The 2026/27 English Football League (EFL) season will see 72 clubs across three divisions compete for promotion, with more than 1,000 matches from the EFL competitions - the Championship, League One, League Two, the Carabao Cup and the Vertu Trophy - set to be broadcast live on Sky Sports.
The vast majority of these games will be screened through the network's Sky Sports+ platform, which launched in August 2024 as both a linear channel and by utilising numerous temporary live streams that carry individual matches, which go live in the minutes before kick-off in each fixture that is screened in this manner.
Sky Sports states it will show games involving each of the 72 EFL clubs at least 20 times a season, with Sky Sports+ being the main platform most of these matches will be broadcast on.
The network has the ability to broadcast EFL games played outside of the Saturday 3pm window, with it offering multiple matches that kick off at 12.30pm most Saturday afternoons throughout the season, as well as up to 36 live fixtures played during midweek and bank holiday matchrounds.
But how can you access the linear channel and live streams showing these games through Sky and other TV providers? GOAL takes you through how you can find and watch the EFL fixtures that will be shown on Sky Sports+ this season.
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Where can I watch the linear Sky Sports+ channel?
Sky Sports+ is available to all Sky subscribers who are signed up to the Sky Sports complete pack. Since its launch in August 2024, the linear Sky Sports+ channel has been added to the Sky Glass, Sky Stream, Sky Q and NOW platforms automatically.
The channel is also available to those who subscribe to sports bundles that contain all of the Sky Sports channels through EE TV and Virgin Media.
These are the channel numbers the linear Sky Sports+ channel can be found on across the various TV providers that carry it:
Provider | Channel number(s) |
|---|---|
Sky | 404 (HD) |
EE TV | 427 (SD), 447 (HD) |
Virgin Media | 504 (HD) |
How can I access the Sky Sports+ games that are only available through streaming?
While selected live EFL matches can be watched through the Sky Sports+ linear channel, the vast majority of games broadcast under this banner are only available via streaming.
You can find the games you want to watch in various ways, depending on the platform you are watching Sky Sports through.
Those watching Sky Sports on a television using services such as Sky Glass, Sky Stream, Sky Q, Virgin Stream and Virgin TV 360 can assess Sky Sports+'s live event hub by pressing the red button on your remote control while watching any Sky Sports channel. This will take you to a menu where you can select the game you want to watch by searching and clicking on the relevant tile.
Viewers with Sky Q can also access Sky Sports+ streams by going to the Apps section, then selecting Sky Sports. By doing this, you will see a list of all the sporting events available to be watched live, and can select the game you want from there.
Those watching through Sky Glass or Sky Stream can also go to the Sky Sports page through your device, or search for Sky Sports+ by using the voice facility to locate the list of available Sky Sports+ streams.
Subscribers to Sky Sports through streaming services such as EE TV and NOW can access Sky Sports+ streams by opening the NOW app through their television or device and selecting the relevant tile on NOW's homepage. The EFL Hub can usually be found within the New & Trending section of NOW's frontpage, as well as within its Sports section, either within the Live & Upcoming section or by scrolling down to the list of Competitions. Once here, you can select the live game you want to watch.
Sky Sports subscribers can also access Sky Sports+ streams through the Sky Sports app. You need to sign in to the app with your Sky iD and go to the Watch section. From here, you can click on the live match you want to watch, and - providing you have the capabilities to stream live video through your device - you'll be able to watch from there.
The app's personalisation facilities, which enable users to follow pages that are specific to particular teams and competitions, allow subscribers to access games even quicker. Relevant streams can be located by clicking through to the club or league in question's own section.
Which EFL games are being broadcast through Sky Sports+?
Sky Sports is set to show more than 1,000 EFL games over the course of the 2026/27 season, with the network holding rights to all three of its divisions, the Championship, League One and League Two, plus both of its cup competitions, the Carabao Cup and the Vertu Trophy.
The broadcaster utilises Sky Sports+ almost every weekend during the football season, with it typically screening seven live matches - three from the Championship plus two games from each of League One and League Two - at 12.30pm on Saturday afternoons, with the games that aren't on the Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event channels being available through the platform.
