How to play

Each gameweek we hand-pick six fixtures from across the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two — usually two from the Premier League, two from the Championship and one each from Leagues One and Two, though the mix flexes when divisions aren’t playing, and some weeks feature FA Cup or League Cup ties. Your job: predict the final score of all six.

Points are awarded per match, best case first:

• 5

  Exact scoreline

  you predict 3–1, it finishes 3–1

• 3

  Correct result + one team’s score

  you predict 3–1, it finishes 3–0

• 2

  Correct result only

  you predict 3–1, it finishes 2–0

• 1

  One team’s score right (wrong result)

  you predict 1–1, it finishes 1–0

• 0

  Nothing right

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Scores are taken at the final whistle of normal time — extra time and penalties don’t count.

Predictions for a gameweek lock two hours before the first kick-off in that round. You can edit your picks as often as you like right up until then — after that they’re set. Miss a whole gameweek and your scorelines from the previous one are carried over, so you’re never left on nothing.

Your season total is your points added up across every gameweek — that’s what the leaderboard ranks. You can take on the whole world, or start a private mini-league with your mates and settle it between you.