The amount of times EFL teams have been selected by Sky Sports in the 2021/22 season

In this article, we take a look at the amount of times EFL teams have been selected by the broadcaster Sky Sports in the 2021/22 season.

In 2018, Sky Sports agreed the renewal of its contract with the EFL to broadcast around 138 live league games per season until 2024.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Sky Sports continue to also deliver coverage of each leg and final of the play-offs from the Sky Bet Championship, League One and League Two.

Sky’s also are committed to domestic cup competitions, with 15 matches broadcast per season from the Carabao Cup and the semi-finals and final of the Papa John’s Trophy.

At least 20 EFL games broadcast per season will be chosen from Sky Bet League One and League Two matches, with 16 more from Championship games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and a lot of then via the red button.

However, TV selections tend to be a controversial one, some absolutely love it, and others really aren’t happy with it changing match attendees’ plans mainly over the change of kick off and date.

With all of this in mind, we take a look at the amount of times EFL teams have been selected by Sky Sports in the 2021/22 season as best we can going off the list on the Football League’s website…

Nottingham Forest have been live on Sky Sports the most times, a total of 22 showings while Fulham were televised on Sky 19 times, while Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers and Huddersfield have been shown 18 times.

Also in double figures when it comes to showings on Sky, are the following West Brom (17), Derby (14), Bournemouth (13), Middlesbrough (13),  Blackburn (11) and Luton (11).

THE REST:
SWANSEA – 9
BIRMINGHAM – 8
COVENTRY – 8
BARNSLEY – 7
STOKE – 7
HULL – 7
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY – 6
PRESTON – 6
READING – 6
SUNDERLAND – 6
MK DONS – 5
ROTHERHAM – 5
BRISTOL CITY – 4
WYCOMBE – 4
BLACKPOOL – 4
MANSFIELD – 4
PORT VALE – 4
PETERBOROUGH – 3
SWINDON – 3
PLYMOUTH – 3
CHARLTON – 2
SALFORD – 2
MILLWALL – 2
BURTON – 2
PORTSMOUTH – 2
FOREST GREEN – 2
SUTTON – 2
WIGAN – 2
NORTHAMPTON – 2
LEYTON ORIENT – 1
CHELTENHAM – 1
BOLTON – 1
DONCASTER – 1
COLCHESTER – 1
HARTLEPOOL – 1
IPSWICH – 1
CAMBRIDGE – 1
GILLINGHAM – 1
NEWPORT – 1

This list doesn’t take into account much of the games that were on the red button we believe, though we have added the cup finals and the playoffs into it.

Here’s the full list of EFL TV selections as stated on the EFL website for the 2021/22 season, for those interested…

AUGUST

Friday 6 August – Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion – KO 1945

Saturday 7 August – Charlton Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday  – KO 1730

Saturday 7 August – Sheffield United v Birmingham City – KO 2000

Sunday 8 August – Fulham v Middlesbrough – KO 1330

Sunday 8 August – Coventry City v Nottingham Forest – KO 1630
 
Carabao Cup Round One

Tuesday 10 August – Derby County v Salford City  – KO 1945

Wed 11 August – Leyton Orient v Queens Park Rangers  – KO 1945

Sky Bet EFL
 
Saturday 14 August – Peterborough United v Derby County – KO 1230

Saturday 14 August -Swansea City v Sheffield United  –  KO 2000
 
Tuesday 17 August – Millwall v Fulham – KO 1945

Tuesday 17 August  – Huddersfield Town v Preston North End   –  KO 1945 CO-EX

Wed 18 August – West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield United  – KO 2000 

Friday 20 August – Bristol City v Swansea City   –   KO 1945

Saturday 21 August – Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley  –  KO 1230
 
Friday 27 August – Burton Albion v Cheltenham Town  –  KO 1945

Saturday 28 August – Derby County v Nottingham Forest  –  KO 1230

SEPTEMBER

Monday 6 September – Bolton Wanderers v Burton Albion  –  KO 1945

Friday 10 September – Birmingham City v Derby County – KO 2000

Sunday 12 September – Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City – KO 1400

Tuesday 14 September – AFC Bournemouth v Queens Park Rangers – 1945

Tuesday 14 September – Blackburn Rovers v Hull City – 1945   CO-EX

Wednesday 15 September – Stoke City v Barnsley – KO 2000

Saturday 18 September – Hull City  v Sheffield United – KO 1230

Friday 24 September – West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers 2000

