The EFL has announced the initial selection of live games in the Championship until the start of January of the 2026/27 season.
Sky Sports will broadcast games, including up to 10 live EFL fixtures on every regular weekend.
The three relegated teams from the Premier League and the trio of promoted sides from League One are among the clubs to feature.
101GreatGoals.com has a complete guide to the Championship games picked for TV for the first half of the 2026/27 season, plus details on when the next selections will be announced.
Championship football on TV: Live games and fixtures
All matches on Sky Sports – rather than Sky Sports Plus – are on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Ultra.
All games on ITV are shown on ITV1 and STV.
| Date | Fixture | BST | ET | PT | UK TV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | Charlton vs Bristol City | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 10 | Swansea vs Norwich | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 10 | West Brom vs Birmingham | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 11 | Southampton vs Portsmouth | 12:00 | 07:00 | 04:00 | ITV, Sky Sports |
| Oct 13 | Birmingham vs Preston | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 13 | Bristol City vs Blackburn | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 13 | Burnley vs Charlton | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 13 | Cardiff vs Watford | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 13 | Millwall vs Swansea | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 13 | Wolves vs Bolton | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 13 | Wrexham vs West Brom | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 13 | Stoke vs Middlesbrough | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 14 | Norwich vs Southampton | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 14 | Portsmouth vs Sheffield United | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 14 | QPR vs Derby | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 14 | Lincoln vs West Ham | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 16 | Burnley vs Wolves | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 17 | Middlesbrough vs Cardiff | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 17 | Millwall vs Lincoln | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 17 | Watford vs Charlton | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 23 | Bolton vs Middlesbrough | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 24 | Charlton vs Norwich | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 24 | Portsmouth vs Millwall | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 24 | Sheffield United vs Derby | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 30 | Sheffield United vs Wrexham | 12:30 | 08:30 | 05:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Oct 31 | Lincoln vs Birmingham | 12:30 | 08:30 | 05:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 31 | Norwich vs Watford | 12:30 | 08:30 | 05:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Oct 31 | Stoke vs Preston | 12:30 | 08:30 | 05:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 3 | Birmingham vs Millwall | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 3 | Blackburn vs Stoke | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 3 | Derby vs Norwich | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 3 | Portsmouth vs Swansea | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 3 | Preston vs Sheffield United | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 3 | QPR vs Burnley | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 3 | Watford vs Lincoln | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 3 | West Brom vs Southampton | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 4 | Cardiff vs West Ham | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 4 | Charlton vs Bolton | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 4 | Wrexham vs Middlesbrough | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 4 | Bristol City vs Wolves | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 6 | Derby vs Bolton | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 7 | Bristol City vs Norwich | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 7 | Portsmouth vs Stoke | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 7 | Wrexham vs Wolves | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 21 | Millwall vs QPR | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 21 | Norwich vs Cardiff | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 21 | Southampton vs Derby | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 22 | Burnley vs Blackburn | 12:00 | 07:00 | 04:00 | ITV, Sky Sports |
| Nov 24 | Bristol City vs Wrexham | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 24 | Cardiff vs Preston | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 24 | Charlton vs Lincoln | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 24 | Middlesbrough vs Swansea | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 24 | Norwich vs QPR | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 24 | Portsmouth vs West Ham | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 24 | Sheffield United vs Southampton | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 24 | Wolves vs Derby | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 25 | Bolton vs West Brom | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 25 | Burnley vs Birmingham | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 25 | Watford vs Blackburn | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 25 | Stoke vs Millwall | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 27 | Southampton vs Middlesbrough | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 28 | Blackburn vs Charlton | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 28 | Lincoln vs Wolves | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Nov 28 | Preston vs Norwich | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Nov 29 | Swansea vs Cardiff | 12:00 | 07:00 | 04:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 4 | Sheffield United vs West Ham | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 5 | Bolton vs Blackburn | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 5 | Middlesbrough vs Derby | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 5 | Watford vs Millwall | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 6 | Burnley vs Preston | 12:00 | 07:00 | 04:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 8 | Birmingham vs Watford | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 8 | Blackburn vs Norwich | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 8 | Millwall vs Sheffield United | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 8 | QPR vs Wolves | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 8 | Swansea vs Bolton | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 8 | West Brom vs Cardiff | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 8 | Wrexham vs Charlton | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 8 | West Ham vs Middlesbrough | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 9 | Derby vs Bristol City | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 9 | Lincoln vs Stoke | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 9 | Preston vs Portsmouth | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 9 | Southampton vs Burnley | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 11 | Bolton vs Wrexham | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 12 | Preston vs Middlesbrough | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 12 | QPR vs Watford | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 12 | Stoke vs West Brom | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 18 | West Brom vs Sheffield United | 20:00 | 15:00 | 12:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 19 | Birmingham vs West Ham | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | ITV, Sky Sports |
| Dec 19 | Swansea vs Preston | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 19 | Watford vs Bolton | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 26 | Sheffield United vs Middlesbrough | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 29 | Wrexham vs Blackburn | 18:00 | 13:00 | 10:00 | Sky Sports Football |
| Dec 29 | Burnley vs Lincoln | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 29 | Millwall vs Portsmouth | 19:45 | 14:45 | 11:45 | Sky Sports+ |
| Dec 29 | Southampton vs West Ham | 20:15 | 15:15 | 12:15 | Sky Sports Football |
| Jan 1 | Millwall vs Wolves | 12:30 | 07:30 | 04:30 | Sky Sports Football |
| Jan 1 | Burnley vs Sheffield United | 17:30 | 12:30 | 09:30 | Sky Sports Football |
Championship fixtures 2026/27: When are the next games announced?
Fixtures until the midweek of March 2-3 2027 will be announced by November 6 2026, with selections for matches scheduled for the weekend of March 5-8 2027 confirmed by February 5 2027.
After that, weekly announcements of televised fixtures will be made four weeks in advance until the scheduling of the penultimate weekend of the regular season, which will be confirmed three weeks beforehand.
The selections for the final weekend of the regular season will be announced a week in advance.
Championship highlights on ITV
While Sky Sports also offers highlights of games, ITV screens a comprehensive round-up every Saturday at 21:00 on ITV4, with a repeat on ITV later in the evening and another on Sunday mornings.
There are highlights of midweek fixtures where a full round has taken place on ITV and ITVX. Each highlights programme is available for 30 days after transmission.
How to watch the Championship on TV: Sky Sports
Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
Sky Sports memberships include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live streams and a dedicated channel.
Championship football live streams: How to watch online on ITV, Sky Sports
Both broadcasters have dedicated apps allowing fans to live-stream the games: Sky Go for Sky Sports and ITVX for ITV.
Both apps are available on a vast range of devices, including smart TVs, gaming consoles, set-top boxes and mobile devices.
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