Someone has to run the league. Make it easy on yourself.

Three steps, and only one of them involves anybody else:

1. Sign up and make a league.
2. Copy the invite link — something like plpredictor.com/j/1EKG.
3. Paste it into the group chat.

Whoever taps that link ends up inside your league, whatever state their account was in when they tapped it. Already a player, and they join straight away. Brand new, and they land back in your league the moment they have signed up.

There are no codes to read out, no names to collect, no spreadsheet and nothing for you to approve. If somebody loses the link, send it again — it does not expire and it works for everyone.

The reason prediction leagues die in October is usually not the game. It is that somebody has to keep it alive by hand, and that somebody gets busy. So none of it is your job here:

• Fixtures appear on their own, every gameweek, all 2026/27.
• Each match locks at its own kickoff. There is no weekly deadline for you to police, and a late Monday game can still be predicted on the Monday.
• Scoring is automatic, and points land within about five minutes of the last final whistle of a match day.
• The table sorts itself, ties included — you will never have to rule on one.
• Reminders go out without you, so you are not the person nagging their mates every Friday.

The only thing you actually have to do after sending the link is make your own predictions — and you were going to do that anyway.

Most prediction games are a leaderboard you look at on a Monday. The trouble with that is what happens to the person who is 200 points behind by November: there is nothing in it for them any more, they stop predicting, and a league that loses three players stops being a league.

So the thing worth having is not the table. It is that everyone can see everyone else's predictions live, during the match — each scoreline updating and colouring itself as it comes right or goes wrong. Being wrong in front of your mates is still worth turning up for when winning is not.

And they can say something about it. Tap a rival's prediction and react to it — six emoji, one per person, and they get told who did it. Anyone who would rather not can switch the whole thing off on their account page.

Our own numbers, for what they are worth: players whose biggest league has six to ten people in it average 31.5 gameweeks played. Players with a league of one average 4.4. The second group is small enough (14 players) to treat that as a direction rather than a precise multiple — but it is the sharpest split in our data, and it is the reason this page exists.

Everyone predicts the exact scoreline of all ten Premier League matches in a gameweek.

That is the whole thing. There is one optional extra — a joker that doubles one match a gameweek — and nobody has to use it.

The full rules

Is it really free?

Yes. The game is free, there are no ads, and no feature is behind a payment. Nobody in your league will ever be asked for a card. Running costs are covered by voluntary donations.

How many people can be in a league?

There is no limit. A league of four works and so does a league of forty.

Do I have to do anything each week?

No. Fixtures, deadlines, scoring and the table are all automatic. There is no result to enter, no tiebreak to settle and nobody to chase - deadline reminders go out on their own.

Does everyone need to download an app?

No. It runs in a browser on anything, and anyone who wants it on their home screen can install it from there.

What if somebody joins late?

They can join at any point in the season. Gameweeks already played simply score nothing for them, the same as a missed prediction - nothing is backdated and nobody else is affected.

Can I run more than one league?

Yes, and plenty of people do - the work one and the group chat one at the same time. You can be in as many leagues as you like.

What happens next season?

Leagues are renewed season by season, so you decide who comes back rather than carrying a dozen lapsed players forward. Renewing keeps the league name and its history.

Can people see my predictions before the match?

No. Predictions stay hidden until a match kicks off - your league only sees each other once it is under way. That is the whole reason it works as a game.

What if someone would rather not have the emoji reactions?

They can switch reactions off on their own account page, and it only affects them. The rest of the league carries on as normal.