Head-to-head: how to compare your predictions with your friends' match by match

What head-to-head is and what it's for

Before every match, Match Prophets shows you the history between those two teams: past results, how the wins have been split, and the kind of scorelines that tend to come up when they meet. It's not a crystal ball and it doesn't guarantee anything, football always has surprises in store, but it gives you real context instead of guessing completely in the dark.

A numeric example: how to read a head-to-head record

Let's take a hypothetical matchup between Team A and Team B, with these five previous meetings:

In this record, Team A has won 3 of the last 5 meetings, there's 1 draw, and Team B has won 1. On top of that, in 3 of the 5 matches the combined score was 3 goals or fewer. With that data in hand, predicting a tight result with a slight edge for Team A (say 1-0 or 2-1) has more statistical backing than predicting a blowout, though football can always surprise you.

How do you use it without obsessing over the numbers?

Head-to-head is just one more piece of information, not the only thing to factor in: each team's current form, injury absences, or how much a particular match matters to them can weigh just as much, or more, than what's happened in past meetings. Use it as a reference to fine-tune your final call, especially when you're torn between two similar scorelines, not as a foolproof formula.

How do I see my friends' predictions once the match kicks off?

Until kickoff, every prediction stays private: nobody can copy someone else's or change their mind after seeing what a friend went with. But as soon as the match starts, those predictions lock in, and that's when it gets interesting to compare who bet on what scoreline. That's the moment the group chat lights up: who played it safe, who went for a risky result, and who's probably about to miss in the most predictable way possible.

Can you compare match by match, not just at the end of the matchday?

You don't have to wait for the whole matchday to finish to start trash-talking your friends: as soon as each match kicks off, you can already see the whole group's locked-in predictions for that specific game, chat about who called the score and who's about to get roasted if it goes wrong. This is the part that turns every single match into its own little side competition within the matchday.

Context before the match, comparison during the match

Match Prophets gives you the head-to-head history for every matchup to help you settle on your prediction, and once the ball starts rolling, it lets you see your whole group's locked-in predictions for that match. All free, with no limit on participants, and standings that update automatically the moment the referee blows the final whistle.