Last season’s UEFA Super Cup ended 2-2 and PSG saw both teams score in five of their final seven games last season. There have been goals at both ends in Aston Villa’s last five pre-season friendlies, and their Champions League quarter-final tie in 2025 ended 5-4 on aggregate.

Rapid Vienna won a 4-1 thriller in the first leg and have seen 24 goals scored in their first six games this season. Both teams have scored in four of these, and they may win another high-scoring game against a Paide side that have scored in their last 14 games.

Copenhagen thrashed Debrecen 3-0 away and another comfortable victory is on the cards. They limited the Hungarians to just 0.36 expected goals in the first leg and are unlikely to give up any ground on home turf, while they have scored at least three goals in four of their last five fixtures.

Hapoel Tel Aviv were deserved 2-0 winners in the first leg on neutral ground, and GKS Katowice have only won two of their five competitive games this season, losing the other three. Hapoel Tel Aviv are yet to lose this season and beat European regulars Ludogorets 4-2 on aggregate in the last round of qualifying.

Rapid Vienna won a 4-1 thriller in the first leg and have seen 24 goals scored in their first six games this season. Both teams have scored in four of these, and they may win another high-scoring game against a Paide side that have scored in their last 14 games.

Copenhagen thrashed Debrecen 3-0 away and another comfortable victory is on the cards. They limited the Hungarians to just 0.36 expected goals in the first leg and are unlikely to give up any ground on home turf, while they have scored at least three goals in four of their last five fixtures.

Hapoel Tel Aviv were deserved 2-0 winners in the first leg on neutral ground, and GKS Katowice have only won two of their five competitive games this season, losing the other three. Hapoel Tel Aviv are yet to lose this season and beat European regulars Ludogorets 4-2 on aggregate in the last round of qualifying.

Last season’s UEFA Super Cup ended 2-2 and PSG saw both teams score in five of their final seven games last season. There have been goals at both ends in Aston Villa’s last five pre-season friendlies, and their Champions League quarter-final tie in 2025 ended 5-4 on aggregate.

Rapid Vienna won a 4-1 thriller in the first leg and have seen 24 goals scored in their first six games this season. Both teams have scored in four of these, and they may win another high-scoring game against a Paide side that have scored in their last 14 games.

Last season’s UEFA Super Cup ended 2-2 and PSG saw both teams score in five of their final seven games last season. There have been goals at both ends in Aston Villa’s last five pre-season friendlies, and their Champions League quarter-final tie in 2025 ended 5-4 on aggregate.

PSG won last season’s UEFA Super Cup on penalties after a 2-2 draw in normal time, and a similar outcome could be on the cards here after a 5-4 aggregate scoreline when these sides met in 2025.

Ollie Watkins should lead the line for Aston Villa and he ended last season in fine form, scoring five goals in his final three appearances to take his tally to 16 league goals for the season.

Cerro Porteno claimed four points in two meetings with Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores group stage earlier this year and they are unbeaten in their last five in this competition. Palmeiras have failed to win two of their last three home games and may fail to live up to their favouritism here.

Cerro Porteno claimed four points in two meetings with Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores group stage earlier this year and they are unbeaten in their last five in this competition. Palmeiras have failed to win two of their last three home games and may fail to live up to their favouritism here.

Platense beat Corinthians in their last Copa Libertadores tie and come up against a Coquimbo side that lost two of their three away games in the group stage.

West Ham appear to be the best-equipped of the relegated trio to bounce straight back up and have opted to stick with Nuno Espirito Santo.

With a full pre-season under his belt and Jarrod Bowen leading the line after opting to stay with the Hammers, they look to have the squad capable of beating any other second-tier side.

Leicester are hot favourites to bounce back up, but Luton could spring a surprise as Lincoln did last season.

They have held on to most of the stars that helped them to a seventh-place finish last season and Jack Wilshere is only going to continue improving as a manager. The signings of Kasey Palmer, Harrison Ashby and George Johnston are smart additions to a squad capable of pushing for promotion.

Salford finished fourth in last season’s League Two table and they can improve on their best campaign to date this time around.

Peter Cklamovski arrives with a reputation for attack-minded football and with ties to Ange Postecoglou, while the signing of Macaulay Langstaff is an exciting addition.

He netted 28 goals in his last League Two campaign and he can fire Salford to promotion.

Portsmouth spent last season battling the drop and seem set for another season of struggle. They have made some bold transfer moves but they have signed players unproven in this league, and don’t necessarily seem any stronger than they were last season so they are among the contenders to drop down to League One.

Cambridge won promotion last term and are yet to really strengthen their team. The U’s spend four years in League One before a campaign in League Two last term, and they only finished higher than 18th in one of those seasons. Of all the promoted teams, Cambridge are perhaps the most likely to drop straight back down.

Tranmere lost 20 of their final 26 games last season and only avoided the drop by two points. The two teams that came up from the National League should be competitive and that should result in an intense relegation fight, and Rovers look likely to be involved.

The first leg of this tie was a thrilling 3-3 draw in Belgium and that is far from an anomaly when it comes to Bodo/Glimt and Union Saint-Gilloise. Over 3.5 goals has been a winner in two of the hosts’ last three games, while the Belgians’ three fixtures this term have averaged 4.67 goals per game.

Dinamo Zagreb were utterly dominant in their 5-0 demolition of Kauno Zalgiris in the first leg, limiting the Lithuanians to three shots and none on target. There is little to suggest they will allow Tuesday’s hosts any more joy in the return leg, so expect them to stroll to victory.

NEC Nijmegen may be playing in Europe for the first time since a 2008/09 UEFA Cup campaign, but they were arguably the better side in the first leg and will take a good deal of confidence into the home leg against an Olympiakos side that were beaten by AZ Alkmaar and Ajax in pre-season.

PSG and Aston Villa played out two thrillers in the 2024/25 Champions League quarter-finals, with the tie ending 5-4 on aggregate, and another high-scoring affair is expected in Salzburg. Both teams have scored in Aston Villa’s last five pre-season friendlies, and Les Parisiens saw goals at both ends in five of their final seven games last term.

Wolves may have lost Joao Gomes and Matt Doherty following their relegation, but the arrivals of Raul Jimenez and Kieran Trippier leave them with a very good squad for the Championship and they open against a Blackburn side that ended last term perilously close to the relegation zone.

Only the relegated Oxford United and Sheffield Wednesday won fewer points on the road than West Brom last season and the Baggies may be in for a difficult season after losing Karlan Grant and Josh Maja in the summer. Norwich won four of their final seven home games last term and opened their season by thrashing MK Dons 4-1 in the EFL Cup.

Bradford City missed out on promotion last season, but they had the third-best home record in League One with 15 wins in 23 attempts. 18th-placed finishers Peterborough lost 14 of their third-tier trips, including six of their last eight trips and their February visit to Bradford.

Sevilla finished a dismal 13th in La Liga last season and have done little to improve their squad over the summer. They have lost Akor Adams, who scored ten league goals, and UEFA Conference League finalists Rayo Vallecano went unbeaten in their last four away games last term.

After a decline that began in 2011, Racing Santander secured a long-awaited return to the top flight last season, but they face a tough opener against a Villarreal side that qualified for the Champions League last term. The Yellow Submarine won 22 of their 38 games and should get the new season off to a winning start in Santander.

Osasuna avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth last season and the summer loss of talented winger Victor Munoz will have hit them hard. They picked up just two points from their last seven away games and Celta Vigo will be full of confidence after securing their joint-best La Liga finish last year.