Sky Sports will show 130 live EFL contests throughout the 2020/21 campaign; Coventry vs Birmingham, Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest, Bristol City vs Watford added to November schedule; eight games added so far in December
Monday 2 November 2020 14:00, UK
Sky Sports has announced 16 more Sky Bet EFL matches to be televised in November and December.
On Friday, November 20, Birmingham will be the visitors to familiar territory when they take on Coventry, with whom they share their St Andrew's home, while Bournemouth will be live on Sky Sports twice in a matter of days, when they host Reading on Saturday, November 21 and Nottingham Forest on Tuesday, November 24.
The Brentford Community Stadium will host its first west London derby when fierce rivals Brentford and QPR on Friday, November 27 and two further fixtures create a bumper weekend of second-tier action; Bristol City travel to the Madejski Stadium to face Reading on Saturday, November 28, with Nottingham Forest vs Swansea taking centre stage on Sunday, November 29.
During the first midweek round of fixtures, Rotherham vs Brentford and Birmingham vs Barnsley are scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, with Sheffield Wednesday welcoming Reading to Hillsborough the following night. Meanwhile, Millwall and QPR face off against one another at The Den on Tuesday, December 8.
November 3: Blackburn vs Middlesbrough, Cardiff vs Barnsley (Both 7.45pm)
November 4: Derby vs QPR, 7.45pm
November 6: Cardiff vs Bristol City, 7.45pm
November 7: Reading vs Stoke, 12.30pm
November 13: Bolton vs Salford, 7.45pm
November 16: Plymouth vs Portsmouth, 7.45pm
November 20: Coventry vs Birmingham, 7.45pm
November 21: Bournemouth vs Reading, 12.30pm
November 24: Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest, 8pm
November 25: Bristol City vs Watford, Swansea vs Sheffield Wednesday (Both 7.45pm)
November 27: Brentford vs QPR, 7.45pm
November 28: Reading vs Bristol City, 12.30pm
November 29: Nottingham Forest vs Swansea, 12pm
December 1: Rotherham vs Brentford, Birmingham vs Barnsley (Both 7.45pm)
December 2: Sheffield Wednesday vs Reading, 7.45pm
December 4: Barnsley vs Bournemouth, 7.45pm
December 5: Reading vs Nottingham Forest, 12.30pm
December 8: Millwall vs QPR, Stoke vs Cardiff (Both 7.45pm)
December 9: Bristol City vs Blackburn, 7.45pm
While the doors remain shut to fans, or with limited spectators allowed through the turnstiles, an arrangement exists whereby all matches that are not live on Sky Sports will be available to stream by clubs on iFollow (or club equivalent service), for a match pass price of £10.
In addition, season-ticket holders will, under the newly agreed framework, be provided access to all home games subject to the agreement of the club where the supporter holds a season ticket. In the Championship access to away midweek matches will also be available as part of the season ticket package if clubs choose to offer it.
The match by match streaming and season ticket offer is a temporary measure that has only been put in place while clubs operate at a zero or reduced capacity as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and will be subject to regular review.
EFL chief executive David Baldwin said: "There is no argument that attending live matches is what the League, its clubs and fans want to see and, clearly, the overriding objective is to get supporters back into stadiums as soon as it is safe to do so. In the meantime, this framework allows our clubs, if they so wish, to reward their most loyal supporters by providing what we hope is only short-term access to watch their matches.
"It's important that whilst the doors remain fully, or part shut, we ensure there is the ability for fans of all EFL clubs to be able to gain access and watch their team and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sky Sports for their support in this matter. Collectively, it's not our preferred situation but given the circumstances Covid has presented us it gives us a temporary option whilst we finalise our plans for fans returning."
Championship clubs are able to stream any match not shown live on Sky to fans who purchase individual match passes for £10.
The new framework for season-ticket holders allows clubs to have the option to provide streams of:
Clubs cannot provide access to any away weekend match, live on Sky or not, within a season ticket package.
League One and Two are able to stream any match not shown live on Sky to fans who purchase individual match passes for £10.
The new framework for season-ticket holders allows clubs to have the option to also stream:
Clubs cannot provide access to any away match, live on Sky or not, within a season ticket package.
