The international break gives Championship sides a chance to take stock ahead of the final weeks of the 2025/26 campaign.

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The second tier will return with a double-header over Easter Weekend, with all 24 teams in action on both Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Coventry City are on course to win the title but the race for the second automatic promotion spot is in the balance, with five points separating second from fifth.

Fans won't want to miss a minute and they will barely have to when the season gets going again – with more than 1,000 EFL games available to watch live.

RadioTimes.com brings you the complete Championship TV schedule, including every game you can watch live in the UK.

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Championship TV schedule 2025/26

All UK time. Subject to change.

Friday 3 April

  • Middlesbrough v Millwall (12:30pm) Sky Sports Football
  • Birmingham City v Blackburn (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Charlton Athletic v Bristol City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Leicester City v Preston North End (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Norwich City v Portsmouth (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Oxford United v Hull City (3pm) Sky Sports Football
  • QPR v Watford (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Sheffield Utd v Swansea City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Stoke City v Sheffield Wednesday (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • West Brom v Wrexham (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Southampton v Ipswich Town (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football
  • Coventry City v Derby County (8pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football

Monday 6 April

  • Portsmouth v Oxford United (12:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football
  • Millwall v Norwich City (1pm) Sky Sports+
  • Blackburn v West Brom (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Bristol City v Sheffield Utd (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Derby County v Stoke City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Ipswich Town v Birmingham City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Preston North End v QPR (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Sheffield Wednesday v Leicester City (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Watford v Charlton Athletic (3pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football
  • Wrexham v Southampton (3pm) Sky Sports+
  • Swansea City v Middlesbrough (5:30pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football
  • Hull City v Coventry City (8pm) Sky Sports Main Event / Sky Sports Football

Championship TV rights 2025/26

Sky Sports can be added to any Sky TV package for just £22 per month for all nine sports channels, or you can pick up the complete sports package plus Netflix for £43 per month.

Sky Sports + will feature more than 1,000 EFL games throughout the season and is included as part of Sky Sports packages.

NOW is essentially Sky Sports without a contract. You can buy a day membership (£14.99) or month membership (£34.99).

NOW can be streamed through a computer or apps found on most smart TVs, phones and consoles. NOW is also available via TNT Sports.

10 EFL games will also be broadcast on ITV across the 2025/26 campaign.

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