Rangers scored and conceded in seven of their 12 Europa League games last season, avoiding defeat in four of six away from home. They can capitalise on Panathinaikos’ key absentees and eagerness to hit back with a classic counter-attacking win on the road, featuring goals at both ends.

Lech Poznan demolished Breidablik 7-1 in the first leg and they are likely to get another win on Wednesday. However, they have conceded in all four competitive games this season, with over 2.5 goals landing in each of them, so they could concede in a high-scoring second leg against a Breidablik side that have scored in four successive matches.

Viktoria Plzen have scored in six of their last eight away European games, including at tough places like Lazio and Athletic Bilbao. They dominated the first leg for long spells and outshot Servette 23 to seven. Both teams scored in each of the Swiss club’s last two home European ties.

Rangers scored and conceded in seven of their 12 Europa League games last season, avoiding defeat in four of six away from home. They can capitalise on Panathinaikos’ key absentees and eagerness to hit back with a classic counter-attacking win on the road, featuring goals at both ends.

Lech Poznan demolished Breidablik 7-1 in the first leg and they are likely to get another win on Wednesday. However, they have conceded in all four competitive games this season, with over 2.5 goals landing in each of them, so they could concede in a high-scoring second leg against a Breidablik side that have scored in four successive matches.

Salzburg’s stats from the first leg, which saw them produce an expected goals of almost three from 22 shots, 10 of which were on target, while Brann grabbed their solitary effort from a total xG of 0.38, suggest they can win comfortably again.

Lech Poznan demolished Breidablik 7-1 in the first leg and they are likely to get another win on Wednesday. However, they have conceded in all four competitive games this season, with over 2.5 goals landing in each of them, so they could concede in a high-scoring second leg against a Breidablik side that have scored in four successive matches.

Rangers scored and conceded in seven of their 12 Europa League games last season, avoiding defeat in four of six away from home. They can capitalise on Panathinaikos’ key absentees and eagerness to hit back with a classic counter-attacking win on the road, featuring goals at both ends.

Viktoria Plzen have scored in six of their last eight away European games, including at tough places like Lazio and Athletic Bilbao. They dominated the first leg for long spells and outshot Servette 23 to seven. Both teams scored in each of the Swiss club’s last two home European ties.

Aryna Sabalenka dominated the hard courts on the WTA tour last year, winning 40 of her 49 matches on the surface, and she claimed both the Australian Open and US Open titles. She can be devastating in Melbourne, winning 27 of her last 28 matches at the Grand Slam in the last three seasons.

Iga Swiatek remains the undisputed queen of clay on the WTA tour. The Pole has won the title at Roland Garros three seasons running as well as in 2020 and she has lost just twice in 37 matches at the clay-court Grand Slam.

Last season’s ATP Tour was pretty much dominated by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who each won two of the four Grand Slam titles, and between them it should be another stellar year. Alcaraz reigned supreme at Wimbledon, making it back-to-back titles at the All England Club, and Novak Djokovic’s obvious decline at 37 years of age makes the Spaniard a worthy favourite to rack up the hat-trick.

At the back end of a gruelling season, the US Open can sometimes throw up strange results and there are often surprises before the September silverware is eventually secured. It could, therefore, be worth going against the head of the market and hard-court specialist Daniil Medvedev ticks plenty of boxes at a nice price.

Salzburg’s stats from the first leg, which saw them produce an expected goals of almost three from 22 shots, 10 of which were on target, while Brann grabbed their solitary effort from a total xG of 0.38, suggest they can win comfortably again.

Rangers scored and conceded in seven of their 12 Europa League games last season, avoiding defeat in four of six away from home. They can capitalise on Panathinaikos’ key absentees and eagerness to hit back with a classic counter-attacking win on the road, featuring goals at both ends.

Viktoria Plzen have scored in six of their last eight away European games, including at tough places like Lazio and Athletic Bilbao. They dominated the first leg for long spells and outshot Servette 23 to seven. Both teams scored in each of the Swiss club’s last two home European ties.

Lech Poznan demolished Breidablik 7-1 in the first leg and they are likely to get another win on Wednesday. However, they have conceded in all four competitive games this season, with over 2.5 goals landing in each of them, so they could concede in a high-scoring second leg against a Breidablik side that have scored in four successive matches.

Qarabag are 3-0 up from the first leg in Drumcondra and do not need to win, but they should be more than a match for a spirited Shelbourne side.  The Reds have failed to win any of their last four European away matches and rarely score more than once, although they have also not lost by more than three goals since their opening tie in 1962-63.

Lech Poznan demolished Breidablik 7-1 in the first leg and they are likely to get another win on Wednesday. However, they have conceded in all four competitive games this season, with over 2.5 goals landing in each of them, so they could concede in a high-scoring second leg against a Breidablik side that have scored in four successive matches.

Rangers scored and conceded in seven of their 12 Europa League games last season, avoiding defeat in four of six away from home. They can capitalise on Panathinaikos’ key absentees and eagerness to hit back with a classic counter-attacking win on the road, featuring goals at both ends.

