Matchweek 1
12/12 played
Biggest surprise. Notts County 1–1 Leicester City. One of the sides most fancied for an immediate promotion push dropped two points on the opening day — a draw that will look fine in isolation and considerably less fine if it turns out to be the shape of the season.
Statement result. Reading 3–4 Luton Town. Seven goals across ninety minutes, and a losing side that put three past the opposition and still went home with nothing. Huddersfield Town's 3–0 win over AFC Wimbledon was the tidier way to make a point; Reading and Luton did it the loud way.
Quiet corner. Two matches finished level — Blackpool 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers and Burton Albion 1–1 Stevenage — the only two sides in the division who didn't leave opening day with an answer either way.
No forecasts were made for this round — nothing here to score.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| 2 | Stockport County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Bradford City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
| 4 | Luton Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cambridge United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 8 | Bromley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Notts County | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Reading | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 21 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 22 | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 23 | Peterborough United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 24 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |