Millwall, Charlton Athletic and Queens Park Rangers know how their 2025-26 schedules look after the EFL released the fixture list for the upcoming campaign last week.
Charlton won promotion via the League One play-offs as they beat Leyton Orient at Wembley and they’ll kick off their return to the second tier at home to Watford on Saturday, August 9 at 12.30pm.
QPR and Millwall are in action on the same day, kicking off their respective games at 3pm. Millwall travel to Alex Neil’s former club Norwich City while QPR host Preston North End.
Millwall had a major resurgence last season but just missed out on a spot in the play-off spots while QPR will be hoping to keep themselves well away from a relegation battle. Below we have put down where each club is predicted to finish per the latest odds from the bookmakers. Take a look...
21. Preston North End
Preston are tipped to narrowly avoid relegation by the finest of margins. They finished 20th last term and are expected to have another difficult season. | Getty Images
22. Charlton Athletic
League One play-off winners Charlton Athletic are expected to struggle at the wrong end of the table, but have a manager in Nathan Jones that has previously been in this position and steered Luton away from trouble. | Getty Images
23. Portsmouth
Second season syndrome is expected to effect Portsmouth next season despite a solid 16th place finish last term under manager John Mousinho. | Getty Images
24. Oxford United
Gary Rowett's Oxford United are the bookmakers favourite to be relegated back to League One in their second season at Championship level. | Getty Images