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Paul Clarke & Robert Warlow

Championship 2019/20 fixtures: The opening weekend in full and the games on TV

The fixtures for the 2019/20 Championship season have been released and now we know how the first round shapes up.

Not only that, we know what will be the bumper games on our TV screens during the first weekend of action in the second tier.

Newly-promoted Luton Town kick the campaign off in style at home to Middlesbrough on Friday August 2 (7:45pm kick-off).

An array of matches take place at the normal 3pm Saturday kick-off time before Nottingham Forest host West Bromwich Albion in the first Saturday tea-time game of the season (5:30pm kick-off).

Leeds United travel to Bristol City for the 4:30pm TV contest on Sunday August 4, which is followed by a Championship Monday Night Football special between Huddersfield Town and Derby County in West Yorkshire (7:45pm).

Here are the opening weekend fixtures, starting with the games picked for live television coverage.

Championship opening round TV games on Sky Sports in full:

Friday August 2: Luton Town v Middlesbrough (7:45pm)

Saturday August 3: Nottingham Forest v West Brom (5:30pm)

Sunday August 4: Bristol City v Leeds United (4:30pm).

Monday August 5: Huddersfield Town v Derby County (7:45pm)

Meanwhile, these are the other fixtures on the opening weekend, which are all scheduled to take place at 3pm.

Barnsley v Fulham, Blackburn v Charlton, Brentford v Birmingham, Millwall v Preston, Reading v Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke v QPR, Swansea v Hull City, Wigan v Cardiff.

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