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The 2023/24 season kicks off in the Championship, when newly relegated Southampton travel to Yorkshire looking to get life under new manager Russell Martin off to a perfect start. In front of the live Sky Sports television cameras, Saints will take on a Sheffield Wednesday side making their return to the second-tier, after winning promotion last season.
Meanwhile, 4/1 Championship promotion favourites Leicester City will kick off their campaign against Midlands rivals Coventry City at the King Power Stadium on Sunday 6th August (12:00), and Leeds United - still to appoint a new manager following relegation last term - are set to take on Cardiff City at Elland Road on the same day (14:30).
Plymouth Argyle, fresh from their League One title winning campaign, will start life back in the Championship against Huddersfield Town and Ipswich Town, who are being well-backed to enjoy another profitable season, are on the road at Sunderland.
EFL Championship opening weekend fixtures:
Friday 4th August:
Sheffield Wednesday (21/10) v Southampton (13/10) (20:00)
Saturday 5th August:
Blackburn Rovers (7/4) v West Bromwich Albion (8/5) (15:00)
Bristol City (21/20) v Preston North End (13/5) (15:00)
Middlesbrough (10/11) v Millwall (16/5) (15:00)
Norwich City (3/4) v Hull City (4/1) (15:00)
Plymouth Argyle (6/5) v Huddersfield Town (9/4) (15:00)
Stoke City (13/20) v Rotherham United (9/2) (15:00)
Swansea City (5/6) v Birmingham City (10/3) (15:00)
Watford (17/20) v Queens Park Rangers (16/5) (15:00)
Sunday 6th August:
Leicester City (4/7) v Coventry City (9/2) (12:00)
Leeds United (2/5) v Cardiff City (7/1) (14:30)
Sunderland (11/8) v Ipswich Town (2/1) (17:00)
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Title favourites Derby County welcome Wigan Athletic to Pride Park for an exciting League One opener. The Rams missed out on the play-offs on the final day of last season, and will be determined to begin this campaign with three points.
Two teams who lost out in the play-offs, Bolton and Barnsley, begin the season with home fixtures, while Peterborough, the team who blew a 4-0 play-offs first-leg lead to Sheffield Wednesday, will travel to newly relegated Reading in what looks an epic first game.
Other eye-catching fixtures on the opening day of League One include a 'Boat Race Derby' between Cambridge United and Oxford United, whilst Blackpool welcome Burton Albion as the Tangerines seek to return to the Championship at the first time of asking following their relegation last year.
EFL League One opening weekend fixtures:
Saturday 5th August 2023:
15:00 - Barnsley (3/4) v Port Vale (15/4)
15:00 - Blackpool (11/20) v Burton Albion (19/4)
15:00 - Bolton Wanderers (3/4) v Lincoln City (4/1)
15:00 - Cambridge United (2/1) v Oxford United (11/8)
15:00 - Carlisle United (6/5) v Fleetwood Town (9/4)
15:00 - Charlton Athletic (6/5) v Leyton Orient (23/10)
15:00 - Derby County (4/6) v Wigan Athletic (9/2)
15:00 - Northampton Town (8/5) v Stevenage (17/10)
15:00 - Portsmouth (10/11) v Bristol Rovers (3/1)
15:00 - Reading (2/1) v Peterborough United (13/10)
15:00 - Shrewsbury Town (13/10) v Cheltenham Town (21/10)
15:00 - Wycombe (10/11) v Exeter City (3/1)
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Phil Parkinson's Wrexham were imperious last season as they amassed 111 points to clinch promotion after a tussle for the ages with Notts County, who went on to achieve promotion via the play-offs, with Wrexham priced up at 7/2 to lift the League Two title in May.
Meanwhile, Notts County, who are 6/4 for consecutive promotions, begin their return to the football league with a trip to Sutton United, who finished 14th last season.
Last season's beaten play-off finalists Stockport are highly fancied again, and they start as second favourites to win the league at 5/1. They begin with a home game against fellow promotion contenders Gillingham.
EFL League Two opening weekend fixtures:
Saturday 5th August:
15:00 - Accrington Stanley (6/4) v Newport County (9/5)
15:00 - Colchester United (6/4) v Swindon Town (15/8)
15:00 - Crawley Town (11/4) v Bradford City (19/20)
15:00 - Crewe Alexandra (11/4) v Mansfield Town (10/11)
15:00 - Doncaster Rovers (5/4) v Harrogate Town (23/10)
15:00 - Forest Green Rovers (5/2) v Salford City (11/10)
15:00 - Grimsby Town (1/1) v AFC Wimbledon (14/5)
15:00 - Morecambe (8/5) v Walsall (9/5)
15:00 - Stockport County (3/4) v Gillingham (4/1)
15:00 - Sutton United (15/4) v Notts County (4/6)
15:00 - Tranmere Rovers (7/5) v Barrow (2/1)
15:00 - Wrexham (4/6) v Milton Keynes Dons (17/4)
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