Game Rules

Core Scoring

• Correct exact score: 3 points
• Correct home win, draw or away win only: 1 point
• Incorrect outcome: 0 points

The same scoring applies to registered players, guest drafts that are later saved, and The Bot. Points are awarded only after a result is marked final.

Deadlines And Locked Predictions

Each score prediction locks at the fixture's current confirmed kickoff time. A prediction cannot be created, changed or deleted after that time. If kickoff is officially moved before the match begins, the deadline moves with it.

Postponed, Rescheduled And Cancelled Matches

A postponed fixture remains part of the competition while a new date is pending. Existing predictions remain attached to that fixture and reopen only when the confirmed kickoff is in the future. A rescheduled fixture is shown with its revised date and may move to the gameweek in which it is played.

An abandoned or suspended match does not score until the data source confirms a final result. A cancelled or void fixture awards no points unless the competition later supplies a replacement result for the same fixture.

Results And Corrections

Results are imported from the configured football-data source after matches finish. A result may remain provisional while confirmation is pending. Corrected scores, fixture assignments or statuses can recalculate points, gameweek totals and rankings.

Season Leaderboards

Each configured league has a global leaderboard showing the running total and the most recently completed gameweek total. Mini-leagues use the same scored predictions for their private standings.

Overall ranks are ordered by total points, then latest-gameweek points, exact scores and correct outcomes. A gameweek view starts with that gameweek's points, followed by running total, exact scores and correct outcomes. Equal values share the same dense rank.

Mini-Leagues

Mini-leagues can be public or private. Invite links and codes should be shared only with intended participants. A league owner can renew an existing group into a configured season; the membership is retained and previous standings remain archived.

The Bot

The Bot publishes a fixed score prediction before kickoff and earns the same 3, 1 or 0 points as a player. Its league-table projection uses match probabilities and confirmed results rather than treating every most-likely score as certain.

Historical results are weighted by competition strength. Performance in the Championship is not treated as equal to Premier League performance, and promoted clubs use a historical promoted-team prior until current-season evidence grows.

Community Forecasts

Community percentages and common scorelines use complete submitted scores. Small samples are labelled with their prediction count; percentage bars are shown only after the configured minimum sample is reached. Forecasts are for entertainment and are not betting advice.

Final-Table Predictor

The drag-and-drop final-table tool records a user's opinion and is separate from scored match predictions. Saved or shared tables do not earn leaderboard points. Public share links can be viewed by anyone with the link.

World Cup Archive

The World Cup predictor retains its tournament-specific group and knockout rules. In knockout matches a drawn score requires a predicted penalty winner, and the selected advancing team determines the user's bracket.

Fair Play

Users must not bypass locks, automate entries, exploit errors, manipulate accounts or disrupt another participant. Guess a Game may remove invalid entries and correct rankings to protect competition integrity.