EFL fixtures 2023/34: MK Dons and Watford learn opponents
The build up to next season has kick started with the 72 EFL teams learning their schedule for 23/24
Fans of the Dons and the Hornets have today found who they will be facing and when in the upcoming Championship and League Two seasons.
Watford will be hoping to mount a better promotion challenge next season, after falling way short and getting through 3 managers last time around.
Valérien Ismaël is leading the Hornets into the new season, with his first league fixture away at Queens Park rangers 3.pm Saturday 5th 2023.
The Hornets have a home Boxing Day game when they host Bristol City , with the festive period coming to a close with a New Years Day game away at Plymouth.
The competition will be tougher than ever with former Premier League champions Leicester among the top tier sides to drop into the Championship.
However Watford could face a promotion or play-off decider in their last game of the year, against a fancied Middlesbrough side on Saturday 4th May 2024.
MK Dons suffered an agonising relegation from league one last season, and they kick of the new season with a trip to EFL new boys Wrexham on Saturday 5th August 2023.
The Welsh side are owned by Hollywood royalty Ryan Reynolds and Rob MacElheney and have some established names in their squad including former Watford and England keeper Ben Foster.
MK Dons will hoping to bounce straight back into League One at the first time of asking, and will end their season at home Against Sutton United Saturday 27th April 2024.