Sky Sports to Broadcast Cardiff vs Wrexham Derby

The final fixture of the opening weekend in the 2026-27 EFL Championship will be an all-Welsh derby, as Cardiff City host Wrexham at Cardiff City Stadium on Monday, August 17, 2026. The match, which kicks off at 8:00 p.m. BST, marks the first league meeting between the two rivals in 24 years and concludes a round of fixtures that began on Friday night.

Both clubs enter the season with renewed ambitions after significant recent progress. Cardiff City secured automatic promotion from League One last season as runners-up under manager Brian Barry-Murphy, returning to the second tier at the first attempt. Their primary objective for the campaign will be to establish themselves in the Championship after a difficult spell that saw them relegated the previous year.

Wrexham, meanwhile, arrive as a team on a remarkable upward trajectory. Since their purchase in 2020 by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the club has achieved three consecutive promotions, climbing from the National League to the Championship. Last season, they finished seventh, narrowly missing out on the playoffs by just two points. With the playoff structure now expanded to six teams for the current...