As the 2025/26 season gets underway across the continent, the majority of European teams have already kicked off their competitive campaigns, diving into early league fixtures, European qualifiers or domestic cup ties.
However, some are still wrapping up their pre-season preparations ahead of league openers next week, with one last round of friendly fixtures scheduled to take place across this weekend.
Let’s look at a mixture of competitive and friendly action, with a selection of booking codes below (at time of writing, 90 minutes only):
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Southampton vs Wrexham
Relegated Southampton take on newly-promoted Wrexham in their first EFL Championship clashes of the season, and the Saints will be significant favourites to secure a comfortable win as they aim for immediate promotion back to the top flight this term.
While Wrexham have recruited well, with the likes of Kieffer Moore and Danny Ward joining the club, Southampton have a squad filled with players that boast Championship promotion and English Premier League experience, leading us to expect a comfortable home win.
Southampton to win, 1.75 – Book Here
Newcastle United vs Atletico Madrid
In their final friendly before facing Aston Villa on the Premier League opening weekend, Newcastle will look to end a dismal six-game winless streak that stretches back to the end of last term when they face Atletico Madrid.
Atletico Madrid have played just one friendly match so far this summer after being involved in the Club World Cup, which they shockingly exited in the group stage, and Diego Simeone will be hoping for a significantly better performance than in the 1-0 friendly loss to Porto.
Despite Atletico Madrid’s underwhelming performance in that last match, Newcastle have been disastrous in recent months, and we expect the Spanish giants to capitalise on their vulnerabilities and secure the win.
Atletico Madrid to win, 2.60 – Book Here
Leicester City vs Sheffield Wednesday
Leicester City are one of the favourites to secure promotion from the Championship this season – despite an impending points deduction – and they take on a Sheffield Wednesday side that have faced an extremely turbulent period and are one of the favourites to suffer relegation this term.
Wednesday have been unable to sign any players and several have left the club on a free, leaving them with just 16 official first-team members, while manager Danny Rohl also left the club, leaving Henrik Pedersen in charge.
Given Leicester’s clear strength as one of the best Championship sides, combined with Wednesday’s huge problems both on and off the pitch, we expect the Foxes to secure a dominant victory with several goals scored.
Leicester City to win & over 2.5 goals, 1.53 – Book Here
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool
Crystal Palace and Liverpool will kick-start their campaigns as they meet in the Community Shield on Sunday afternoon, and the Reds are expected to dominate the proceedings from the first whistle until the last.
Liverpool have been extremely active in the summer, signing the likes of Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike among others, and with the likes of Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo still at the club, Crystal Palace will have some of the best players in the world to contend with.
While the new signings will catch the eye of many supporters, Salah remains as Liverpool’s best player, and the legendary Egyptian will pick up from where he left off last season and get on the scoresheet in this first game of the campaign for the Reds.
Mohamed Salah to score anytime, 2.30 – Book Here
Combined Booking Code @16.01 – 398GKYV
