WEEK 9 — UK 2026/2027 My Suggested strongest selections

 

WEEK 9 — UK 2026/2027

DATE: 29-August-2026

№	Football Pools	HT Prediction	FT Prediction	Pick	Status
1	Liverpool – Nott'm For.	1-0	2-0	1	Saturday
2	Bournemouth – Everton	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
3	Coventry – Hull	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
4	Tottenham – Newcastle	1-1	2-2	X	Saturday
5	Derby – Swansea	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
6	Middlesbro – West Brom	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
7	Wolves – Stoke	0-0	1-0	1	Saturday
8	Blackburn – Q.P.R.	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
9	Bolton – Lincoln	1-0	2-0	1	Saturday
10	Bristol C. – Portsmouth	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
11	Cardiff – Sheff Utd.	0-1	1-2	2	Saturday
12	Charlton – Preston	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
13	Norwich – Burnley	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
14	Southampton – Millwall	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
15	Watford – West Ham	0-1	1-2	2	Saturday
16	Blackpool – Peterboro	1-0	2-1	1	EKO
17	Milton K.D. – Leicester	0-1	0-2	2	EKO
18	Cambridge U. – Huddersfield	0-1	1-2	2	Saturday
19	Leyton O. – Barnsley	0-1	1-2	2	Saturday
20	Notts Co. – Burton A.	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
21	Plymouth – Bradford C.	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
22	Sheff Wed. – Bromley	1-0	2-0	1	Saturday
23	Stevenage – Doncaster	1-0	1-0	1	Saturday
24	Stockport – Wycombe	1-1	2-2	X	Saturday
25	Barnet – Cheltenham	1-0	2-0	1	EKO
26	Port Vale – Crewe	1-0	2-1	1	EKO
27	Rotherham – Chesterfield	1-0	2-1	1	EKO
28	Colchester – Rochdale	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
29	Crawley – Bristol R.	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
30	Gillingham – Northampton	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
31	Grimsby – Fleetwood	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
32	Newport Co. – Tranmere	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
33	Oldham – Swindon	1-0	2-1	1	Saturday
34	Shrewsbury – Salford C.	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
35	Walsall – Accrington	1-0	2-0	1	Saturday
36	York – Exeter	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
37	Celtic – Falkirk	2-0	4-0	1	Saturday
38	Dundee – Hibernian	0-1	1-2	2	Sunday
39	Hearts – St J'Stone	1-0	2-0	1	Saturday
40	Kilmarnock – Dundee Utd.	0-0	1-1	X	Saturday
41	St Mirren – Motherwell	0-0	1-1	X	Sunday
42	Levante – Real Betis	0-1	1-2	2	LKO
43	R. Sociedad – Espanyol	1-0	2-0	1	LKO
44	Sevilla – Atl Madrid	0-1	1-2	2	LKO
45	FC Koeln – Hoffenheim	1-0	2-1	1	EKO
46	Mainz 05 – Paderborn	1-0	2-0	1	EKO
47	RB Leipzig – Borussia MG	1-0	2-1	1	EKO
48	Union Berlin – E. Frankfurt	0-1	1-2	2	EKO
49	B. Dortmund – Hamburger SV	2-0	3-0	1	Saturday

The four Premier League fixtures on 29 August are Liverpool–Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth–Everton, Coventry–Hull and Tottenham–Newcastle. The Scottish schedule places Celtic–Falkirk, Hearts–St Johnstone and Kilmarnock–Dundee United on Saturday 29 August, while Dundee–Hibernian and St Mirren–Motherwell are on Sunday 30 August.

Suggested Strongest Selections

1. Liverpool — 1
6. Middlesbrough — 1
9. Bolton — 1
17. Leicester — 2
22. Sheffield Wednesday — 1
25. Barnet — 1
27. Rotherham — 1
35. Walsall — 1
37. Celtic — 1
39. Hearts — 1
43. Real Sociedad — 1
44. Atlético Madrid — 2
46. Mainz 05 — 1
47. RB Leipzig — 1
49. Borussia Dortmund — 1

Main Draw Candidates

4 — Tottenham vs Newcastle → X
8 — Blackburn vs QPR → X
12 — Charlton vs Preston → X
13 — Norwich vs Burnley → X
24 — Stockport vs Wycombe → X
28 — Colchester vs Rochdale → X
30 — Gillingham vs Northampton → X
31 — Grimsby vs Fleetwood → X
34 — Shrewsbury vs Salford → X
36 — York vs Exeter → X
40 — Kilmarnock vs Dundee United → X
41 — St Mirren vs Motherwell → X

Note: These are analytical football-pools predictions, not guaranteed results. The HT and FT scores are projected scores, while the Pick column is the principal 1/X/2 selection.