The Champions League is probably the most rewarding competition to build a prediction pool around: there are upsets, historic comebacks, and clubs from half of Europe fighting for their lives match after match. If you want to set yours up for free this season, here's how to do it.
Since the format change, the Champions League kicks off with a single league phase where every team plays several matches against different opponents, and then the top finishers move into a knockout phase, either single-leg or two-legged, all the way to the final. For a prediction pool this is a big plus: there are way more matchdays to predict than under the old group-stage format, so the competition lasts longer and stays interesting week after week.
Teams from leagues you don't normally follow closely are involved, so there's more uncertainty and fewer people with an unfair edge from "knowing everything." Favorites slip up more often than in domestic league play, which keeps your pool's standings much tighter. And the knockout rounds, with the tension of a single decisive leg or the away-goals drama, are usually the matchdays where participation spikes the most in any group.
Open the app, create a league, and pick Champions League 2026/27 from the available competitions. Generate an invite link or code and send it to whatever group chat you use to talk football. From there, everyone predicts whichever matches they want before kickoff; once a match starts, that prediction locks and nobody can copy it or change it.
You don't need to create a separate pool for every competition. In Match Prophets you can include the Champions League alongside LaLiga, the Premier League, the Bundesliga, or any of the 9 available competitions within the same league with your friends, so the same group can keep the trash talk going from the midweek Champions League return leg all the way through the weekend's LaLiga derby, all in one place with a single combined standings table.
Creating your Champions League pool in Match Prophets is completely free with no limit on participants, so you can bring in the whole group, from the die-hard fan to the person who only tunes in for the final. Beyond your private league's standings, you can also see how you stack up against other users in your country or around the world for that same competition.