The EFL returns this weekend as the 2026/27 Sky Bet Championship, League One and League Two campaigns get underway, with every fixture broadcast live on Sky Sports, according to the broadcaster.
The new season arrives with notable changes to the Championship play-off format, alongside a fresh crop of managerial appointments and star names set to headline the second and third tiers of English football, per Sky Sports.
Sky Sports' preview flags the play-off shake-up as one of the key talking points heading into the campaign, though specifics of the changes were not detailed in the source material. New faces in the dugout and prominent players moving into the divisions are also highlighted as storylines to follow.
With wall-to-wall coverage promised across all three divisions, Sky Sports is positioning this weekend's kick-off as the start of a season packed with intrigue — from promotion pushes to relegation battles — as clubs across the Championship, League One and League Two begin their quests for silverware and survival.