Saturday 25 September – Reading v Middlesbrough – KO 1230

Tuesday 28 September – Middlesbrough v Sheffield United – KO 1945    

Wednesday 29 September – Fulham v Swansea City – KO 1945

Wednesday 29 September – Barnsley v Nottingham Forest – KO 1945 Co-Exclusive

Carabao Cup Round Three

Tuesday 21 September – Norwich City v Liverpool – KO 1945

Wednesday 22 September – Manchester United v West Ham United – KO 1945

OCTOBER

Friday 1 October – Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion – 1945

Saturday 2 October – Coventry City v Fulham – 1230

Saturday 9 October – Forest Green Rovers v Swindon Town – 1200

Friday 15 October – West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham – 2000

Saturday 16 October – Fulham v Queens Park Rangers – 1230 
              
Sunday 17 October – Swansea City v Cardiff City – 1200

Tuesday 19  October – Stoke City v AFC Bournemouth – 1945

Wednesday 20 October – Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion – 1945

Saturday 23 October – Cardiff City v Middlesbrough – 1230

Friday 29 October – Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest – 1945

Saturday 30 October – Fulham v West Bromwich Albion – 1230

Saturday 30 October – Reading v AFC Bournemouth – 2000

Carabao Cup Round Four

Tuesday 26 October – Arsenal v Leeds United – 1945

Wednesday 27 October – Preston North End v Liverpool – 1945

NOVEMBER

Sky Bet EFL

Tuesday 2 November – Luton Town v Middlesbrough – 1945

Tuesday 2 November – Birmingham City v Bristol City – 1945

Wednesday 3 November – Blackburn Rovers v Fulham – 1945

Saturday 6 November – Blackpool v Queens Park Rangers – 1730

Friday 19 November – Queens Park Rangers v Luton Town – 1945

Saturday 20 November – Sheffield United v Coventry City – 1230

Sunday 21 November – Derby County v AFC Bournemouth – 1200

Tuesday 23 November – Coventry City v Birmingham City – 1945

Tuesday 23 November – Reading v Sheffield United – 2000

Wednesday 24 November – Bristol City v Stoke City – 1945

Friday 26 November – West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest – 2000

Saturday 27 November – Preston North End v Fulham – 1230

Monday 29 November – Derby County v Queens Park Rangers – 1945

DECEMBER

Sky Bet EFL

Friday 3 December – Fulham v AFC Bournemouth – 1945

Saturday 4 December – Coventry City v West Bromwich Albion – 1230

Sunday 5 December – Queens Park Rangers v Stoke City – 1430

Tuesday 7 December – Portsmouth v Sheffield Wednesday – 1945

Wednesday 8 December – Milton Keynes Dons v Plymouth – 1945

Saturday 11 December – Huddersfield Town v Coventry City – 1230

Friday 17 December – Barnsley v West Bromwich Albion – 1945

Saturday 18 December – Middlesbrough v AFC Bournemouth – 1230 

Monday 20 December – Fulham v Sheffield United – 1945 

Sunday 26 December – Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest – 1500

Monday 27 December – Doncaster Rovers v Sunderland – 1230

Monday 27 December – Derby County v West Bromwich Albion – 1500

Monday 27 December – Queens Park Rangers v AFC Bournemouth – 1730

Thursday 30 December – Nottingham  Forest v Huddersfield Town – 1945

JANUARY

Sky Bet EFL

Monday 3 January – Reading v Derby County – 1500

Saturday 8 January – Wycombe Wanderers v Sunderland – 1230

Saturday 15 January – Luton Town v AFC Bournemouth – 1230

Sunday 16 January – Hull City v Stoke City – 1200

Wednesday 19 January – Hull City v Blackburn Rovers – 1945

Saturday 22 January – Nottingham Forest v Derby County – 1230

Monday 24 January – Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough – 1945

Tuesday 25 January – Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City – 1945

Friday 28 January – Huddersfield Town v Stoke City – 1945

Saturday 29 January – Peterborough United v Sheffield United – 1730

Sunday 30 January – Derby County v Birmingham City – 1330

Sunday 30 January – Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest – 1600

Monday 31 January – Portsmouth v Charlton Athletic – 1945

Carabao Cup Semi-Final

Wednesday 5 January – Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur – 1945

Wednesday 12 January – Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea – 1945

