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Championship football live: How to watch games live on Sky Sports and free match highlights

A selection of Sky Bet Championship games are being shown live across Sky Sports in December and January - here is how you can watch your team play via TV, online and the Sky Sports app; highlights of every Championship match to be shown on the Sky Sports website and app

Here is how you can watch Sky Bet Championship matches live across Sky Sports in December and January, as well as free match highlights throughout the entire season.

Championship matches live on Sky

Here are the fixtures currently confirmed to be shown live on Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Football Red Button and the Sky Sports app. Red Button coverage gets under way five minutes before kick-off.

Friday December 1

  • Preston vs QPR, 8pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Saturday December 2

  • West Brom vs Leicester, 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Friday December 8

  • Coventry vs Birmingham, 8pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Saturday December 9

  • Sunderland vs West Brom, 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Tuesday December 12

  • Blackburn vs Bristol City, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Huddersfield vs Preston, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Rotherham vs West Brom, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Stoke vs Swansea, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Watford vs Ipswich, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Arena, Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Sunderland vs Leeds, 8pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Wednesday December 13

  • Cardiff vs Birmingham, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Coventry vs Southampton, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Leicester vs Millwall, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Norwich vs Sheffield Wednesday, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • QPR vs Plymouth, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football Red Button & Sky Sports App
  • Middlesbrough vs Hull, 8pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Saturday December 16

  • Ipswich vs Norwich, 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Sunday December 17

  • West Brom vs Stoke, 12pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Monday December 18

  • Birmingham vs Leicester, 8pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Saturday December 23

  • Leeds vs Ipswich, 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Boxing Day

  • Preston vs Leeds, 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App
  • Birmingham vs Stoke, 5.15pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App
  • Ipswich vs Leicester, 7.45pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

Friday December 29

  • Southampton vs Plymouth, 6pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App
  • West Brom vs Leeds, 8.15pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

New Year's Day

  • Sunderland vs Preston, 12.30pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App
  • Sheffield Wednesday vs Hull, 5.15pm - Live on Sky Sports Football & Sky Sports App

How to watch Championship matches live on Sky

Alongside featured games being shown live on Sky Sports Football, selected games will be available live for Sky Sports customers on the Sky Sports Football Red Button.

    Sky Sports Football customers can also see each match streamed live on the Sky Sports app - simply sign in with your Sky iD to view and make sure you have the latest version of the app.

    For Sky Q customers, the matches on the Red Button will be available in HD quality and the service comes at no extra cost. All games, including those on the Red Button, will also have their own commentators.

    Midweek matches are also available to NOW Month members. However, they are not available with a NOW Day pass or in Sky pubs.

    Please note: We can only show rescheduled, displaced midweek games or games taking place away from Saturday at 3pm that are not part of a regular midweek round on the Red Button where respective clubs stream them on their iFollow app.

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    How to watch free Championship match highlights

    You can watch highlights of all Championship games with Sky Sports for free and without being a Sky Sports subscriber.

    We will bring you highlights of every Championship match on the Sky Sports website and app for the majority of games shortly after full-time.

    Anybody in the UK can watch highlights for free on the Sky Sports app or the Score Centre app on your iPhone or Android.

    You will also be able to watch in-game goals from Sky Live games in our match blogs and on Twitter.

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