Cardiff City play offs games will not be on City on line

Cardiff City vs Fulham and Swansea City vs Brentford play-off matches only on Sky Sports as club online streams turned off

Sky is the only place fans can watch the remaining games of the 2019/20 EFL season

By Ian Mitchelmore

Friday 24th July 2020


Sky Sports have the exclusive rights to show all five Championship play-off matches live on its platform.

Swansea City take on Brentford in the semi-finals while Cardiff City battle it out with Fulham over two legs.

But with fans still unable to attend fixtures owing to the coronavirus pandemic, their only option to watch the remainder of the 2019/20 campaign is by tuning in on Sky.

The broadcast giants will show all four semi-final ties while they will also have full coverage of the final at Wembley on August 4.

iFollow or equivalent streaming packages purchased by season ticket holders only included regular season games and not play-off fixtures.

As a result of Sky's deal, none of the play-off games will be shown live on SwansTV or CardiffCityTV.

Sky customers will be able to watch all of the play-off matches as normal, although for those without Sky subscriptions, your best one-off option is to buy a NOW TV pass.

A day pass costs £9.99 and offers access to all 11 Sky Sports channels.

Alternatively, monthly passes are available from £33.99.

The cheapest option, the Sky Sports Mobile Month Pass, is priced at £5.99.

If you've never used NOW TV before, you can access their Passes through iOS, Android, Chromecast, Windows, Mac, select LG and Samsung Smart TV's, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and various streaming devices like Apple TV and Roku TV.

You can also check out the various end-of-season package deals available on Sky at http://www.sky.com/shop/deals

The full play-off fixture dates and kick-off times are available below.

First legs

Swansea vs Brentford - Sunday, July 26, 6.30pm

Cardiff vs Fulham - Monday, July 27, 7.45pm

Second legs

Brentford vs Swansea - Wednesday, July 29, 7.45pm

Fulham vs Cardiff - Thursday, July 30, 7.45pm

Championship play-off final

Winner semi-final A vs Winner semi-final B - Tuesday August 4, 7.45pm at Wembley Stadium