England Championshiop: Southampton – Wrexham 09/08/2025

Betting on goals

This is probably one of the most highly anticipated Championship matches ever globally as the worldwide phenomenon of Wrexham led by movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac takes it place just one tier under the Premier League. It’s been an incredible rise from tier 5 of the footballing pyramid and the revolution has been televised with every step of the journey available on the hit show Welcome to Wrexham.

They secured promotion, finishing in 2nd place in League one and have come up with much the same personnel but have made some shrewd additions to the squad. If you r looking for a first goalscorer Ryan Hardie is in from Plymouth and used to this level, while Ollie Palmer last seasons top scorer in L1 is still in a Wrexham shirt On Saturday, they will open the championship season with a match away at Southampton, a club on a different trajectory.

Southampton had a bitter season last year being relegated in April, going through 3 managers, and only gaining 12 points narrowly avoiding being the worst team in Premier League history. They have a new manager now Will Still from Nice and he will look to get a side that traditionally have found life easier in the Championship. Looking at that game it’s realistically L1 vs PL from last season, but I think the early kick off on the Saturday plus the away fans party mood will  give this a cup tie feel which will suit the underdogs Wrexham and just fancy them to grab a shock to start the season off by keeping a clean sheet and getting away with a win.

Roll the dice on this by choosing both teams to score as no.