Three of Derby County’s Sky Bet Championship fixtures between the end of August and the start of September have been selected for live broadcast by Sky Sports.

The Rams’ second home game of the 2016/17 campaign – the visit of Aston Villa – will be the club’s first fixture of the new season to be selected for live television, with the meeting now kicking off at 5:30pm on Saturday 20th August rather than the original 3pm.

After that, Derby’s first-ever competitive meeting with Burton Albion has also been selected to be screened live.

The Rams’ trip to the Pirelli Stadium to face Nigel Clough’s side in the final game before the September international break has been brought forward to Friday 26th August (kick-off: 7:45pm).

The fixture was set to be played on Saturday 27th August.

The third game involving Derby to be selected for live broadcast by Sky Sports is the meeting with Newcastle United – the first clash after the first international break of the campaign.

Nigel Pearson’s side will still play Rafa Benitez’s outfit on Saturday 10th September, but the match will now kick-off at 5:30pm.

Details of all three fixture changes can be seen below:





DERBY COUNTY Vs Aston Villa

Saturday 20th August

Kick-Off: 5:30pm



Burton Albion Vs DERBY COUNTY

Friday 26th August

Kick-Off: 7:45pm



DERBY COUNTY Vs Newcastle United

Saturday 10th September

Kick-Off: 5.30pm



Derby supporters will be able to keep up to date with all of the club’s fixture changes by heading to http://www.dcfc.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixtures-list/.

Throughout the course of Season 2016/17, 92 Sky Bet Championship fixtures will be screened live along with 20 games from Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two.

Offering cutting edge live coverage for clubs across all three EFL divisions, Sky TV continue to make an unrivalled investment in football with the broadcaster providing greater financial certainty for the EFL’s 72 clubs.

The current contract provides the EFL and its clubs £88.3 million per season and is set to run until 2018/19.

The next round of TV selections are due for consideration early next month with an announcement set for just after the opening weekend of the season.

Tweets by @ dcfcofficial