Sky Sports has also committed to screen every weeknight EFL match; all of the fixtures played on bank holidays, including Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday and Easter Monday; all of the League One and League Two games that take place during international matchrounds; plus every EFL fixture on the final day of the season - which will be Saturday 1st May for the Championship, and Saturday 8th May for League One and League Two. The vast majority of these games will be screened through Sky Sports+.
The network claims it will broadcast at least 20 fixtures featuring each of the 72 EFL clubs over the course of the season.
Full Sky Sports EFL schedule
Here is GOAL's regularly-updated table of the EFL fixtures that are being broadcast on Sky Sports, including the linear Sky Sports+ channel and the Sky Sports+ streaming platform.
Date | Game | Kick-off time | Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday 14th August | Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Blackburn Rovers | 8pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Saturday 15th August | Bolton Wanderers vs Preston North End | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ (linear channel) |
Saturday 15th August | Newport County AFC vs Rochdale | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Notts County vs Leicester City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Saturday 15th August | Oldham Athletic vs Port Vale | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Oxford United vs Milton Keynes Dons | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Reading vs Luton Town | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Accrington Stanley vs Colchester United | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Barnet vs Salford City | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Barnsley vs Bromley | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Blackpool vs Wycombe Wanderers | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Bradford City vs Peterborough United | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Bristol City vs Millwall | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Burton Albion vs Stevenage | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Charlton Athletic vs Derby County | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Cheltenham Town vs Rotherham United | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Chesterfield vs Fleetwood Town | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Crawley Town vs Crewe Alexandra | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Gillingham vs Walsall | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Grimsby Town vs Exeter City | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Huddersfield Town vs AFC Wimbledon | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Leyton Orient vs Sheffield Wednesday | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Mansfield Town vs Doncaster Rovers | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Middlesbrough vs Lincoln City | 3pm | Sky Sports+ (linear channel) |
Saturday 15th August | Northampton Town vs Swindon Town | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Norwich City vs West Bromwich Albion | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Plymouth Argyle vs Stockport County | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Portsmouth vs Queens Park Rangers | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Stoke City vs Swansea City | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Tranmere Rovers vs Shrewsbury Town | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | York City vs Bristol Rovers | 3pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 15th August | Sheffield United vs Birmingham City | 5.30pm | Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football |
Sunday 16th August | Watford vs Southampton | 1.30pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Sunday 16th August | Burnley vs West Ham United | 4pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Monday 17th August | Cardiff City vs Wrexham | 8pm | Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football |
Thursday 20th August | Sheffield Wednesday vs Bradford City | 8pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Saturday 22nd August | Birmingham City vs Bristol City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 22nd August | Doncaster Rovers vs Barnsley | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 22nd August | Lincoln City vs Portsmouth | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Saturday 22nd August | Luton Town vs Notts County | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 22nd August | Millwall vs Norwich City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 22nd August | Salford City vs Chesterfield | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 22nd August | Walsall vs Grimsby Town | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Sunday 23rd August | West Bromwich Albion vs Burnley | 12pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Friday 28th August | Wrexham vs Birmingham City | 8pm | Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 29th August | Barnet vs Cheltenham Town | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 29th August | Blackpool vs Peterborough United | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 29th August | Derby County vs Swansea City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 29th August | Middlesbrough vs West Bromwich Albion | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 29th August | Milton Keynes Dons vs Leicester City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 29th August | Port Vale vs Crewe Alexandra | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 29th August | Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Stoke City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Accrington Stanley vs Grimsby Town | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Birmingham City vs Southampton | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Bradford City vs Cambridge United | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Bristol Rovers vs Colchester United | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Bromley vs Leyton Orient | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Burton Albion vs AFC Wimbledon | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Cheltenham Town vs York City | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Chesterfield vs Gillingham | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Crewe Alexandra vs Walsall | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Doncaster Rovers vs Notts County | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Exeter City vs Barnet | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Fleetwood Town vs Oldham