Whoscored forecast: Sheffield United 2-1 Putrajaya, Fayer 2-0 Breda, National 0-2 Givesent

The Dutch Eredivisie, Portuguese Super League and the English Championship will be held in the first round of the opening match.

Before the game, the football data website Whoscored also made predictions for some of the start events.

Coventry 2-0 Hull City

Coventry fell regretfully last season in the promotion play-offs, but fortunately, Lampard's team is ready to compete for the top six again in the 25/26 season after a stable signing in the summer.

Hull City experienced a tense period last season, with only two wins in the last nine rounds of the league and nearly falling into the relegation zone, so the team changed the coach.

But facing a more stable Coventry away, Hull City may be difficult to win in this game!

Norwich's 1-1 Mirwall

Norwich's 24/25 season was a failure in any aspect, especially in the last 12 league games last season, they only had 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. To this end, the team fired the head coach and hired Manning, who had previously led Bristol City to advance to the play-offs, to re-support the team. But no matter what, it actually takes time to adapt to the new coach;

Milwall spent 6.4 million euros to sign Coburn from Middlesbrough permanently in the offseason. Although the striker only scored 5 goals during the loan period, he also made his own contribution to the arena. Of course, if this team wants to reach the top six in the new season and give 20-year-old striker Ivanovic more performance, the key to the team being able to score more goals.

Overall, both teams still need time to reach their best.

West Brom 1-0 Blackburn

Ryan Mason's joining will surely make West Brom happy, but although West Brom's goal this season is to enter the top six, the team is relatively calm in the transfer market, with only three players joining so far; the second half of Blackburn's 24/25 season is like a roller coaster, which means that under Ismail, their performance is somewhat unknown (good or bad). But it is certain that if the team wants to be better and more stable, they undoubtedly need more signings.

Judging from the current situation alone, the home team is more likely to win!

Oxford United 0-1 Portsmouth

Oxford United's form changed drastically in the late 24/25 season, and they overcame the difficulties in the start and completed the relegation. Moreover, the joining of new players will inevitably make Oxford United more noteworthy, but if you want to copy last season's results, perhaps these alone are not enough;

Portsmouth's unbeaten record of 5 wins and 1 draw in the warm-up match made them look in good shape. Although the first game of the new season was away, they are still expected to win if they look better offensive.

Middlesburg 2-1 Swansea

Despite signing some impressive players last summer and this January, Middlesbrough lost in the play-offs in the 24/25 season. With Edwards taking office, the former Luton coach will surely bring more changes to the team, just like he once led Luton out of the Championship; when Heehn took over the remaining games of Swansea's 24/25 season, it did not attract much attention or much expectations, but the club's rankings quickly rose, and eventually the 38-year-old coach became the team's full-time coach. Inusa's joining is a compelling addition to Swansea, and players like Yan Zhixing and Franco should make greater progress in the second year of Swansea's official stadium.

But compared with comprehensive strength, Mibao still seems to have a greater advantage.

Sheffield United 2-1 Putrajaya

Sheffield United lost to Sunderland in the play-off final last season, the team fired the former coach and hired Celes to coach. After leading Hull City to relegation, he may be able to further release his energy in Sheffield United;

Putrajaya last season lost to Sheffield United with a total score of 0-6 in the semi-finals of the upgraded play-off, so they must want to take revenge this season. But when players leave the team, maybe it will take time for them to get better after starting over.

Portuguese Nationals 0-2 Givist

As a newly promoted team last season, the Nationals, which successfully relegated, were undoubtedly successful last season. However, whether it can continue to maintain its position in the second season after the promotion is not a very certain situation;

However, Givecent actually performed poorly last season, and was not even far from the relegation zone. But this season they seem to be aiming to enter the upper half.

In a recent friendly match, the Nationals' 0-3 away defeat can show that they are obviously lacking in confidence at the moment, and if this situation does not reverse, the first loss will not be very difficult.

Aroka 0-0 Avi SAD

Despite losing some key players, Aroka's lineup remains balanced this season and the coaching staff remains unchanged, which allows them to aim for higher rankings rather than just staying in the second half of the league;

Aroka SAD last season they performed poorly in the top league and eventually relegated through the relegation play-offs.

Judging from the results of the two teams' confrontation in recent years, perhaps they have not scored many goals, and they may eventually start the journey of the new season with a draw.

Eindhoven 3-0 Rotterdam Sparta

Last season, Eindhoven successfully caught up with Ajax and won the club's 26th national championship.

By comparison, Rotterdam Sparta ended up in 12th, down from 8th and 6th in the previous two seasons. Although the team lost 12 games in the 24/25 season and 12 games in the 23/24 season, their draws were 5 more games (12 and 7 games) than the previous two seasons, while their winnings were 5 fewer games (9 and 14 games) than the previous two seasons..

This upcoming game will be the 118th meeting between the two teams in the Eredivisie, with Eindhoven leading 18 wins to Rotterdam Sparta with a record of 72 wins. Eindhoven has remained unbeaten in the last 26 matches with Sparta, with a record of 22 wins and 4 draws. The last time Rotterdam Spartan defeated Eindhoven in the Eredivisie was on December 2, 1995, when they won 2-1.

Last season, Eindhoven had the best record in the league at home - 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in 17 games, with 16 more home goals than any other team. Rotterdam Sparta ranked sixth in the away record, with 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses in 17 away games. Helenfin 2-1 Volendan

24/25 season, Helenfin ranked 9th, their third top 10 in the past four seasons. Volendan topped the Dutch second division with 82 points, thus returning to the Dutch Legion.

This will be the 21st time the two teams have met in Eredivisie history, with Helenfin leading Volendam with a record of 12 wins, with the latter having only 5 wins. Helenfin has won 7 of his last 8 matches; however, Helenfin has won 2-1 in his most recent home match against Volendan.

Helenfen ranked fifth in the home record in the Eredivisie last season, with a record of 10 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses in 17 games. In contrast, Volendan's away win rate in the DPRK last season was 58%.

Feyenoord 2-0 Breda

Feyenoord ranked in the top 3 of the Eredivisie for the fourth consecutive year last season. However, their form has declined slightly, losing six games in the season, more than the combined four games in the previous two seasons.

This game will be the 103rd meeting between the two teams in the Eredivisie, with Feyenoord leading with 63 wins and Breda having 15 wins.

Feyenoord ranked third in the league's home record last season, with a record of 13 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in 17 games. In contrast, Breda performed poorly away, with 2 wins, 3 draws and 12 losses in 17 away games, with only 9 points.

Niemegen 2-1SBV elite

Last season, Nijmegen played in the Eredivisie for the fourth consecutive year and finally ranked eighth. This is also the second consecutive year that they have entered the top 10. On the other hand, the elite returned to the Eredivisie immediately after finishing second in the Dutch second division.

This game will be the 35th Dutch Eredivisie game between the two teams, and the elite currently leads Nijmegen with a record of 14 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses. Nijmegen last time he played against Elite at home was in the first round of the 23/24 season, when the Elite won 4-3.

Nijmegen had a moderate home record in the Eredivisie last season, with 6 wins, 5 losses and 6 draws in 17 games. In contrast, the elites won 8 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses in 19 away games in the DPRK last season.