Premier League, EFL and Non League: Pre-season Friendlies Review – 2nd August 2026

Club football returns and with that in mind, we have a pre-season friendlies review involving Premier League, EFL and non league sides.

Players return in preparation for the beginning of the upcoming season. Clubs either stay in the UK or fly out for better warm weather sessions.

It also allows managers the chance to give new players an opportunity to gel into the team, try out different tactics or help players adapt to a new manager or head coach’s style and his techniques.

Then there’s those commercial aspects for top flight sides for tours, in locations where they want to increase the fanbase, regardless of the facing weather conditions and climates.

Highlights, some team lineups, and a full list of scores can be viewed throughout this article…

Right, time to take a look at the Premier League, EFL and non league friendlies review, with help from FlashScore, Football Web Pages and Non League Matters…

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Bromley 0-7 QPR

AFC Wimbledon 2-3 QPR

Chelsea 1-2 Tottenham

Team lineups, as per chelseafc.com:

Chelsea: Sharman-Lowe; Palestra (Acheampong 80), Fofana (Tosin 80), Colwill (Sarr 80), Hato (Anselmino 62); Essugo (Watson 80), Lavia (Nicoll-Jazuli 46); Estevao (Satpayev 69), Palmer (Walsh 80), Gittens (Kellyman 80); Joao Pedro (Delap 80)

Chelsea subs: Curd, Subuloye, Emenalo, Kavuma-McQueen

Goalscorers: Estevao 21

Tottenham Hotspur: Kinsky; Gray, van Hecke (Danso 46), Davies (Takai 81), Robertson (Kyerematen 72); Bergvall (Hall 72), Tonali (Donley 82), Gallagher (Hardy 54); Solomon (Moore 67), Solanke (Richarlison 46), Tel (Williams-Barnett 76

Tottenham subs: Dubravka, Hall, Russell-Denny, Ajayi, Melia, Byrne, Tingey, Scarlett, Min-Hyeok

Goalscorers: Tonali 17, Richarlison 90+1

Booked: Gallagher 10

Sent off: Danso 49

Man City 1-1 (1-3p) Inter

Team lineups as per mancity.com:

MAN CITY XI: Donnarumma, Lewis, Khusanov, Gvardiol (Alleyne 46), Mfuni (Ait-Nouri 46), Kovacic (Nico 46), Reijnders (Reis 46), Semenyo (Sangare 68), Foden (C) (Echeverri 68), Savinho (Braithwaite 78), Mubama (McAidoo 46)

Subs: Bettinelli, Wint, Chabot, Monga, Mukasa, Alleyne, F. Samba, Heskey, Henderson-Hall, Parker

INTER XI: Martinez (Provedel 61), Pavard (Bovio 68), Augusto (Marello 68), Bisseck (Maye 78), Dimarco, Stankovic (Bastoni 46), Diouf (Henrique 46), Mkhitaryan (Zielinski 46), Barella (Topalovic 46), Iddrissou (Mosconi 46), Esposito (Lavelli 67)

Subs: Di Gennaro, Farronato, Sucic, Bonny, Frattesi, Calhanoglu, Mosconi

Mansfield 1-3 Derby

Team lineups, as per mansfieldtown.net:

MANSFIELD: Lewis, Oshilaja (McLaughlin 71’), Blake-Tracy (Bowery 71’), Sweeney © (Knoyle 45’), Akins (Oates 71’), Russell (Hewitt 71’), Reed (Hartmann 71’), Hendry (Maris 71’), McGoldrick (Evans 71’), T. Roberts (Moriah-Welsh 45’), Smith (Taylor 71’)

UNUSED SUBS: Mason, Walters

DERBY: Vickers (Price 88’), Langås © (Osayande 61’), Salvesen (Blackett-Taylor 61’), Goudmijn (Myers 88’), Nyambe, Eames, Brown, T. Gill, Allen (Wren 86’), Smith (Hodges 86’), Canoville

UNUSED SUB: O’Donnell

Burton 1-0 Derby

Birmingham 2-2 (3-2p) Barcelona

Team lineups, as per bcfc.com:

Birmingham: James Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel (Ethan Laird, 77), Phil Neumann (Dael Fry, 77), Christoph Klarer (Jack Robinson, 78), Alex Cochrane (Lee Buchanan, 78), Tomoki Iwata (Luis Vazquez, 78), Jhon Solis (Menzi Mazwi, 78), Carlos Vicente (Patrick Roberts, 78), Kanya Fujimoto (Cobi Maddox, 78), Jay Stansfield (Scott Wright, 59), August Priske (Briar Bateman, 78).

Subs not used: Ryan Allsop, Brad Mayo, Billy Burrell.

