Sky Sports have announced their Championship broadcast picks up to 5 January 2026.
Sky had previously selected fixtures up until end of September but have now added 58 further picks excluding Boxing Day and New Year’s Day rounds, which will see all games broadcast live albeit with four games moved for standalone broadcast slots in total across those two matchweeks.
October’s headliner comes from the Racecourse Ground with the Hollywood derby on Friday 3 October between Wrexham and Birmingham City, which has been selected for a 8pm BST kick-off.
Wrexham’s home clash against Coventry rounds off that month on Friday 31 October as Frank Lampard’s Sky Blues face a Halloween trip to the Racecourse Ground in a 8pm GMT kick-off.
November’s stand-out fixtures come towards the end of the month, starting with the Steel City derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United on Sunday 23 November at 12pm.
Southampton host Leicester on Tuesday 25 November (8pm) in a clash between two relegated teams from last season’s Premier League.
December’s festive race to the top of the table at Xmas begins on 1 December as Birmingham City host Watford in a Monday Night Football clash at 8pm from St Andrew’s Stadium.
Boxing Day commences with a Midlands derby between Birmingham and Derby at St Andrew’s in a 12:30pm kick-off, before Oxford United host Southampton in the pick of the 3pm kick-offs on Sky Sports +.
Sky’s Boxing Day coverage concludes at the Racecourse Ground as Wrexham host Sheffield Utd at 5:30pm on Sky Sports Football.
The round of fixtures on Monday 29 December has been treated like a weekend round, meaning that only the following four matches will be televised:
- Coventry v Ipswich (6pm), Sky Sports Football
- Leicester v Derby (7:45pm), Sky Sports +
- Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn (7:45pm), Sky Sports +
- Birmingham v Southampton (8:15pm), Sky Sports Football
2026 begins at Ewood Park as Blackburn host Wrexham on Sky Sports Football, before Charlton entertain Coventry at The Valley in the pick of the 3pm kick-offs on Sky Sports +.
New Year’s Day action finishes at Bramall Lane as Ruben Selles’ Blades host Leicester in a likely clash between two promotion contenders.
The first weekend of 2026 sees Sky Sports Football head to the Midlands as Birmingham host Coventry on 4 January (12pm), followed by Leicester’s home game against West Brom at 8pm on 5 January.
| Date | Match | Channel | Time |
| Friday 8 August | Birmingham v Ipswich | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Charlton v Watford | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Coventry v Hull | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Southampton v Wrexham | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Middlesbrough v Swansea | SS+ | 3pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Norwich v Millwall | SS+ | 3pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Oxford Utd v Portsmouth | SS+ | 3pm |
| Saturday 9 August | QPR v Preston | SS+ | 3pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Stoke v Derby | SS+ | 3pm |
| Saturday 9 August | West Brom v Blackburn | SS+ | 3pm |
| Saturday 9 August | Sheffield Utd v Bristol City | SSF | 5:30pm |
| Sunday 10 August | Leicester v Sheffield Wednesday | SSF | 4:30pm |
| Saturday 16 August | Wrexham v West Brom | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 16 August | Derby v Coventry | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 16 August | Portsmouth v Norwich | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Sunday 17 August | Ipswich v Southampton | SSF | 12pm |
| Friday 22 August | Derby v Bristol City | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 23 August | Charlton v Leicester | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 23 August | Swansea v Watford | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 23 August | Hull v Blackburn | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Friday 29 August | Leicester v Birmingham | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 30 August | Middlesbrough v Sheffield Utd | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 30 August | QPR v Charlton | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 30 August | Stoke v West Brom | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Friday 12 September | Ipswich v Sheffield Utd | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 13 September | Charlton v Millwall | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 13 September | Oxford Utd v Leicester | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 13 September | Preston v Middlesbrough | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Sunday 14 September | Southampton v Portsmouth | SSF | 12pm |
| Friday 19 September | Middlesbrough v West Brom | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 20 September | Leicester v Coventry | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 20 September | QPR v Stoke | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 20 September | Birmingham v Swansea | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Monday 22 September | Millwall v Watford | SSF | 8pm* |
| Friday 26 September | West Brom v Leicester | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 27 September | Coventry v Birmingham | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 27 September | Swansea v Millwall | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 27 September | Wrexham v Derby | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Tuesday 30 September | Derby v Charlton | SSF | 8pm |
| Wednesday 1 October | QPR v Oxford United | SSF | 8pm |
| Friday 3 October | Wrexham v Birmingham | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 4 October | Hull v Sheffield United | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 4 October | Sheffield Wednesday v Coventry | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 4 October | Blackburn v Stoke | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Sunday 5 October | Ipswich v Norwich | SSF | 12pm |
