Leagues4 min read
How to run an office football prediction league without a spreadsheet
A step by step guide to running a football prediction league at work: picking a format, scoring it fairly, and keeping it alive past October.
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Prediction leagues, and how to win them
How to run a league people stay in, how to call a scoreline better than a coin flip, and what our own rounds show about the way people predict.
Leagues3 min read
How to start a Premier League prediction league with your mates
Set up a private Premier League prediction league in a few minutes: what to agree before you start, how to score it, and how to keep everyone playing.
Leagues, Game rules3 min read
The rules that stop a prediction league falling apart in October
The handful of rules worth agreeing before your football prediction league starts: deadlines, postponements, late joiners, tiebreakers and prizes.
Leagues, Game rules3 min read
Prediction league scoring systems, and which one stays competitive
Four ways to score a football prediction league compared, with the points values that keep a table competitive into spring instead of settling by October.
Game rules, Predicting3 min read
What is a banker in a football prediction game?
A banker is the pick you back to the hilt: double points if it lands, nothing if it misses. Here is how the mechanic works and when to spend one.
Predicting3 min read
How to predict football scores: a method that beats guessing
A repeatable way to call scorelines: start from a base rate, adjust for the two teams, then sanity check the number you wrote down.
Predicting3 min read
Correct score predictions: how often does anyone get one right?
How often a correct score prediction actually lands, why the honest hit rate is lower than you think, and how good scoring systems handle it.
Predicting, Data3 min read
Why everyone predicts 1:1, and when that costs you the round
The scorelines people pick most, how often they actually land, and why the crowd's favourite score is often the worst value call on the coupon.
Predicting, Leagues4 min read
Football prediction game vs fantasy football: which one suits you
Fantasy football rewards squad management over months. A prediction game rewards reading matches each week. Which one fits how you watch football.
Leagues3 min read
Free football prediction games: what to check before you invite people
What separates a free football prediction game worth inviting your friends to from one that wastes a season: scoring, deadlines, leagues and the catch.
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