UK fans are spoilt for choice over the Early May Bank Holiday Weekend, which is stocked full of live football on TV.

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Get ready for four straight days of Premier League fixtures, including more big games in the title race.

There's also the small matter of the final day of the EFL season, while the WSL title race has been blown wide open, Arsenal continue their Women's Champions League defence, and there are some huge games north of the border as well.

Sky Sports boast the lion's share of football TV rights in 2025/26, including a huge number of Premier League and FA Women's Super League games, as well as a deal that will broadcast over 1,000 English Football League and Carabao Cup matches over the course of the season.

TNT Sports will show Premier League, Champions League, Europa League and Conference League action throughout next season, with all of the action available with a discovery+ Premium Monthly Pass.

Check out our guide to the best football matches on TV today and across the week to come.

Football today: What live football is on TV today?

All UK time. Subject to change. Key matches.

Friday 1 May

Premier League

  • Leeds United v Burnley (8pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

Saturday 2 May

Premier League

  • Arsenal v Fulham (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

Women's Champions League

  • Lyon v Arsenal (2pm) BBC Two / BBC iPlayer / Disney+

Women's Super League

  • Man Utd v Brighton (12pm) Sky Sports Premier League

Championship

  • Blackburn v Leicester City (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Bristol City v Stoke City (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Derby County v Sheffield Utd (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Hull City v Norwich City (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Ipswich Town v QPR (12:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event
  • Millwall v Oxford United (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football
  • Portsmouth v Birmingham City (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Preston North End v Southampton (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Sheffield Wednesday v West Brom (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Swansea City v Charlton Athletic (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Watford v Coventry City (12:30pm) Sky Sports+
  • Wrexham v Middlesbrough (12:30pm) Sky Sports+

League One

  • AFC Wimbledon v Huddersfield Town (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Barnsley v Stockport County (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Bolton Wanderers v Luton Town (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Exeter City v Bradford City (3pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football
  • Leyton Orient v Burton Albion (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Mansfield Town v Cardiff City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Northampton Town v Plymouth Argyle (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Peterborough United v Doncaster Rovers (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Port Vale v Lincoln City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Reading v Blackpool (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Stevenage v Wigan Athletic (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Wycombe Wanderers v Rotherham United (3pm) Sky Sports+

League Two

  • Barrow AFC v Newport County (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Bromley v Walsall (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Cheltenham Town v Colchester United (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Crawley Town v Salford City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Crewe Alexandra v Cambridge United (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Fleetwood Town v MK Dons (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Gillingham v Shrewsbury Town (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Harrogate Town v Barnet (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Notts County v Bristol Rovers (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Oldham Athletic v Accrington Stanley (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Swindon Town v Chesterfield (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Tranmere Rovers v Grimsby Town (3pm) Sky Sports+

Irish Cup Final

  • Dungannon Swifts v Coleraine (2:30pm) BBC Two NI

Sunday 3 May

Premier League

  • AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (2pm) Sky Sports+
  • Man Utd v Liverpool (3:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League
  • Aston Villa v Tottenham (7pm) TNT Sports 1 / HBO Max

Scottish Premiership

  • Hibs v Celtic (12pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football

Women's Super League

  • Man City v Liverpool (12pm) Sky Sports Premier League / Sky One
  • Tottenham v London City Lionesses (12pm) Sky Sports WSL YouTube / Sky Sports+ / WSL YouTube

National League Play-Off Semi-Final

  • Carlisle United v Boreham Wood (12:30pm) DAZN
  • Rochdale v Scunthorpe United (3pm) DAZN

Monday 4 May

Premier League

  • Chelsea v Nottingham Forest (3pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League
  • Everton v Man City (8pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

Scottish Premiership

  • Hearts v Rangers (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football

Women's Super League

  • Aston Villa v West Ham (1pm) Sky Sports Football / Sky One / Sky Sports Mix / Sky Sports WSL YouTube / WSL YouTube

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Key leagues: Premier League TV schedule | Championship TV schedule | League One TV schedule | League Two schedule | WSL TV schedule

Other: Ligue 1 TV rights | La Liga TV rights | Bundesliga TV rights | Serie A TV rights | MLS TV rights

Broadcasters: Football on Sky Sports | Football on TNT Sports and discovery+ | Football on Amazon Prime Video

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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.

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