Red Bull Salzburg have scored three or more goals in three of their last six competitive matches and kept clean sheets in two of their last four. Brann have failed to score in two of their last three away matches and could go down 3-0 in Austria.

Panathinaikos have conceded two or more goals in four of their last five European games, including exactly two in three of them. Rangers have scored two or more in three of their last six away European ties, averaging just over one goal conceded across those matches.

Lech Poznan demolished Breidablik 7-1 in the first leg and they are likely to get another win on Wednesday. However, they have conceded in all four competitive games this season, with over 2.5 goals landing in each of them, so they could concede in a high-scoring second leg against a Breidablik side that have scored in four successive matches.

Edmund Baidoo a good option to get on the scoresheet. The Ghanaian averages just less than one goal and around two shots on target per 90 minutes in Austria.

Underdogs Necaxa look capable of causing an upset against struggling Atlanta. The visitors are on an eight-game winless run (D4, L4) and the Mexican hosts have a fairly strong home record, with five wins and just two defeats in their last nine competitive home assignments.

Underdogs Necaxa look capable of causing an upset against struggling Atlanta. The visitors are on an eight-game winless run (D4, L4) and the Mexican hosts have a fairly strong home record, with five wins and just two defeats in their last nine competitive home assignments.

Inter Miami are the clear favourites but backing both teams to score looks the best play here. There have been goals at both ends in each of Atlas’ last 10 competitive games and they have gone 15 without a clean sheet, while Inter have just one shut-out in their last nine and both teams have scored in four of their last six.

Minnesota should have too much for Queretaro. United have 21 points from 12 MLS home games and have just one defeat in their last nine overall, while the visitors have lost four of their last five games.

Portland look to have rediscovered a bit of form after a tough spell as they have four points from their last two MLS games, against a pair of key rivals in the West. The Timbers can make home advantage count against Atletico San Luis, who have four defeats in their last six games.

Only champions Liverpool are a shorter price than Tottenham to win their opening Premier League fixture and I think I would look to oppose Spurs.Of course, a home tie against Burnley appears a fairly kind fixture, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the Clarets, who conceded only 16 goals in 46 Championship matches last term, were difficult to break down.The decision to replace Ange Postecoglou with Thomas Frank wasn’t met with unanimous euphoria in north London and it could take a while for Spurs to find their stride.

Brentford have a busy summer ahead as they plan for a future after Thomas Frank but they should be ready for the opening weekend of the season and can start with a win against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.The Bees might be without Bryan Mbeumo, who has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United, but they are usually a step ahead when it comes to player recruitment and are likely to assemble a strong squad over the next few weeks.Forest will be in for a tough game and they might struggle to shrug off the disappointment of missing out on Champions League qualification.The Tricky Trees have taken one point from their last four home games and they could be stung by the Bees.

Despite little expectation, there was plenty of promise in Fabian Hurzeler’s first season at the Amex and it would be no surprise to see a young Brighton side take another forward step next term.The Seagulls saw out the campaign by drawing with Newcastle and beating West Ham, Wolves, Liverpool and Tottenham in their final five matches and they have already added Sunderland’s playoff hero Tommy Watson and Italy Under-21 centre-back Diego Coppola to a strong squad.Fulham, meanwhile, lost five of their last seven matches of the season, only beating Southampton and Brentford, and are yet to bring in any new faces, suggesting an opening-day defeat may be on the cards for the Cottagers.

Pep Guardiola must adapt his usual pre-season plans due to Manchester City’s involvement in the Club World Cup and the Citizens could drop points in a tricky opening assignment at Wolves.City made hard work of May’s 1-0 home victory over Wolves, who hit the woodwork twice at the Etihad Stadium, and they needed a 95th-minute John Stones winner at Molineux in October.Wolves sold forward Matheus Cunha to Manchester United and left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri to City but their recruitment has been good in recent years and they won ten of their 22 league matches after Vitor Pereira’s arrival in December.

Leeds were the highest-scoring side in last season’s Championship, but they may find the going tougher in the top flight, and they could kick off their season with a low-scoring affair at Elland Road.Ten of Everton’s final 12 games of 2024/25 featured fewer than three goals, and their away games throughout last season averaged a Premier League low of 1.95 goals per game. A mere 26 per cent of them went over 2.5 goals, and no team outside the top four conceded fewer goals than the Toffees.

Liverpool won by at least two goals in nine of their 14 home victories last season, while they comfortably saw off Bournemouth home and away. The Cherries lost 3-0 at Anfield and 2-0 at home to the Reds, despite enjoying a successful campaign.Bournemouth have already sold Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid, while Liverpool are pursuing their left-back Milos Kerkez. The Reds will have plenty of time to bed in their new signings, while Andoni Iraola’s side will likely start this campaign weakened at the back. Back the champions to lay down a marker in their opener.