By Peter Wells (twitter- boxingbrains_):
Finally! Football is back! On Friday 2nd August the first game of the English football league will begin. Every team has made changes and the adjustments will take some time for fans to fathom. But there is no doubt that this weekend the roads will be filled once again with football fans full of optimism about their teams coming season.
Today is the first of my predictions for this season (Obviously!) and don't forget to get yourself involved by commenting at the bottom of the page, or tweeting me your thoughts to my twitter account: @boxingbrains_.
So here are my predictions (betting odds courtesy of William Hill):
League Two:
Bury vs Chesterfield- 1-2 (17/2)
Cheltenham vs Burton- 1-0 (13/2)
Newport vs Accrington- 2-0 (9/1)
York vs Northampton- 1-3 (25/1)
Exeter vs Bristol Rovers- 2-0 (11/1)
Wycombe vs Morecombe- 3-2 (33/1)
Torquay vs Wimbledon- 3-0 (20/1)
Southend vs Plymouth- 1-1 (6/1)
Scunthorpe vs Mansfield- 2-1 (8/1)
Rochdale vs Hartlepool- 1-2 (10/1)
Portsmouth vs Oxford- 2-2 (16/1)
Fleetwood vs Dag & Red- 4-0 (28/1)
League One:
Sheff Utd vs Notts County- 2-0 (8/1)
Bristol City vs Bradford- 0-0 (9/1)
Carlisle vs Leyton Orient- 1-2 (9/1)
Walsall vs Tranmere- 2-0 (9/1)
Stevenage vs Oldham- 1-0 (13/2)
Shrewsbury vs MK Dons- 0-2 (11/1)
Preston vs Wolves- 1-3 (22/1)
Crawley vs Coventry- 2-0 (10/1)
Port Vale vs Brentford- 2-3 (28/1)
Peterborough vs Swindon- 1-1 (13/2)
Gillingham vs Colchester- 3-1 (16/1)
Crewe vs Rotherham- 2-1 (17/2)
Championship:
Burnley vs Bolton- 2-2 (14/1)
Reading vs Ipswich- 3-0 (14/1)
QPR vs Sheff Wed- 4-1 (33/1)
Nott'm Forest vs Huddersfield- 2-0 (7/1)
Millwall vs Yeovil- 1-1 (6/1)
Middlesbrough vs Leicester- 1-2 (17/2)
Leeds vs Brighton- 2-1 (17/2)
Doncaster vs Blackpool- 1-2 (10/1)
Bournemouth vs Charlton- 1-0 (13/2)
Birmingham vs Watford- 0-2 (12/1)
Barnsley vs Wigan- 0-3 (22/1)
Derby vs Blackburn- 0-1 (17/2)
