The latest EFL TV selections for the 2025/26 season have been revealed by broadcaster Sky Sports and ITV for the next few months.
As part of the continued deal between Sky Sports and ITV, the broadcaster will give UK football fans the chance to watch free-to-air coverage of select Carabao Cup and EFL matches.
A total of 20 matches will be broadcast by ITV in the 2025/26 season, made up of 10 Carabao Cup ties and 10 EFL selections.
Sky Sports and ITV’s deal runs until the end of the 2026/27 season, which means ITV will jointly broadcast a select number of games, also available on Sky Sports.
ITV will continue to air extended highlights of the EFL on ITV4 and ITVX throughout the season as part of the deal.
LATEST EFL TV SELECTIONS:
Friday 10 April 2026 – West Brom v Millwall – Sky Sports Football – 8pm
Saturday 11 April 2026 – Norwich City v Ipswich Town – Sky Sports Football – 12:30pm
Saturday 11 April 2026 – QPR v Bristol City – Sky Sports+ – 12:30pm
Saturday 11 April 2026 – Coventry City v Sheffield Wednesday – Sky Sports+ – 12:30pm
Saturday 11 April 2026 – Cardiff City v Bolton Wanderers – Sky Sports+ – 12:30pm
Saturday 11 April 2026 – Lincoln City v Leyton Orient – Sky Sports+ – 12:30pm
Saturday 11 April 2026 – MK Dons v Bromley – Sky Sports+ – 12:30pm
Saturday 11 April 2026 – Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town – Sky Sports+ – 12:30pm
Sunday 12 April 2026 – Birmingham City v Wrexham – Sky Sports Football – 12:00pm
ALREADY PICKED:
Sky Bet Championship
Friday 13 March* – Championship – Wrexham v Swansea City – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
Saturday 14 March – Championship – Coventry City v Southampton – 12.30pm – Sky Sports Football
Saturday 14 March – Championship – Middlesbrough v Bristol City – 12.30pm – Sky Sports+
Saturday 14 March – Championship – Oxford United v Charlton Athletic – 12.30pm – Sky Sports+
Monday 16 March – Championship – Portsmouth v Derby County – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
Fri 20 March – Championship – Preston North End v Stoke City – 8pm Sky Sports Football
Sat 21 March – Championship – Ipswich Town v Millwall – 12:30pm Sky Sports Football + – ITV4
Sat 21 March – Championship – Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough – 12:30pm – Sky Sports+
Sat 21 March – Championship – Derby County v Birmingham City – 12:30pm – Sky Sports+
Sat 21 March – Championship – Swansea City v Coventry City – 17:15pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Friday 3 April – Middlesbrough v Millwall – 12.30pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Friday 3 April – Oxford United v Hull City – 3pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Friday 3 April* – Southampton v Ipswich Town – 5.30pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Friday 3 April – Coventry City v Derby County – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Monday 6 April – Portsmouth v Oxford United – 12.30pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Monday 6 April – Watford v Charlton Athletic – 3pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Monday 6 April – Swansea City v Middlesbrough – 5.30pm – Sky Sports Football
Championship – Monday 6 April – Hull City v Coventry City – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
* Subject to FA Cup scheduling
*In the event that Wrexham AFC v Hull City, scheduled for Tuesday 10 March, is required to be moved to Wednesday 11 March due to FA Cup scheduling the previous weekend, Wrexham AFC’s fixture against Swansea City on Friday 13 March (20:00 KO) will be moved to Saturday 14 March (20:00 KO). The fixture would remain on Sky Sports Football.
Sky Bet League One
Saturday 14 March – League One – Lincoln City v Stockport County – 12.30pm – Sky Sports+
Saturday 14 March – League One – Rotherham United v Bolton Wanderers – 12.30pm – Sky Sports+
Tuesday 17 March – League One – Barnsley v Wigan Athletic – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
Sat 21 March – League One – Cardiff City v Blackpool – 12:30pm – Sky Sports+
Sat 21 March – League One – Luton Town v Stockport County – 12:30pm – Sky Sports+
* Subject to FA Cup scheduling
Sky Bet League Two
Saturday 14 March – League Two – Notts County v Chesterfield – 12.30pm – Sky Sports+
Saturday 14 March – League Two – Harrogate Town v Salford City – 12.30pm – Sky Sports+
Wednesday 18 March – League Two – MK Dons v Colchester United – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
Sat 21 March – League Two – Cambridge United v Salford City – 12:30pm – Sky Sports+
Sat 21 March – League Two – Milton Keynes Dons v Barnet – 12:30pm – Sky Sports+
League Two – Thursday 2 April – Cambridge United v Swindon Town – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
League Two – Tuesday 7 April – Bromley v Shrewsbury Town – 8pm – Sky Sports Football
* Subject to FA Cup scheduling
The 2025/26 Sky Bet EFL season is the second season of a five-year domestic broadcast deal with Sky Sports, with over 1,000 games set to be broadcast live each and every campaign.
Sky Sports Selections Notification
Selections for matches scheduled after the first weekend in March will be announced on a four-week rolling basis starting from February 1 (e.g. a selection for the first weekend in April will be selected in the first weekend in March).
Selections for matches scheduled for the penultimate weekend of the regular season will be announced three weeks in advance.
Selections for matches scheduled for the final weekend of the regular season will be announced the week prior.
In line with the uplift in matches, weekends when all divisions and the Premier League are scheduled to play*, 10 regular weekend games across the three divisions will be broadcast, including seven games at 12.30 pm on a Saturday.
This will include up to five Sky Bet Championship matches and up to five matches across Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two.
* Weekends in which 50% of the top two divisions (Premier League and Championship) are played at the same time are subject to Article 48, with a ban on the domestic broadcasting of fixtures between 2:45 pm and 5:15 pm on a traditional Saturday schedule.
Fans gave their reaction to the latest batch of EFL TV selections revealed by Sky Sports and ITV for up until the end of April…
@GrantDcfc: Southampton away Saturday at 3 🥳 Night out it is! 🐑
@andygal1: Ohhhh Just fuck off sky….. 12:30 k off away at cardiff….. 9 hour round trip…. #bwfc
@rharrisoneal72: There will be plenty more of this next season. And we’re all partly responsible in a way because we don’t turn down the extra revenue that Sky brings. #millwall
@DavidMitchSoton: Don’t mind this. Reminds me of Cov away on Friday night in 2002 towards the end of that season when we last made the play offs at this level. We took a couple of thousand that night and one of those special atmospheres you never forget. Needs to be the same this time! #millwall
@PaulNewber76819: So after tomorrow only two Saturday 3pm’s left!! Guarantee one or both of them gets changed as well #millwall
@maxx1875: Really?! Why have they put this on?! Random fixture.. #bcfc
@DoddsJoe1: 12 o clock fuck off sky #bcfc
@KeegBCFC: Football is for the fans. Fuck Sky. #bcfc
@Kieranbcfc2: Was obvious it would be moved but 12 on a Sunday morning, vile. The Friday night was a no brainer and they fucked it. #bcfc
@BGS1877: Get so far to fuck sky not one single thought about the fans horrible shithouses #bwfc
@harveybwfc: What a load of rubbish nice one sky #bwfc
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