| Friday 17 October | Middlesbrough v Ipswich | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 18 October | QPR v Millwall | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 18 October | Oxford United v Derby | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 18 October | Southampton v Swansea | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Tuesday 21 October | Bristol City v Southampton | SSF | 8pm |
| Wednesday 22 October | Sheffield Wednesday v Middlesbrough | SSF | 8pm |
| Friday 24 October | Preston v Sheffield Utd | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 25 October | Ipswich v West Brom | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 25 October | Coventry v Watford | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 25 October | Portsmouth v Stoke | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Friday 31 October | Wrexham v Coventry | SSF | 8pm* |
| Saturday 1 November | Leicester v Blackburn | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 1 November | Norwich v Hull | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 1 November | West Brom v Sheffield Wednesday | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Tuesday 4 November | Coventry v Sheffield Utd | SSF | 8pm |
| Wednesday 5 November | Portsmouth v Wrexham | SSF | 8pm |
| Friday 7 November | Watford v Bristol City | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 8 November | Blackburn v Derby | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 8 November | Hull v Portsmouth | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 8 November | Millwall v Preston | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Friday 21 November | Preston v Blackburn | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 22 November | Coventry v West Brom | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 22 November | Charlton v Southampton | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 22 November | Bristol City v Swansea | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Sunday 23 November | Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield Utd | SSF | 12pm |
| Tuesday 25 November | Southampton v Leicester | SSF | 8pm |
| Wednesday 26 November | West Brom v Birmingham | SSF | 8pm |
| Friday 28 November | Oxford Utd v Ipswich | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 29 November | Leicester v Sheffield United | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 29 November | Stoke v Hull | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 29 November | Portsmouth v Bristol City | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Monday 1 December | Birmingham v Watford | SSF | 8pm |
| Friday 5 December | Hull v Middlesbrough | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 6 December | Derby v Leicester | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 6 December | Watford v Norwich | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 6 December | Charlton v Portsmouth | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Tuesday 9 December | QPR v Birmingham | SSF | 8pm |
| Wednesday 10 December | Hull v Wrexham | SSF | 8pm |
| Friday 12 December | West Brom v Sheffield Utd | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 13 December | Norwich v Southampton | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 13 December | Oxford Utd v Preston | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 13 December | Stoke v Swansea | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Monday 15 December | Sheffield Wednesday v Derby | SSF | 8pm* |
| Friday 19 December | Swansea v Wrexham | SSF | 8pm |
| Saturday 20 December | Southampton v Coventry | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 20 December | Preston v Norwich | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Saturday 20 December | Blackburn v Millwall | SS+ | 12:30pm |
| Friday 26 December | Birmingham v Derby | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Friday 26 December | Coventry v Swansea | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Leicester v Watford | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Middlesbrough v Blackburn | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Millwall v Ipswich | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Norwich v Charlton | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Oxford Utd v Southampton | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Portsmouth v QPR | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Sheffield Wednesday v Hull | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Stoke v Preston | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | West Brom v Bristol City | SS+ | 3pm |
| Friday 26 December | Wrexham v Sheffield Utd | SSF | 5:30pm |
| Monday 29 December | Coventry v Ipswich | SSF | 6pm |
| Monday 29 December | Birmingham v Southampton | SSF | 8:15pm |
| Monday 29 December | Leicester v Derby | SS+ | 7:45pm |
| Monday 29 December | Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn | SS+ | 7:45pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Blackburn v Wrexham | SSF | 12:30pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Bristol City v Portsmouth | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Charlton v Coventry | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Derby v Middlesbrough | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Hull v Stoke | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Ipswich v Oxford Utd | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Preston v Sheffield Wednesday | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | QPR v Norwich | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Southampton v Millwall | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Swansea v West Brom | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Watford v Birmingham | SS+ | 3pm |
| Thursday 1 January | Sheffield Utd v Leicester | SSF | 5:30pm |
| Sunday 4 January | Birmingham v Coventry | SSF | 12pm |
| Sunday 4 January | QPR v Sheffield Wednesday | SS+ | 12pm |
| Sunday 4 January | Sheffield Utd v Oxford Utd | SS+ | 12pm |
| Monday 5 January | Leicester v West Brom | SSF | 8pm |
*Fixtures could move if involved in Carabao Cup action in preceding/following midweeks.
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