How it works

For every match, pick the result: home win, draw or away win. Add the exact score if you want a bonus.

2 ptsRight result

+1 ptExact score too

0 ptsWrong result

When you pick a result, a starting score is filled in for you: 1-0 for a home win, 0-0 for a draw, 0-1 for an away win. Change it to your own prediction with + and −. Every pick has a score, and whatever score is saved counts for the bonus, so if the game ends 1-0 and you left 1-0 in, you get it. The bonus only counts if your result is right too, so the most one match can earn is 3 points.

Deadlines

Each match locks at its own kick-off. Picks save automatically as you tap them, and you'll see Saved ✓ on the match. Change them as often as you like before kick-off.

⚡ Boosts

Boosts double part of a pick's points. Tap ⚡ 2× Win or ⚡ 2× Score on a match before it kicks off.

Win Boost: doubles the result points (2 → 4) if your result is right. You get 1 every week (Tuesday to Monday). It can't be saved: if you don't play it, it turns into 2 Score Boosts at the end of the week.
Score Boost: doubles the exact-score bonus (1 → 2) if your score is exact. You get 2 every week, and they build up in your pot with no limit. Only one can go on each match.
Both can go on the same match: the right exact score with both boosts earns 6 points.
Invite friends: get 1 extra Score Boost for every friend who signs up with your invite link (on the Me page) and makes picks in 2 weeks.
You can move or remove a boost until its match kicks off. Then everyone can see who boosted what. Boosts on a postponed match go back in your pot.
You only get boosts for weeks that have matches. The RSI plays its boosts too.

Other players' picks

Picks stay hidden until a match kicks off. Then you can see how everyone picked under each match.

The league table

Players are ranked by points. Level on points? Exact scores decide it, then correct results.

Mini-leagues

Start your own league from the Table tab and send friends the invite link. It uses the same picks, so your points count in every league you're in. You can be in up to 30 leagues.

Results

Fixtures, kick-off times and final scores update automatically. Points count once a match is marked full time.

Picking ahead

Every match of the season is open from the start, so you can pick as far ahead as you like and change your mind until kick-off.

Postponed and rearranged matches

If a match is postponed, your pick is kept but frozen while it has no new date. Once it's rescheduled, it moves to the week it's now being played and you can change your pick again until the new kick-off. If a match is cancelled outright, picks for it score nothing.

Champions League

Champions League games are picked and scored the same way. On Predict, All shows every game together, or switch to Premier League or Champions League to see just those. There's one league table, which adds up your points from both. Your mini-leagues work the same way.

Knockout games count the score after 90 minutes (plus stoppage time), before any extra time or penalties. So a 1–1 that's decided on penalties counts as a draw. Knockout games open for picks once the teams are known.

The RSI

Every match shows an RSI (relative strength indicator): one number from −10 (strong away win) to +10 (strong home win). Close to zero means a draw is likely. Tap it to see the chance of each result, a likely score and how it was worked out.

It's built from each club's strength rating, which rises and falls after every result depending on how good the opponent was and the score. European clubs' ratings include their games in their own leagues, not just the Champions League. It blends long-term strength with short and longer form (judged against the opposition), this season's league record, and it also uses how many goals clubs score and concede compared with what was expected, home advantage, tired legs (under 3 days' rest, or a big cup or European game straight after), recent meetings between the two clubs, shorter home advantage when the away side barely travels, and tighter derbies. The score shown is the likeliest score for that call. How much each of these counts is tuned automatically as results come in.

The RSI also plays along in the league table, picking every game from its own numbers, so you can see if you can beat it. It can't win prizes, so it isn't given a position: in the tables it shows RSI where the position would be, and whoever is top among the players is 1st. It's an indicator, not a tip.

Availability: for the next round of games the RSI also rates each club's availability. Injured, suspended and doubtful players count against their club, weighted by how often they play and how much they score or set up. Losing a regular goalscorer matters far more than a squad player. It can't see late team news or a manager's rotation.

Starting ratings from clubelo.com.

Next to each team on Predict: ✚ regular starters injured or unavailable, a red card for suspended, ? doubtful. Once the team sheet is out (about an hour before kick-off) it shows XI and how strong the named eleven is compared with their strongest. Hold or hover over an icon to see the names.

Prizes

It costs nothing to play or to win. There's no entry fee and nothing to buy. Any prizes are put up by Pick The Win or by a sponsor, never from players' money. Before a prize competition starts, we'll say what the prize is and which table it's for.

