Top five EFL opening weekend games: Sheffield United host Swansea

As for the Blades, all eyes will be on new signing David McGoldrick.

In the match betting, Sheffield United are 13/10 favourites. And it’s 2/1 for McGoldrick to bag a debut goal.

League One: Sunderland v Charlton Athletic (12:30pm, Saturday)

The Wearside club find themselves in the third tier for the first time since 1988, back in the Roker Park days.

And League One football is far from the only thing that’s new at the Stadium of Light.

Jack Ross is freshly installed in the hotseat after leading St Mirren to the Scottish top-flight. The club have also been taken over by a new consortium – lead by former Eastleigh chairman Stewart Donald.

But while there’s plenty of focus on the Black Cats, Lee Bowyer’s Addicks are also dark-horses for promotion. This promises to be an action-packed affair – and a Sunderland win at 10/11 makes them firm favourites for the three points.

League One: Portsmouth v Luton Town (3pm, Saturday)

Despite coming up from League Two last season, many are already tipping Nathan Jones’ Luton to be amongst the third-tier challengers.

Having brought in real quality this summer in the shape of Andrew Shinnie and Sonny Bradley, they could prove a tough test for a talented Portsmouth side.

Pompey missed out on the play-offs last term by just five points, and will be desperate to make up the difference this time around.

This has been a hard-fought fixture in recent times, though the South Coast club have edged it in three of the last five meetings. It’s 5/4 for a Pompey win in this one.

League Two: Northampton Town v Lincoln City (3pm, Saturday)

Last season ended with relegation heartbreak for the Cobblers. They’re looking to bounce straight back up – but it promises to be a hotly-contested league, with Lincoln among the challengers.

Home boss Dean Austin has added star strikers Junior Morias and Andy Williams to his ranks.

As for the Imps, they have John Akinde, Matt Green and Bruno Andrade to call on.

You can expect plenty of actions at both ends, with Evens for Over 2.5 Goals.

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