
Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Tuesday November 25
Southampton vs Leicester - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Wednesday November 26
West Brom vs Birmingham - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Thursday November 27
Grimsby vs Tranmere - League Two, kick-off 8pm
Friday November 28
Oxford vs Ipswich - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday November 29
Leicester vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Stoke vs Hull - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Portsmouth vs Bristol City - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Blackpool vs Reading - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Stockport vs Barnsley - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Accrington vs Oldham - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
MK Dons vs Fleetwood - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Monday December 1
Birmingham vs Watford - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Friday December 5
Hull vs Middlesbrough - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday December 6
Derby vs Leicester - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Watford vs Norwich - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Charlton vs Portsmouth - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Tuesday December 9
QPR vs Birmingham - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Wednesday December 10
Hull vs Wrexham - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Friday December 12
West Brom vs Sheffield United, kick-off 8pm
Saturday December 13
Norwich vs Southampton - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Oxford vs Preston - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Stoke vs Swansea - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
AFC Wimbledon vs Mansfield - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Huddersfield vs Wigan - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Salford vs Colchester - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Bristol Rovers vs Swindon - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Monday December 15
Sheffield Wednesday vs Derby - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Thursday December 18
Reading vs Luton - League One, kick-off 8pm
Friday December 19
Swansea vs Wrexham - Championship, kick-off 8pm
Saturday December 20
Southampton vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Preston vs Norwich - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Blackburn vs Millwall - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Wigan vs Blackpool - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Stevenage vs Burton - League One, kick-off 12.30pm
Notts County vs Walsall - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Bromley vs Grimsby - League Two, kick-off 12.30pm
Friday December 26
Birmingham vs Derby - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Chesterfield vs Notts County - League Two, kick-off 3pm
Wrexham vs Sheffield United - Championship, kick-off 5.30pm
Monday December 29
Coventry vs Ipswich - Championship, kick-off 6pm
Leicester vs Derby - Championship, kick-off 7.45pm
Bradford vs Port Vale - League One, kick-off 7.45pm
Plymouth vs Wycombe - League One, kick-off 7.45pm
Grimsby vs Shrewsbury - League Two, kick-off 7.45pm
Tranmere vs Barrow - League Two, kick-off 7.45pm
Birmingham vs Southampton - Championship, kick-off 8.15pm
Thursday January 1
Blackburn vs Wrexham - Championship, kick-off 12.30pm
Wycombe vs Cardiff - League One, kick-off 3pm
Sheffield United vs Leicester - Championship, kick-off 5.30pm
Sunday January 4
Birmingham vs Coventry - Championship, kick-off 12pm
QPR vs Sheffield Wednesday - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Sheffield United vs Oxford - Championship, kick-off 12pm
Lincoln vs Peterborough - League One, kick-off 12pm
Bolton vs Northampton - League One, kick-off 12pm
MK Dons vs Chesterfield - League Two, kick-off 12pm
Cheltenham vs Crawley - League Two, kick-off 12pm
Monday January 5
Leicester vs West Brom - Championship, kick-off 8pm
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Championship: Every team's 2025/26 fixtures
- Birmingham | Blackburn | Bristol City | Charlton | Coventry | Derby | Hull |
- Ipswich | Leicester | Middlesbrough | Millwall | Norwich | Oxford | Portsmouth | Preston
- QPR | Sheff Utd | Sheff Wed | Southampton | Stoke | Swansea | Watford | West Brom | Wrexham
League One: Every team's 2025/26 fixtures
- AFC Wimbledon | Barnsley | Blackpool | Bolton | Bradford | Burton | Cardiff | Doncaster | Exeter
- Huddersfield | Leyton Orient | Lincoln | Luton | Mansfield | Northampton | Peterborough | Plymouth
- Port Vale | Reading | Rotherham | Stevenage | Stockport | Wigan | Wycombe
League Two: Every team's 2025/26 fixtures
- Accrington | Barnet | Barrow | Bristol Rovers | Bromley | Cambridge | Cheltenham | Chesterfield
- Colchester | Crawley | Crewe | Fleetwood | Gillingham | Grimsby | Harrogate | MK Dons | Newport
- Notts County | Oldham | Salford | Shrewsbury | Swindon | Tranmere | Walsall