Barcelona: Wojciech Szczesny (Áron Yaakobishvili, 62), Xavi Espart (Jordi Pesquer, 62), Andres Christensen (Héctor Fort 62),, Gerard Martín (Alvaro Cortes, ht), Jofre Torrents (Oscar Gistau, 62), Ebrima Tunkara (Ibrahim Diarra, ht), Marc Bernal (Brian Fariñas 62),, Marc Casado (Brian Goren, 62), Karim Adeyemi (Roony Bardghji, ht), Shane Kluivert (Alex Gonzalez, ht), Hamza Abdelkarim (Guillermo Fernandez, 62).

Subs not used: Iker Rodriguez, Alejandro Balde, Ronald Araujo, Antonio Fernandez, Tomas Marques, Raphinha, Fermin Lopez.

Sunderland 0-1 Leeds

Charlton 0-3 Reading

Team lineups, as per cafc.co.uk:

Charlton: Kaminski; Ramsay (McNamara 59), Jones (Sichenje 76), Koumetio (Burke 59), Bell; Coventry (Trialist 46), Docherty (Mwamba 59); Campbell (Olaofe 76), Knibbs (Rankin-Costello 59), Grant (Alli 46); Godden (Leaburn 46).

Subs: Gough, Fullah, Kanu.

Reading: Pereia; Godwin-Malife, Trialist (Duah 60), Ward, Dorsett; Wing, Rinomhota; Lisbie (St Louis 88), Hicks (Osho 85), Kyerewaa; Evans (Howard 85).

Subs (not used): Rowley, Sackey, Spencer, Jones, Dashi.

Goals: Wing 45, 83, Evans 67

Brighton 4-3 Strasbourg

Brighton Starting XI, as per brightonandhovealbion.com:

Verbruggen, Kadioglu, Simmonds, Boscagli, Wieffer, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Gross, Gomez, Ayari, Kostoulas.

Subs used:

Half-time: Tasker, Cashin, Yalcouye, Howell, Cozier-Duberry.
60 minutes: Osman, Bounanotte, Middleton, Rutter.
85 minutes: Oriola.
90 minutes: McGill.

Liga 1 All-Stars 1-3 Aston Villa

Man Utd 2-1 Atletico Madrid

Cardiff 4-1 AS Roma

Salford 2-2 Bradford City

Wolves 3-0 Racing Santander

Peterborough 0-2 West Brom

Middlesbrough 3-3 Espanyol

Bolton 1-0 NAC Breda

Friday 31st July
Portimonense (Por) 1-2 Nottm Forest (Eng)
Bishop’s Stortford (Eng) 1-1 Enfield Town (Eng)
Altrincham (Eng) 1-0 Man Utd U21 (Eng)
Boreham Wood (Eng) 2-1 Norwich U21 (Eng)
Ebbsfleet (Eng) 1-2 Gillingham (Eng)
Crawley (Eng) 0-1 Reading (Eng)
Marine (Eng) 2-0 Bootle (Eng)
Scunthorpe (Eng) 1-1 Chesterfield (Eng)
Torquay (Eng) 2-1 Exeter (Eng)
Aveley (Eng) 4-5 Tilbury (Eng)
Chertsey (Eng) 4-2 Westfield (Eng)
Evesham (Eng) 1-1 Bishops Cleeve (Eng)
Leek (Eng) 1-1 Runcorn Linnets (Eng)
Salisbury (Eng) 5-0 Havant & W (Eng)
Southport (Eng) 0-0 Wigan (Eng)
Sporting (Por) 4-1 Nottm Forest (Eng)
Weston-super-Mare (Eng) 0-1 Gloucester (Eng)
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Burnley U21s