Thursday 13 January – Liverpool v Arsenal – 1945

Thursday 20 January – Arsenal v Liverpool – 1945

FEBRUARY

Sky Bet EFL

Friday 4 February – Birmingham City v Sheffield United – 1945

Saturday 5 February – Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers – 1730

Tuesday 8 February – Derby County v Hull City – 1945

Wednesday 9 February – Preston North End v Huddersfield Town – 1945

Wednesday 9 February – Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest – 1945 (co-exclusive)

Saturday 12 February – Huddersfield Town v Sheffield United – 1230

Saturday 12 February – Barnsley v Queens Park Rangers – 2000

Sunday 13 February – Sheffield Wednesday v Rotherham United – 1200

Monday 14 February – West Bromwich Albion v Blackburn Rovers – 2000

Tuesday 15 February – Cardiff City v Coventry City – 1945

Wednesday 16 February – Peterborough United v Reading – 1945

Friday 18 February – AFC Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest – 1945

Saturday 19 February – Fulham v Huddersfield Town – 1230

Tuesday 22 February – Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion – 1945

Tuesday 22 February – Swansea City v AFC Bournemouth – 1945 (co-exclusive)

Wednesday 23 February – Sheffield United v Blackburn Rovers – 1945

Saturday 26 February – Blackburn Rovers v Queens Park Rangers – 1230

Monday 28 February – West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City – 2000

MARCH

Sky Bet EFL

Tuesday 1 March – Cardiff City v Derby County – 1945

Friday 4 March – Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest – 1945

Saturday 5 March – Fulham v Blackburn Rovers – 1230

Friday 11 March – West Bromwich Albion v Huddersfield Town – 2000

Saturday 12 March – Barnsley v Fulham – 1230

Sunday 13 March – Luton Town v Queens Park Rangers – 1200

Tuesday 15 March – West Bromwich Albion v Fulham – 2000

Wednesday 16 March – Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers – 1945

Wednesday 16 March – Millwall v Huddersfield Town – 1945

Saturday 19 March – Derby County v Coventry City – 1230

Saturday 19 March – Fulham v Nottingham Forest – 2000

Monday 21 March – Colchester United v Forest Green Rovers – 1945

Papa Johns Trophy

Tuesday 8 March – Wigan Athletic v Sutton United – 1945

Wednesday 9 March – Hartlepool United v Rotherham United – 1945

APRIL

Sky Bet EFL

Friday 1 April – Hull City v Huddersfield Town – 1945

Saturday 2 April – Blackpool v Nottingham Forest – 1230

Tuesday 5 April – Preston North End v Blackpool – 1945

Wednesday 6 April – Middlesbrough v Fulham – 1945

Saturday 9 April – Sheffield United v AFC Bournemouth – 1245

Monday 11 April – Huddersfield Town v Luton Town – 1945

Friday 15 April – Luton Town v Nottingham Forest – 1230

Friday 15 April – AFC Bournemouth v Middlesbrough – 1500

Friday 15 April – Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers – 1730

Friday 15 April – Derby County v Fulham – 2000

Saturday 16 April – Rotherham United v Ipswich Town – 1230

Saturday 16 April – Wigan Athletic vs Cambridge United – 1715

Saturday 16 April – Milton Keynes Dons v Sheffield Wednesday – 1945

Monday 18 April – Middlesbrough v Huddersfield Town – 1230

Monday 18 April – Plymouth Argyle v Sunderland – 1500

Monday 18 April – Bristol City v Sheffield United – 1730

Monday 18 April – Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion – 2000

Friday 22 April – Huddersfield Town v Barnsley – 1945

Saturday 23 April – Luton Town v Blackpool – 1230

Monday 25 April – Preston North End v Blackburn Rovers – 1930

Tuesday 26 April – Fulham v Nottingham Forest – 1945

Wednesday 27 April – Middlesbrough v Cardiff City – 1945

Friday 29 April – Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United – 1945     

Saturday 30 April – Gillingham v Rotherham United – 1230

Saturday 30 April – Plymouth Argyle v Milton Keynes Dons – 1230

MAY

Sky Bet EFL

Monday 2 May – Salford City v Mansfield Town – 1230

Monday 2 May – Port Vale v Newport County – 1500

Monday 2 May – Fulham v Luton Town – 1715

Tuesday 3 May – AFC Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest – 1900

Saturday 7 May – Luton Town v Reading – 1230