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How to watch Scottish Premiership: Live streams, TV channels, start times and key fixtures for 2025/26 season

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The 2025/26 Scottish Premiership kicks off with familiar ambitions and unfamiliar faces. Celtic remain the standard tone-setters. After all, that's the least one could expect from the defending champs. 

With last season's glory, they added another silverware to the title, taking that total to 55. So, the rivals, Celtic and Rangers, now share the record for the most Scottish titles won. 

But Brendan Rodgers’ squad faces early questions of depth and sharpness, especially with a looming Champions League play-off. Rangers, under Russell Martin, are still in transition but showed flashes of fluency in Europe.

Across the rest of the table, stability feels like a luxury. Hearts are retooled and ruthless under Derek McInnes. Hibernian aim to avoid another slow start. Kilmarnock, Motherwell, and Dundee United are caught somewhere between optimism and overhaul, and Livingston look to extend their stay with a revamped pitch and battle-tested spine. As always, there’s little margin for error—and even less time to find rhythm.

The fixture list wastes no time: the Old Firm hits in August, the Dundee derby lands by September, and Europe-bound clubs have license to reshuffle matches mid-season under the SPFL’s updated calendar policy.

The league’s bottom half may offer more volatility than the title race. Falkirk’s setup has promise but lacks Premiership seasoning. Keelan Adams is a wildcard, not a guarantee. Dundee United carry pressure to finish above their city rivals, and Kilmarnock quietly look the most stable of the mid-table lot. This season isn’t about sentiment. It’s about margin, mistakes, and who responds fastest to adversity.

The Sporting News looks at the key fixture details and how to follow the matches.

Scottish Premiership live streams, TV channels in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch the Scottish Premiership 2025/26 season games live on Sky Sports.

There will be up to 60 Scottish Premiership games live on Sky Sports, and they will show each top-flight ground on up to five occasions, plus bring you the Premiership play-off final.

Fans looking to stream the matches can watch via Sky Go or day passes for one-off matches or monthly contracts are available on NOW TV.

Premier Sports have also secured a deal to show 20 live matches this season on their TV and online platforms.

Key Scottish Premiership fixtures

Here is a selection of the key dates to mark in your diary for the upcoming season.

All times BST

Saturday, August 30

  • Dundee vs. Dundee United (3:00 p.m.)

Sunday, August 31

  • Rangers vs. Celtic (12:00 p.m.)

Saturday, October 4

  • Hearts vs. Hibernian (3:00 p.m.)

Saturday, December 27

  • Hibernian vs. Hearts (12:30 p.m.)

Saturday, January 3, 2026

  • Celtic vs. Rangers (12:30 p.m.)
  • Dundee United vs. Dundee (3:00 p.m.)

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

  • Hearts vs. Hibernian (7:45 p.m.)

Saturday, February 28, 2026

  • Rangers vs. Celtic (3:00 p.m.)

Saturday, March 14, 2026

  • Dundee vs. Dundee United (3:00 p.m.)

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Syed Talib Haider

Syed Talib Haider is a content producer for The Sporting News working across English-language editions.

He is a budding sports journalist with over 3 years of experience. He founded and led the Literature Club of his college and is a passionate writer.

His first love is Liverpool FC but having written about American sports for most years of his career has helped him expand his knowledge. In his spare time, Talib binge-watches TV shows and films and cooks.