Ep. 8: 2025-26 Eredivisie & Liga Portugal Preview

In this episode of My Soccer Universe Football Talk, I’m squeezing in a double season preview just in time for kick-off!I start with a quick look back at the past two days of European football — focusing on the Austrian teams’ performances in qualifiers — before diving into two exciting leagues starting TODAY:🇳🇱 Eredivisie – Who will challenge the reigning champions? Which promoted sides have a shot at survival?🇵🇹 Liga Portugal – Can anyone stop the “big three” from dominating again?For each league, I: • Recap last season’s champions, European qualifiers, relegated clubs, and promoted teams. • Use my quantitative model (Club Elo ratings + outright betting odds) to predict the 2025/26 winner. • Compare the model’s predictions with my own expectations. • Preview the opening round of fixtures.I also share my plans for the next episodes while I’m on vacation — hoping to fit in Premier League and Ligue 1 previews next week (fingers crossed!).🎙️ Whether you’re into Dutch drama, Portuguese flair, or just love football predictions, this episode has something for you.⸻⏱️ Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:48 The Preview Format03:55 A recap of the 2024-25 Eredivisie Season06:42 Model Predictions for the 2025-26 Season08:43 A recap of the 2024-25 Liga Portugal Season12:06 Model Predictions for the 2025-26 Season13:26 Final Remarks and Housekeeping 🧢 Jersey blog: soccerjerseyworld.wordpress.com📺 Subscribe for more football talk:https://anchor.fm/s/f9d49078/podcast/rss⚽️ Also, check out my Youtube channels @MySoccerUniverse and @MySoccerUniverseFootballTalk If you want to hear my takes on the Austrian Bundesliga in general, and my team LASK in particular and understand German, you can subscribe to my other podcast, too: https://anchor.fm/s/107a5b448/podcast/rss#Eredivisie#LigaPortugal#DutchFootball#PortugueseFootball#FootballPredictions#SoccerPredictions#EredivisiePreview#LigaPortugalPreview#Eredivisie2025#LigaPortugal2025#ClubElo#SoccerAnalytics#FootballAnalysis#MySoccerUniverse#SeasonPreview#FootballPodcast#SoccerTalk#EuropeanFootball