Live Championship, League One, League Two football on Sky Sports this weekend
Huge live games, how to view free highlights, podcasts, fixtures, league tables and exclusive interviews; here is everything you need to know about how to watch and follow all the Sky Bet EFL action this weekend with Sky Sports
Friday 6 February 2026 22:00, UK
Massive live games, free highlights, league tables, podcasts, exclusive interviews and more. Everything you need to know about the EFL this weekend on Sky Sports.
Why do all EFL games kick off one minute later this weekend?
All English Football League games across this weekend will begin one minute late to raise awareness for the Every Minute Matters campaign, the British Heart Foundation and Sky Bet initiative to highlight the power of lifesaving CPR.
What EFL is live on Sky Sports+ at 12.31pm on Saturday?
Sky Sports+ brings you a choice of live EFL games on Saturday, with build-up starting from 11am on Sky Sports Football ahead of the feature game: Derby vs Ipswich. You can also keep up with all the action on the EFL Goal Zone on Soccer Saturday from midday.
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Derby trounced Bristol City 5-0 last Friday night, and will be feeling like they can take on the world ahead of the visit of Ipswich. They know victory here would lift them into sixth - at least for a few hours.
Ipswich need to bounce back from defeat and head into the weekend seven points off the promotion pace being set by Coventry and Middlesbrough - albeit with a game in hand on both.
David Prutton on the Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast:
"There's only six points between the two, and at this stage of the season you'd expect that to be the case. It looks a cracking game in the offing, especially given what Derby have done recently, demolishing Bristol City last Friday.
"Ipswich's promotion credentials are really put to the test here, as the gap increases to the top two."
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Elsewhere in the Championship, 19th hosts 21st as Norwich face Blackburn at Carrow Road, and two sides still with hopes of the play-offs meet at St Mary's as Southampton host Watford.
In League One, play-off chasing Luton Town face Bradford City - who have slipped off the automatic places in recent weeks. And basement club Port Vale host 22nd-placed Burton Albion.
In League Two, Crawley Town host Crewe Alexandra, and Ian Holloway's promotion-chasing Swindon Town play Oldham Athletic.
Can improving Swansea kick on?
- Swansea City vs Sheffield Wednesday - live on Sky Sports Football from 11.30am on Sunday; kick-off 12.01pm
Swansea City are one of a host of clubs still with a slim shot of making the play-offs this season in the Championship. They head into the weekend eight points off the top six, and could hardly face kinder opponents than Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday. The Owls haven't even scored a goal in their last eight games.
David Prutton on the Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast:
"The gap to the play-offs isn't insurmountable, but there's a lot of traffic between Swansea and the teams above them, many of whom are in better form.
"They face a Sheffield Wednesday side that's on its knees. Some of the permutations being discussed, including relegation potentially being confirmed at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United, are incredibly hard for Wednesday fans to swallow."
Promotion-chasing Boro head to Bramall Lane
- Sheffield United vs Middlesbrough - live on Sky Sports Football from 7.30pm on Monday night; kick-off 8.01pm
Sheffield United are still trying to put together that run that could see them kick on for the play-offs, and new loan signing Kalvin Phillips could be among the players to feature for the first time on Monday night.
Middlesbrough, however, are the visitors at Bramall Lane. They have won their last five and have emerged as, potentially, the favourites for the Championship title as Coventry have faltered. It should be a blockbuster in the Steel City.
David Prutton on the Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast:
"Sheffield United haven't left themselves too little time, but they have given themselves a huge job after such a stop-start season, especially following Ruben Selles leaving and Chris Wilder coming back in.
"They face a Middlesbrough side in red-hot form. Boro have been hunting down Coventry for a long time now, and it feels like that momentum could carry them past the Sky Blues at some point."