Saturday 1st August
Farense (Por) 1-2 Fulham (Eng)
Oxford Utd (Eng) 2-0 Ipswich (Eng)
Accrington (Eng) 0-0 Sheff Wed (Eng)
Beaconsfield Town (Eng) 5-4 Kingstonian (Eng)
Bognor Regis (Eng) 1-1 Chichester (Eng)
Darmstadt (Ger) 0-0 Portsmouth (Eng)
Dartford (Eng) 4-0 Ashford Utd (Eng)
Derby U21 (Eng) 0-3 Carlisle (Eng)
Dover (Eng) 1-1 Carshalton (Eng)
Gainsborough (Eng) 0-2 Bradford PA (Eng)
Solihull Moors (Eng) 2-4 Northampton (Eng)
Magdeburg (Ger) 1-1 West Ham (Eng)
Munster (Ger) 1-2 Southampton (Eng)
Plymouth (Eng) 0-0 Bristol City (Eng)
Quorn (Eng) 0-0 Banbury (Eng)
Liverpool U21 (Eng) 3-4 Cardiff U21 (Wal)
Telford (Eng) 1-3 Tamworth (Eng)
Ashford Town (Eng) 1-4 Hanworth (Eng)
Ashton Utd (Eng) 1-2 Stalybridge (Eng)
Barnet (Eng) 1-1 Bromley (Eng)
Blackpool (Eng) 0-1 Port Vale (Eng)
Blyth (Eng) 2-4 Hebburn Town (Eng)
Bochum (Ger) 0-0 Sheff Utd (Eng)
Brackley Town (Eng) 1-0 Maidenhead (Eng)
Braintree (Eng) 1-2 Aldershot (Eng)
Bromsgrove (Eng) 0-1 Hereford (Eng)
Bury (Eng) 3-1 Radcliffe (Eng)
Bury Town (Eng) 3-3 Sudbury (Eng)
Chatham (Eng) 0-3 Maidstone (Eng)
Cheltenham (Eng) 0-2 MK Dons (Eng)
Chester (Eng) 0-0 Crewe (Eng)
Croydon Ath. (Eng) 1-0 Burgess Hill (Eng)
Curzon Ashton (Eng) 0-1 Halifax (Eng)
Doncaster (Eng) 0-1 Lincoln (Eng)
Farnborough (Eng) 3-0 Bath (Eng)
Farnham (Eng) 1-0 Eastleigh (Eng)
Folkestone (Eng) 2-0 Welling (Eng)
Forest Green (Eng) 1-4 Swindon (Eng)
Frome (Eng) 0-0 Weymouth (Eng)
Grimsby (Eng) 2-0 Wigan (Eng)
Harrogate (Eng) 2-1 Scarborough (Eng)
Hartlepool (Eng) 1-0 Fleetwood (Eng)
Hastings (Eng) 0-0 Hashtag (Eng)
Heaton Stannington (Eng) 1-1 Basford (Eng)
Hednesford (Eng) 2-0 Boston Utd (Eng)
Hornchurch (Eng) 2-0 Coventry U21 (Eng)
Huddersfield (Eng) 1-1 Blackburn (Eng)
Kettering (Eng) 1-0 Bedford (Eng)
Leamington (Eng) 3-1 Yate Town (Eng)
Macclesfield (Eng) 2-0 FC United (Eng)
Malvern Town (Eng) 1-2 Rushall (Eng)
Millwall (Eng) 1-0 Antwerp (Bel)
Morecambe (Eng) 0-1 Barrow (Eng)
Norwich (Eng) 1-2 Osasuna (Esp)
Real Bedford (Eng) 11-2 Hertford (Eng)
Slough (Eng) 0-2 Wealdstone (Eng)
Southend (Eng) 4-0 Aveley (Eng)
Spennymoor (Eng) 2-1 Gateshead (Eng)
St. Albans (Eng) 1-1 Hemel Hempstead (Eng)
Stevenage (Eng) 1-0 Colchester (Eng)
Stockport (Eng) 1-0 Preston (Eng)
Stourbridge (Eng) 0-5 Kidderminster (Eng)
Sutton (Eng) 3-2 Southampton U21 (Eng)
Swansea (Wal) 1-0 Leganes (Esp)
Walsall (Eng) 0-0 Notts Co (Eng)
Warrington Rylands (Eng) 2-0 AFC Fylde (Eng)
Warrington (Eng) 1-2 Buxton (Eng)
Worcester (Eng) 1-0 Merthyr Town (Wal)
Worthing (Eng) 3-0 Horsham (Eng)
Yeovil (Eng) 1-2 Newport (Wal)
Hamburger SV (Ger) 1-2 Everton (Eng)
Oldham (Eng) 4-0 Sheff Wed (Eng)
Wycombe (Eng) 1-2 Ipswich (Eng)
Kasimpasa (Tur) 1-1 Hull (Eng)
Exeter (Eng) 1-1 Bristol City (Eng)
Stoke (Eng) 1-1 Valencia (Esp)
Algeciras (Esp) 1-1 (7-8p) Tottenham U21 (Eng)
Barnsley (Eng) 3-0 Lincoln (Eng)
Girona (Esp) 1-4 Arsenal (Eng)
Leicester (Eng) 0-1 Genoa (Ita)
Horley Town 4-0 AFC Wimbledon XI
Prescot Cables 1-3 Anstey Nomads
Cambridge City 0-1 Welwyn Garden City

Sunday 2nd August
Luton (Eng) v G.A. Eagles (Ned)
Guiseley (Eng) v Barnsley (Eng)
Burnley (Eng) v Torino (Ita)
Wrexham v Sunderland
Liverpool v Leeds