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Free football prediction pool: set it up with friends in under a minute

Setting up a free football prediction pool takes under a minute: create a free account, name your league, and share the invite link with your group. No credit card, no paid plan, no spreadsheet — the app scores every prediction automatically as soon as the match ends, with no limit on matchdays or participants.

It happens every year. The season kicks off, someone in the group says "should we set up a prediction pool?", and either a shared spreadsheet appears that nobody understands two matchdays later, or a paid app that asks for a subscription by week three. Here's the fast, free version: how to set up a football prediction pool with friends in under a minute, no spreadsheets, no fine print, and no arguing over who added up the points wrong.

Why the usual prediction pool always falls apart

A football prediction pool with friends works great for the first couple of matchdays. Then this happens:

  • Someone forgets to submit their predictions in time.
  • Nobody updates the standings for weeks.
  • There are arguments about the points: was an exact score worth 3 or 5?
  • The spreadsheet has three different versions floating around the group.

What you need to set up a free online prediction pool

A platform that scores it for you

This is what actually changes the experience. Every prediction is scored automatically as soon as the match ends: nobody has to add anything up or argue about points, and the standings update themselves.

A group, not a one-off tournament

Many prediction apps were built for a single event, and once the tournament ends, so does the app. If you want a pool that lasts the whole season, you need a platform built to play all year round, competition after competition.

An invite link, not a tutorial

No need to explain to every friend how to fill in a spreadsheet. With an invite link, everyone joins, enters their predictions, and they're in the league.

How to set up a football prediction pool step by step

  1. Create your league. Give it a name and you're done.
  2. Share the invite link with your group, on WhatsApp or wherever.
  3. Everyone predicts the scores before each matchday kicks off.
  4. The standings update themselves as soon as the matches finish.

Something most prediction pools don't offer

Beyond your group's standings, two things make a real difference:

  • Global and country rankings: you're not just competing with your friends — you can also see how you stack up against every user in your country or worldwide, competition by competition.
  • Head-to-head history: before each match, you can see how those two teams have fared against each other in the past.

Start your pool now, for free

Setting up a free football prediction pool with friends shouldn't take you a whole afternoon of spreadsheet wrangling or a subscription. Create your league, share the link, and let the standings take care of themselves all season long, across 9 different competitions.

Frequently asked questions

Is it really free, or is there a paid plan later?
It's free with no fine print: creating the league, inviting your group, predicting every matchday, and checking the standings costs nothing, now or later. There's no matchday limit that forces you to pay midseason.
How long does it take to set up?
Under a minute if you already know which competition your group will follow: creating an account, naming the league, and generating the invite link are the only steps before sharing it with your group.
Does the whole group need to sign up before I create the league?
No. You create the league first and share the link; each friend signs up when they tap it and joins the league automatically, with no extra steps.
Is there a participant limit on the free plan?
There's no limit. You can invite 5 friends or 50 — the cost and how it works stay exactly the same.
What happens if someone doesn't predict a matchday?
They simply don't score points that matchday for the matches they didn't predict. There's no extra penalty and they're not removed from the league.
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