Sky Sports has confirmed its opening live EFL matches with six matches being shown in five days.
The new season gets underway with Frank Lampard's managerial debut with Derby County live on the Friday night as the Rams travel to Reading.
The match will be the first of 127 live EFL games to be screened exclusively live on Sky across the season again including every play-off match.
CONFIRMED OPENING TV GAMES
Friday August 3
8pm Reading v Derby
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Saturday August 4
12.30pm Sunderland v Charlton
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5.30pm Sheffield United v Swansea
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Sunday August 5
4.30pm Leeds v Stoke
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Monday August 6
7.45pm Hull v Aston Villa
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Tuesday August 7
7.45pm Nottingham Forest v West Brom
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> The Forest-West Brom game has been moved forward from August 22 to avoid a clash with the Trent Bridge test match.