Athletic | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Huddersfield Town vs Oxford United | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Leicester City vs Plymouth Argyle | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Lincoln City vs Blackburn Rovers | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Luton Town vs Stockport County | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Northampton Town vs Crawley Town | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Peterborough United vs Stevenage | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Portsmouth vs Derby County | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Preston North End vs Bristol City | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Rochdale vs Shrewsbury Town | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Salford City vs Newport County AFC | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Sheffield United vs Bolton Wanderers | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Swansea City vs Watford | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Swindon Town vs Port Vale | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Tranmere Rovers vs Rotherham United | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | West Ham United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Wigan Athletic vs Milton Keynes Dons | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Wycombe Wanderers vs Sheffield Wednesday | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Reading vs Mansfield Town | 8pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 1st September | Stoke City vs Norwich City | 8pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Wednesday 2nd September | Barnsley vs Blackpool | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Wednesday 2nd September | Millwall vs Wrexham | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Wednesday 2nd September | Queens Park Rangers vs Cardiff City | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Wednesday 2nd September | West Bromwich Albion vs Charlton Athletic | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Wednesday 2nd September | Burnley vs Middlesbrough | 8pm | Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 5th September | Fleetwood Town vs Shrewsbury Town | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 5th September | Lincoln City vs Southampton | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 5th September | Peterborough United vs Sheffield Wednesday | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 5th September | Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Saturday 5th September | Salford City vs Port Vale | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 5th September | Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 5th September | Wigan Athletic vs Stockport County | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 5th September | Swansea City vs Wrexham | 8pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Sunday 6th September | Birmingham City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Monday 7th September | Bromley vs AFC Wimbledon | 8pm | Sky Sports Football |
Tuesday 8th September | Blackburn Rovers vs Sheffield United | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 8th September | Bristol City vs Lincoln City | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 8th September | Cardiff City vs Stoke City | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 8th September | Middlesbrough vs Millwall | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 8th September | Southampton vs Swansea City | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 8th September | Watford vs Preston North End | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 8th September | Wrexham vs Burnley | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Tuesday 8th September | Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United | 8pm | Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football |
Wednesday 9th September | Derby County vs West Bromwich Albion | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Wednesday 9th September | Norwich City vs Birmingham City | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Wednesday 9th September | Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Portsmouth | 7.45pm | Sky Sports+ |
Wednesday 9th September | Charlton Athletic vs Queens Park Rangers | 8pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Thursday 10th September | Stevenage vs Luton Town | 8pm | Sky Sports Football |
Friday 11th September | West Ham United vs Wrexham | 8pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |
Saturday 12th September | Bolton Wanderers vs Cardiff City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 12th September | Crawley Town vs Cheltenham Town | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 12th September | Derby County vs Birmingham City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 12th September | Grimsby Town vs Bristol Rovers | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 12th September | Leyton Orient vs Wycombe Wanderers | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 12th September | Notts County vs Bradford City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 12th September | West Bromwich Albion vs Queens Park Rangers | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Sunday 13th September | Sheffield United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12pm | Sky Sports Football |
Thursday 17th September | AFC Wimbledon vs Milton Keynes Dons | 8pm | Sky Sports Football |
Friday 18th September | Bristol City vs Watford | 8pm | Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 19th September | Barnsley vs Leicester City | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 19th September | Burton Albion vs Mansfield Town | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 19th September | Cardiff City vs Charlton Athletic | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 19th September | Millwall vs West Ham United | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 19th September | Rochdale vs Oldham Athletic | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 19th September | Stoke City vs Sheffield United | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Saturday 19th September | Walsall vs Port Vale | 12.30pm | Sky Sports+ |
Sunday 20th September | Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Bromwich Albion | 12pm | Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 26th September | Crawley Town vs Barnet | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 26th September | Oldham Athletic vs Salford City | 5.30pm | Sky Sports Football |
Saturday 3rd October | Chesterfield vs Tranmere Rovers | 12.30pm | Sky Sports Football / Sky Sports Main Event |