Sporting finished second in Liga Portugal last season, eight points behind the eventual league champions in Porto. 

A similar domestic battle is likely to take place this season and Sporting should be able to start strongly judging by their performances in pre-season and strong away record last term. 

Sporting have won all four of their friendly matches ahead of the new season, beating the likes of Celtic, Strasbourg, Monaco and Nottingham Forest in these games.

Sporting didn’t lose a single game away from home in Liga Portugal last season, winning 12 of their 17 matches - only Porto (43) picked up more points on the road than Sporting last year.

Nijmegen were one of the standout performers across Europe last season, finishing third in the Eredivisie and sitting just six points behind Feyenoord.

Only PSV (101) scored more goals than Nijmegen (77) in the Eredivisie last season, so they’re also one of the most entertaining sides in the division and that scoring power should see them over the line against Telstar here.

Nijmegen only lost three of their 17 home games in the Eredivisie last season, while Telstar only recorded four victories across their 17 matches on the road - notably only scoring 18 goals across these games.

Viking find themselves in a title race with Bodo Glimt again after beating them to the trophy last year in a close battle.

They’re one of the most dominant teams in the Eliteserien having won 12 of their 15 matches, notably winning all six of their home games - scoring 23 goals across these matches.

Sarpsborg sit mid table but are likely to struggle to match the scoring power of Viking seeing as they’ve only scored 10 goals across their eight away games, winning two of these matches. 

Bodo Glimt have a one point lead at the top of the Elitserien, notably losing just one of their eight away matches so far.

Bodo Glimt have won each of their last five league matches heading into this one as they look to maintain their spot at the top of the division. 

They’ve won all of these games to nil, so they carry real momentum into this game against a Valerenga side who they have beaten in eight of the last 10 head to head meetings.

PSV have won each of the last four head to head meetings between these sides, stretching back to 2024. 

PSV are quite clearly the best side in the Eredivisie, they won the title by 19 points last year - building on their triumph in the 24/25 season when they edged out Ajax by a point on the final day.

PSV unsurprisingly picked up the most points at home of any side in the division during the 25/26 campaign, winning 13 of their 17 matches and netting 58 goals in the process.