Thursday 31 August 2017 12:41, UK
Sky Sports have confirmed the latest set of live Sky Bet EFL fixtures to be shown in October and November, with Nottingham Forest, Leeds, Aston Villa and Sunderland among those in action as big rivalries take centre stage.
EFL matches up until Sunday, October 1 were confirmed on the 19 July and the latest selection sees fixtures finalised up until Leeds's clash with Middlesbrough on Sunday, November 19.
The Midlands comes into focus midway through October as Wolves' Sky Bet Championship clash with Aston Villa takes place Saturday 14, ahead of Nottingham Forest's visit to local rivals Derby County a day later.
East Anglia is up next as Ipswich Town host Norwich City in a 12pm kick-off on Sunday, October 22, before the TV cameras head north for an all-Yorkshire affair at Elland Road as Leeds tussle with Sheffield United on Friday, October 27.
Hull City take on Nottingham Forest in a 5.30pm kick-off on the Saturday, before Steve Bruce's Villa are back on live TV as they take on Harry Redknapp's Birmingham City for a crunch lunchtime derby on Sunday October, 29.
The big clashes continue into November, with Sunderland's match at Middlesbrough set to take place in front of the Sky Sports cameras at 12.15pm on Sunday November, 5, while Preston North End host north-west rivals Bolton Wanderers on Friday November, 17.
Our latest batch of fixtures includes League One action - including a local clash between Rotherham against Doncaster on Saturday, November 11 - and also takes in a League Two clash between 2017 Checkatrade Trophy winners Coventry City and Barnet on Saturday, October 7.
Throughout the course of the 2017/18 season, Sky Sports will show 127 exclusively live matches from the Sky Bet EFL season - including the play-offs - as well as 15 matches from the Carabao Cup and at least three from the Checkatrade Trophy.
September
Sat 2: Bradford v Bristol Rovers (12.30pm)
Sun 3: Blackburn v Fleetwood (12.15pm)
Sat 3: Portsmouth v Rotherham (2.30pm)
Fri 8: Derby v Hull (7.45pm)
Sat 9: Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest (5.30pm)
Sat 16: Barnsley v Aston Villa (5.30pm)
Fri 22: Forest Green Rovers v Swindon Town (7.45pm)
Sat 23: Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest (5.30pm)
Sun 24: Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United (1.15pm)
Fri 29: Queens Park Rangers v Fulham (7.45pm)
Sat 30: Reading v Norwich City (5.30pm)
October
Sun 1: Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United (12.15pm)
Sat 7: Barnet v Coventry City (12:30pm)
Sun 8: Gillingham v Portsmouth (2:30pm)
Fri 13: Birmingham City v Cardiff City (7.45pm)
Sat 14: Wolves v Aston Villa (5.30pm)
Sun 15: Derby County v Nottingham Forest (1.15pm)
Sat 21: Millwall v Birmingham City (5.30pm)
Sun 22: Ipswich Town v Norwich City (12pm)
Fri 27: Leeds United v Sheffield United (7.45pm)
Sat 28: Hull City v Nottingham Forest (5.30pm)
Sun 29: Birmingham City v Aston Villa (12pm)
November
Fri 3: Bristol City v Cardiff City (7.45pm)
Sat 4: Brentford v Leeds United (5.30pm)
Sun 5: Middlesbrough v Sunderland (12.15pm)
Sat 11: Doncaster Rovers v Rotherham United (12.30pm)
Sun 12: AFC Wimbledon v Peterborough United (2.30pm)
Fri 17: Preston North End v Bolton Wanderers (7.45pm)
Sat 18: Fulham v Derby County (5.30pm)
Sun 19: Leeds United v Middlesbrough (1.15pm)
Please note: one further fixture may be confirmed.
