Live football on TV today

Christmas Day may be behind us but 'tis still the season to sit back and enjoy live football on TV – and lots of it.

It's a double gameweek in the Premier League, with a full slate of midweek fixtures, headlined by Arsenal v Aston Villa, followed by a bumper weekend offering, including Man City v Chelsea.

All 72 EFL teams are in action on Monday and on Thursday, with every single Championship, League One, and League Two match broadcast live on the latter, which is New Year's Day.

That's not all, the knockouts are fast approaching at the Africa Cup of Nations 2025, while Saturday serves up the first Old Firm Derby of 2026.

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.

Monday 29th December 2025

AFCON 2025

• Angola v Egypt - Group B (4pm) 4seven / All 4 / Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Zimbabwe v South Africa - Group B (4pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Comoros v Mali - Group A (7pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Zambia v Morocco - Group A (7pm) 4seven / All 4 / Channel 4 Sport YouTube

Championship

• 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

League One

• Bradford v Port Vale (7:45pm) Sky Sports+
• Plymouth v Wycombe (7:45pm) Sky Sports+

League Two

• Grimsby v Shrewsbury (7:45pm) Sky Sports+
• Tranmere v Barrow (7:45pm) Sky Sports+

Tuesday 30th December 2025

Premier League

• Burnley v Newcastle (7:30pm) Sky Sports Tennis
• Chelsea v AFC Bournemouth (7:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event
• Nottingham Forest v Everton (7:30pm) Sky Sports Cricket
• West Ham v Brighton (7:30pm) Sky Sports Golf
• Arsenal v Aston Villa (8:15pm) Sky Sports Premier League
• Man Utd v Wolves (8:15pm) Sky Sports Football

AFCON 2025

• Tanzania v Tunisia - Group C (4pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Uganda v Nigeria - Group C (4pm) 4seven / All 4 / Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Benin v Senegal - Group D (7pm) 4seven / All 4 / Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Botswana v DR Congo - Group D (7pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube

Scottish Premiership

• Motherwell v Celtic (8pm) Premier Sports 1

Wednesday 31st December 2025

AFCON 2025

• Equatorial Guinea v Algeria - Group E (4pm) 4seven / All 4 / Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Sudan v Burkina Faso - Group E (4pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Gabon v Ivory Coast - Group F (7pm) 4seven / All 4 / Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Mozambique v Cameroon - Group F (7pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube

Thursday 1st January 2026

Premier League

• Crystal Palace v Fulham (5:30pm) Sky Sports Premier League
• Liverpool v Leeds United (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event
• Brentford v Tottenham (8pm) Sky Sports Premier League
• Sunderland v Man City (8pm) Sky Sports Main Event

Championship

• Blackburn v Wrexham (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football
• Bristol City v Portsmouth (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Charlton v Coventry (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Derby v Middlesbrough (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Hull v Stoke (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Ipswich v Oxford (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Preston v Sheffield Wednesday (3pm) Sky Sports+
• QPR v Norwich (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Southampton v Millwall (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Swansea v West Brom (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Watford v Birmingham (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Sheffield United v Leicester (5:30pm) Sky Sports Football

League One

• Doncaster v Bolton (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Exeter v Luton (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Leyton Orient v AFC Wimbledon (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Lincoln v Huddersfield (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Mansfield v Bradford (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Northampton v Stockport (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Port Vale v Blackpool (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Reading v Burton (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Rotherham v Peterborough (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Stevenage v Plymouth (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Wigan v Barnsley (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Wycombe v Cardiff (3pm) Sky Sports Football

League Two

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

Saturday 3rd January 2026

Premier League

• Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest (12:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League
• AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

AFCON 2025

• TBC v TBC - Round of 16 (4pm) Channel 4 TBC
• TBC v TBC - Round of 16 (7pm) Channel 4 TBC

Scottish Premiership

• Celtic v Rangers (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football

Sunday 4th January 2026

Premier League

• Leeds United v Man Utd (12:30pm) TNT Sports 1
• Everton v Brentford (3pm) Sky Sports Golf
• Fulham v Liverpool (3pm) Sky Sports Main Event
• Newcastle v Crystal Palace (3pm) Sky Sports Premier League
• Tottenham v Sunderland (3pm) Sky Sports Football
• Man City v Chelsea (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

AFCON 2025

• TBC v TBC - Round of 16 (4pm) Channel 4 TBC
• TBC v TBC - Round of 16 (7pm) Channel 4 TBC

Championship

• Birmingham City v Coventry (12pm) Sky Sports Football
• QPR v Sheffield Wednesday (12pm) Sky Sports+
• Sheffield Utd v Oxford Utd (12pm) Sky Sports+

League One

• Bolton v Northampton (12pm) Sky Sports+
• Lincoln City v Peterborough (12pm) Sky Sports+

League Two

• Cheltenham v Crawley (12pm) Sky Sports+
• MK Dons v Chesterfield (12pm) Sky Sports+

Monday 5th January 2026

AFCON 2025

• TBC v TBC - Round of 16 (4pm) Channel 4 TBC
• TBC v TBC - Round of 16 (7pm) Channel 4 TBC

Championship

• Leicester v West Brom (8pm) Sky Sports Football

• 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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