Prizes right now:

Season prize, All competitions table: £1000 (Sponsored by Boss Homes)
Weekly prize, All competitions table: £25 (Sponsored by Boss Homes)

Prizes are only for the full-season table and the weekly tables. If you join part-way through a season, the Table page also shows an SYJ (Since you joined) table: everyone's points from the games since you joined, so you can see how you're doing on level terms. It's there for your own measurement only, and no prizes are given for it. Full terms of use are on the Terms page.

The season prize goes to whoever is top of that table when its last game is played. The weekly prize goes to the top of that week's table (Tuesday to Monday). A new weekly prize counts from the next week that hasn't kicked off yet.

Who can win: anyone aged 18 or over who lives in the UK. You confirm both when you sign up. One account per person, and winners are checked against their real name when they claim, so your username can be anything you like. Anyone using more than one account can be removed and loses any prize. The site owner can play but can't win; if they finish top, the prize goes to the highest-placed other player.

Who can't win: directors and employees of Back Office Boss Ltd, anyone involved in running this site, and anyone working for a sponsor of the prize, plus their immediate families (partners, parents, children, brothers and sisters) and anyone living in the same household. They're welcome to play, but can't win a prize; if one of them finishes top, the prize goes to the highest-placed eligible player.

Guaranteed minimum prizes: for this season the guaranteed minimum is: Weekly prize (All competitions table): £10, Season prize (All competitions table): £100. These minimums won't be reduced or withdrawn this season, whatever the prize is when the season starts.

Bonus prizes: anything above the guaranteed minimum, including at the start of the season (for example, extra put up by us or by a sponsor), is a bonus. A bonus can be reduced or removed at any time, back down to the guaranteed minimum, for example if a sponsor withdraws. Any change is shown on the site when it's made. A change to the weekly prize applies from the next week that hasn't kicked off; a change to the season prize applies from when it's shown on the site.

A prize already won always stands. If a prize becomes unavailable, we'll replace it with one of similar or greater value. Prizes for each new season are announced before it starts.

Claiming a prize: winners get an email and a message on the site. To claim, tap Claim your prize within 14 days and fill in your full name, postal address, date of birth and the bank account to pay it into (the name on the account must match yours). You can tick to have future prizes paid automatically, so you don't need to claim again. For the season prize, and whenever we need to, we'll email you to see photo ID, such as a driving licence or passport, and may also ask for a selfie of you holding it. The name, date of birth and address must match your claim. We check them, then delete the copies. Giving false information cancels the prize, and we can ask for more proof at any time. If a winner can't show they're eligible or doesn't reply in time, the prize goes to the next eligible player in the table.

Tied on points? Exact scores decide it, then correct results. If players are still level, they share the prize or we'll say how it's split.

Announcing winners: we may show winners and the top of the table in our emails, on the site and on social media, for example "This week's £25 winner: JoBloggs". We only ever use your username, profile picture (if you've added one), points and position, never your real name or any details from your claim.

💬 Chat

Chat has an Everyone room for all players, and a private room for each mini-league that only its members can see. Choose all, mini-leagues only or off, and how you're told about new messages, on the Me page. To post, you need to have made at least one pick.

Badges: 🏆 League leader shows next to whoever is top of the season table right now (joint leaders all get one), and 🥇 Weekly winner next to last week's winner, until the next weekly winner is decided. Hold both and you get both.

Replies and @: swipe a message to the right (or tap its ⋯ and choose Reply) to reply to it. Type @ and the start of a name to mention someone. If they've chosen "Always" notifications, a mention or reply tells them straight away (at most once every 5 minutes), and messages aimed at you are highlighted in gold.

Banter, yes. Abuse, no. Wind up the winner, argue with the AI, rate your mates' picks. But no racism, sexism, homophobia or other hate, no threats, nothing about anyone's family or private life, nothing sexual, and no spam. Links can't be posted, swearing is starred out, and hateful words stop a message being sent.

Cards, like on the pitch:

🟨 Yellow card: if a message is reported, it's hidden straight away and its writer gets a yellow card while we review it.
🟥 Red card: a second report from a different player while you're on a yellow (yellows count for 4 weeks) means you're sent off: no chat for 24 hours while we review it.
📺 VAR: we review every report. If the card was wrong, it's overturned and wiped from your record. If it stands, the message is removed. Red cards step up: 24 hours, then 7 days, then a ban from chat for good.

We can also remove messages and show cards ourselves. A mini-league's creator can remove messages and mute members in that league's room. Anyone can Block another player to stop seeing their messages. Cards and chat bans never affect your picks, points or prizes. Reporting messages that are fine, to get someone a card, can lose you the ability to report.

Add to your home screen

On iPhone, tap Share then Add to Home Screen. On Android, open the browser menu and tap Add to Home screen. It then opens like an app.