This is a gentle start to life with Tottenham in the Premier League for Thomas Frank. The Lilywhites should be able to start their season with a win against a side that is tipped to go straight back down, following their promotion from the Championship last season. 

Tottenham may have had a shocking domestic season last term, but the one area where they performed quite well was in the attacking phase. Tottenham scored 64 goals last season (1.68 per game), which was considerably more than any other side in the bottom half of the Premier League last season. This is an area where Burnley may struggle this season - their ultra defensive approach from the Championship may aid them slightly, but there aren’t enough goals in the Clarets’ ranks to suggest that they will make a fight of staying up. 

Between Zian Flemming, Armando Broja and Lyle Foster, there simply isn’t enough scoring power for Burnley to compete with some of the elite sides in the Premier League, especially a side with an attack as potent as Tottenham’s. Frank should also work to strengthen the backline for Tottenham this season, making them a more reliable option to win games, knowing that Ange Postecoglu’s kamikaze approach is a thing of the past.

Wolves could find themselves in the relegation conversation this season seeing as they have failed to improve their squad and lost two key players in Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri - a duo that had a hand in 55% of their Premier League goals last season. 

The only reason I’d slightly back Wolves to stay up this season is Vitor Pereira, the Portuguese manager has formed a real bond with the fans but could have his hands tied if Wolves don’t bring in some more players before the window ends, especially in the final third - Strand Larsen is a promising striker, but he needs service.

Man City enter the season as a bit of an unknown, but with recent links to Rodrygo and Donnarumma, they could start the season with a very strong squad. I’m still not fully convinced with City’s backline, I think it could be caught out with fast breaks, as it was on multiple occasions last season. However, City have the quality to come out on top here. 

City won both meetings against Wolves last season, coming away 2-1 winners in the away game after going a goal behind, and then claiming a 1-0 win at the Etihad - City have won four of the last five meetings between the sides.

Barcelona have looked menacing in pre-season, I’ve already earmarked them as one of my favourites to win the Champions League this season. I also think they’ll dominate La Liga with their incredible frontline.

Barcelona have scored 20 goals across their four pre-season matches, winning all four of these games in the process. Their most recent victory was a 5-0 win over Como, which displayed the true extent of their attacking prowess. Marcus Rashford has been added to a frontline which scored 102 goals across their 38 La Liga games last season, which is an addition that could take Barcelona’s goal numbers to another level.

Barcelona boasted the best away record in La Liga last season, winning 14 of their 19 away games and only losing twice. Barcelona scored 50 goals across these fixtures (2.63 per game), with the next highest away goals tally in La Liga coming from Real Madrid, with 33 goals on the road. 

Mallorca’s home record was actually slightly worse than their away record last season. They won seven of their 19 home games, with six of these games ending in defeat. These games tended to be low scoring (2.15 total goals per game), but that should change with the visit of the top scorers on the road from last season. Barcelona ran out  5-1 winners in this fixture last season and also came out on top in the home clash.