Football on Boxing Day 2025: TV schedule and kick-off times

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Boxing Day means leftovers, it means remaining horizontal, it means football—and lots of it.

This year's slate looks a little different to those gone by. There's only one Premier League match on the schedule for the 26th December due to a quirk of the calendar.

However, every single Championship, League One and League Two team will be shown live on Boxing Day, enabled due to the new TV deal struck with Sky at the start of last season.

Yes, that's correct: 36 live matches of EFL goodness to choose from in one day.

RadioTimes.com brings you the full round-up of Boxing Day fixtures across the leagues.

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Football on Boxing Day 2025

Friday 26th December

Premier League

• Manchester United v Newcastle United (8pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

Championship

• Birmingham City v Derby County (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football
• Millwall v Ipswich Town (1pm) Sky Sports+
• Coventry City v Swansea City (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Leicester City v Watford (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Norwich City v Charlton Athletic (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Oxford United v Southampton (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Portsmouth v Queens Park Rangers (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Sheffield Wednesday v Hull City (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Stoke City v Preston North End (3pm) Sky Sports+
• West Bromwich Albion v Bristol City (3pm) Sky Sports+
• Wrexham v Sheffield United (5:30pm) Sky Sports Football

League One

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

League Two

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

Africa Cup of Nations

• Morocco v Mali (12:00pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Zambia v Comoros (2:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Egypt v South Africa (5:00pm) Channel 4 / Channel 4 Streaming
• Angola v Zimbabwe (7:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming

Football after Christmas 2025

Saturday 27th December

Premier League

• Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (12:30pm) TNT Sports 1
• Chelsea v Aston Villa (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

Scottish Premiership

• Hibernian v Hearts (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football / Main Event
• Livingston v Celtic (3pm) Sky Sports Football / Main Event
• Aberdeen v Dundee United (5:45pm) Premier Sports 2

Africa Cup of Nations

• Nigeria v Tunisia (12:00pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Uganda v Tanzania (2:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Senegal v DR Congo (5:00pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Benin v Botswana (7:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming

Sunday 28th December

Premier League

• Sunderland v Leeds United (2pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League
• Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur (4:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Premier League

Africa Cup of Nations

• Algeria v Burkina Faso (12:00pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Equatorial Guinea v Sudan (2:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Ivory Coast v Cameroon (5:00pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Gabon v Mozambique (7:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming

Monday 29th December

Championship

• Coventry City v Ipswich Town (6pm) Sky Sports Football
• Leicester City v Derby County (7:45pm) Sky Sports+
• Sheffield Wednesday v Blackburn Rovers (7:45pm) Sky Sports+
• Birmingham City v Southampton (8:15pm) Sky Sports Football

League One

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

League Two

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

Africa Cup of Nations

• Comoros v Mali (5:30pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Zambia v Morocco (5:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Angola v Egypt (7:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Zimbabwe v South Africa (7:30pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube

Tuesday 30th December

Premier League

• Burnley v Newcastle United (7:30pm) Sky Sports Tennis
• Chelsea v Bournemouth (7:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event
• Nottingham Forest v Everton (7:30pm) Sky Sports Cricket
• West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion (7:30pm) Sky Sports Golf
• Arsenal v Aston Villa (8:15pm) Sky Sports Premier League
• Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers (8:15pm) Sky Sports Football

Scottish Premiership

• Motherwell v Celtic (8pm) Premier Sports 1

Africa Cup of Nations

• Tanzania v Tunisia (5:00pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Uganda v Nigeria (5:00pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Benin v Senegal (7:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Botswana v DR Congo (7:30pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube

Wednesday 31st December

Africa Cup of Nations

• Equatorial Guinea v Algeria (5:00pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Sudan v Burkina Faso (5:00pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube
• Gabon v Ivory Coast (7:30pm) 4Seven / Channel 4 Streaming
• Mozambique v Cameroon (7:30pm) Channel 4 Sport YouTube

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