Sky says that every single EFL Championship, League One and League Two team will be featured more than 20 times on its broadcast and streaming services in the coming season.
- Sky Sports+ home of over 1,000 games
- Every game from 2026-27 opening weekend live on Sky
Sky has guaranteed that every Championship, League One and League Two team will be featured live on Sky more than 20 times in the 2026/27 season, starting with full coverage of every game during the opening weekend of the season.
The EFL kicks off on Friday 14 August, a week before the Premier League, meaning the normal 3pm blackout doesn’t apply for the opening weekend.
Once again, Sky Sports+ will be the home of EFL coverage. Sky Sports+ consists of a linear channel, plus a streaming platform, which will show all games not shown on the regular broadcast channel.
In total, Sky will broadcast over 1,000 games from 1,891 matches across the EFL, Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy during the 2026-27 season.
Midweek and Holiday fixtures
Additionally, Sky has confirmed:
- All midweek fixtures in the EFL will be shown live,
- All games played on Bank Holidays including Easter, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. will also be available live.
- Every match played in League One and Two during international breaks will also be broadcast live.
- All final day fixtures across the EFL will also be available live on Sky Sports.
All matches selected for broadcast for the period to the end of September will be announced by Thursday 2 July. All TV selections will be confirmed for the period up to the FA Cup Third Round on the weekend of 9 January 2027.
The first match of the Champions sees newly-relegated Wolves hosting Blackburn Rovers at Molineux on Friday 14 August with an 8pm kick-off. The all-Welsh opener between Cardiff City and Wrexham is live on Monday 17 August.
List of all EFL games on Sky Sports during the Opening Weekend
The following games will be shown across Sky Sports’ linear broadcast channels:
Friday 14 August
- Wolverhampton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers – 8:00pm
Saturday 15 August
- Notts County v Leicester City – 12:30pm
- Bolton Wanderers v Preston North End – 12:30pm
- Reading v Luton Town – 12:30pm
- Oxford United v Milton Keynes Dons – 12:30pm
- Oldham Athletic v Port Vale – 12:30pm
- Newport County v Rochdale – 12:30pm
- York City v Bristol Rovers – 3:00pm
- Sheffield United v Birmingham City – 5:30pm
Sunday 16 August
- Watford v Southampton – 1:30pm
- Burnley v West Ham – 4:00pm
Monday 17 August
- Cardiff City v Wrexham – 8:00pm
Meanwhile, all remaining opening matchday fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two will kick-off at 3pm on Saturday 15 August. These will be available as live streams through Sky Sports+.
By: Marc Thornham | Image: EFL